Ios is the island I associate most with my teenage years when I used to come with my Greek and English friends, camp out in the open and swim naked on Mylopotas beach. It was the youth island par excellence, rivalled only by Mykonos. Sadly, around the turn of the century, things deteriorated: drunks caused […]
Santorini: The best view in the world?
The wide marine caldera of Santorini in conjunction with the blue Greek sky and the photogenic Cycladic architecture conspire to make for an unforgettable spectacle. A room on Santorini that looks into the caldera can add upwards from 100 euros per day to your budget, or double your bill in a bar or restaurant. So, […]
Churches you shouldn’t miss in Thessaloniki
Many forget that for centuries, while Athens had been reduced to a small hamlet under the Akropolis, Salonika was the biggest and most important city in the Byzantine (and later Ottoman) Empire after Constantinople/Istanbul. There is a continuity in the city’s history, which one can not find in Athens, whose sights flip-flop between ancient and […]