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Northern Greece - Overview
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- Northern Greece
...of natural attractions, and a unique blend of histories and cultures, Northern Greece is arguably the country’s most fascinating region, yet one that remains...
Thessaloniki - Overview
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- Thessaloniki
If you’re going to splurge anywhere in Northern Greece, Thessaloniki (thess-ah-lo-nee-kih) is the place to do it...
Crete - Overview
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...like a small country than another Greek island. It’s not just Greece’s largest island, but arguably its most fascinating and diverse. Its remarkable...
Nafplio - Overview
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The secret is out about Nafplio, one of Greece’s prettiest and most romantic towns. It occupies a knockout location – on...
Lesvos (Mytilini) - Overview
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- Lesvos (Mytilini)
The third-largest island in Greece after Crete and Evia, Lesvos (Mytilini) is mountainous and fertile and prone...
Thasos - Overview
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- Thasos
...the mainland, Thasos is an easy hop for independent travellers crossing northern Greece to or from Turkey.While this proximity to the mainland has brought...
Ioannina - Overview
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- Ioannina
...ah-nih-nah or yah-nih-nah) is fast becoming one of Greece’s most happening cities. It’s a bustling commercial and cultural centre...
The Peloponnese - Overview
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- The Peloponnese
...entranced by Mystras, where the Byzantine civilisation died in the 14th century. Greece’s first capital, Nafplio, is today a cosmopolitan and romantic city; captivating...
Zagorohoria - Overview
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- Zagorohoria
A cluster of 46 providentially preserved mountain hamlets, the Zagorohoria takes its name from an old Slavonic term, za Gora (behind the mountain), and the Greek word for villages (horia). These villa...
Northeastern Aegean Islands - Overview
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- Northeastern Aegean Islands
Elounda - Overview
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- Elounda
...here in the mid-1960s, quickly establishing Elounda as the playground for Greece’s glitterati and high flyers – soon after, the world’s rich and...
Piraeus - Overview
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- Piraeus
Piraeus is the main port of Greece and one of the Mediterranean’s major ports. The city is the...
Thiva (Thebes) - Overview
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- Thiva (Thebes)
...Hercules and Dionysos, was a powerful city-state in 400 BC during Greece’s golden age, occupying a strategic position between northern Greece and the...
Preveza - Overview
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- Preveza
Set on a peninsula between the Ionian Sea and the Ambracian Gulf, Preveza (preh-veh-zah) is a small fishing and commercial port beautified by yachts in the harbour and painted houses in its narrow bac...
Messolongi - Overview
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- Messolongi
...The town skirts the motionless Klisova Lagoon, the largest natural wetland in Greece, and a favourite winter stopover for thousands of migrating birds as well...
Tinos - Overview
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- Cyclades
- Tinos
...trickle of pilgrims continues throughout the year. The icon is one of Greece’s most famous and is said to have been found in 1822...
Patra - Overview
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- Patra
...impressive, shiny Rio–Andirio suspension bridge, linking the city with western continental Greece
Dodecanese - Overview
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- Dodecanese
Strung out along the coast of western Turkey southeast of Greece, like jewels upon an impossibly aquamarine sea, the Dodecanese both entrance and...
Ionian Islands - Overview
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- Ionian Islands
...Ionian Islands, an archipelago that sweeps down the west coast of mainland Greece and includes Corfu, Paxi, Lefkada, Ithaki, Kefallonia and Zakynthos. Discovering these islands...
Chios - Overview
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- Chios
Although Chios (hee-os) is one of Greece’s largest and most unique islands, most of the ‘foreigners’ who visit...
Hydra - Overview
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- Saronic Gulf Islands
- Hydra
...throughout, but the deal is still worthwhile.An undoubted bonus, for modern Greece, is the absence of scooters and screeching motorbikes from Hydra Town. The...
Naxos - Overview
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- Naxos
...for a broken heart.The island was a cultural centre of classical Greece and of Byzantium. Venetian and Frankish influences have left their mark. Naxos...
Moni Osios Loukas - Overview
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- Moni Osios Loukas
...south of the Athens–Delphi road. Its principal church contains some of Greece’s finest Byzantine frescoes. Modest dress is required (no shorts).The monastery...
Samos - Overview
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- Greece
- Northeastern Aegean Islands
- Samos
...through without sampling the delights of what is, in fact, one of Greece’s very best islands.While high summer brings a plethora of package...
