Travel Blog Greece

The Acropolis at Lindos which rises above the modern town, is a natural citadel, fortified between 800 BC and 200 BC.

The second largest church in the village of Pyrgi, of a unique exterior decoration with the traditional scarf technique.

Talking about Thessaloniki, you automatically think of the city's emblematic monument, the White Tower, one very important brand of Greece.

Akrotiri is a Minoan settlement on Santorini. It was destroyed and buried under ashes in the volcanic eruption of 17th Century BC.

Dimitris Horn [1921 – 1998], son of the playwright Pantelis Horn, was a Greek performer in theatre and cinema.

Frangokastello is a castle (and also a small settlement and beach), 12 km east from Sfakia village at the south coast of Chania Crete.

Chryssocheria castle, constructed from 14th to 16th century, is located on a hill top over the village Horio of Kalymnos.

Manos Katrakis, born in Kissamos Chania Crete, was a famous Greek actor of the 20th century.

Excavations have found that the Meteora rocks were inhabited around 50.000 years ago.

Lesvos monastery architecture belongs mainly to the Genuate period, being an interesting local, eastern and western mixture.

The Ionian Academy was the first academic institution of modern Greece, established by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, in 1824.

The Holy Trinity Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the top of a rocky precipice over 400 meters high.

Vangelis Papathanassiou, known professionally as "Vangelis", is a famous Greek composer of electronic and orchestral music.

This custom (meaning Thursday that smells grilled meat) is celebrated on Thursday of the second week of the Greek Carnival.

It is a mens' monastery on the top of a steep rock, one of the six still operating in the area of Meteora.

The lighthouse of Gythio, one of the oldest and most preserved lighthouses in Greece, was built in 1873 on the Krane islet.

The Pelion railway (with its traditional steam train Moutzouris "Smudgy") is a narrow gauge line connecting Volos city with Milies village.

Sappho [630 – 570 BC] is a famous archaic Greek poet from Lesbos. Sappho's poetry was lyric, and she is known for her love poems.

Hydra became a well-known island due to the 1960s film “Boy on a Dolphin” with Sofia Loren in the starring role.

The church of Petra (Sweetkissing Madonna) is built on a rock in the center of the village of Petra, and it needs 114 steps to reach.

Komboloi is a string of beads played with one or two hands and used to relax and avoid thinking of stressful issues.

Markos Vamvakaris [1905 in Syros – 1972] is a famous rebetiko music composer and musician.

Rebetiko Music was accepted as the 5th Element of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Greece.

Dimitris Papaioannou is a Greek theater director, choreographer and visual artist.