Travel Blog Greece

The Ancient Roman Theater of Milos Island was constructed during the Hellenistic Period, but was later reconstructed by the Romans.

Spianada is the large area between Corfu town and the old fortress, constructed in 1807, meant to be a copy of rue de Rivoli in Paris.

The Hydra Museum of Historical Archive was founded in 1918. The building where it was housed was donated to the state by Gikas Koulouris.

The Monastery of Kipina (means small gardens) is close to Kalarites village, on a step slope, above Kalaritikos river.

The mansions of the old captains of Hydra in its harbor are the proof of the prosperity of the island in the past.

Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos [1935 – 2012] was a famous Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer.

Monemvasia is one of the most beautiful castles of the world and a very important medieval fortress city, which lies on a 1 Km long plateau.

The church of Agios Isidoros Pantoukios is north of Chios town, on the site where the 1st church of Chios was founded in the third century.

Monemvasia has a complex Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman architecture, seen in Venetian churches, Byzantine churches and Ottoman hammams.

Anavatos is a byzantine deserted naturally self-defensed tower-village on a rock of Chios island.

Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle standing at the top (305 m.) of the highest peak of Corfu's shoreline near Paleokastritsa.

Homer is the legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature.

Ancient Thera is an antique city of the 9th century BC, 360 m high on Messavouno mountain in Santorini island.

The single-arched stone bridge of Vovousa (or else Misios) was built in 1748 with a donation by Alexis Mitsios from Vitsa.

The ancient windmills of Chios are the remainings of an early 20th century small industry for leather products.

Nea Moni is a monastery of the 11th century, having been recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It constitutes one the most important post-byzantine monuments of the 18th century, nested inside a full green forest.

The ancient (medieval) castle of Emporio village in Santorini island is a 15th century architectural masterpiece built by monks.

The Castle of Chios is a medieval citadel in chora, situated adjacent to the main port of Chios and its east side borders with the sea.

The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos hosts exhibits dating from the Prehistoric to the Hellenistic period.

Nikos Kazantzakis was a famous Greek writer, considered a giant of modern Greek literature, who was 9 times nominated for the Nobel Prize.

It is one of the most famous sights of Kalymnos. It used to be the medieval capital of the island and the successor of ancient Pothia.

Odysseas Elytis [1911 – 1996] was a famous poet, considered as a major international representative of romantic modernism globally.

A stone bridge built in 1814 situated between the villages Kipi and Koukouli, in Central Zagori.