Best Souvenirs From Greece
You've come to Greece for your holidays and your friends and family are good-naturedly envious. You feel obliged to bring a Greek souvenir back for them as a gift, and also for yourself because there's...
Ftou Ftou Ftou: Why Greeks might spit at you
I love the contradictions in my adopted country of Greece sometimes. Here's a great one related to superstitions and the 'ftou ftou ftou' and the ftou ftou meaning - or rather, Greeks spitting for...
Vouliagmenis Lake – Athens Riviera Greece
A unique geological phenomenon, that's how Lake Vouliagmenis on the Athens Riviera (the south coast of Athens, Greece) is described. Why though?
What and Where is Lake Vouliagmenis, Athens Riviera, Greece?
To quote their website:
"Vouliagmeni Lake, in...
Cats of Greece
Cats of Greece - the attitude
Some may find this post controversial, but don't forget this is an observation as a British person who lives here.
I've lived in Greece for over a decade and notice...
Al Hammam Turkish Baths – Athens
Turkish Baths are not a new phenomena. According to Wikipedia, Turkish Baths:
... a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world
With Greece's history, it is no surprise to know that modern day Turkish...
Things to do in Nafpaktos- mainland Greece
With a castle and the Rio-Antirrio cable bridge - one of the world's longest multi-span cable bridges and the longest fully suspended bridge, at 2250 meters, Nafpaktos, located just opposite the Peloponnese area of Greece and approx a 3 hour drive from Athens makes for a great weekend break.
Things to do in Zakynthos: Learning how to make Olive Oil and Visiting Keri...
The Ionian Greek island of Zakynthos is known for package tourism and popular resorts, but it's possible to visit its quieter and more traditional side too. Let's take a look at the more traditional...
Best Kept Secrets in Greece – Acantha Boutique Hotel on Erikoussa island
Have you heard of the Diapontia islands in Greece? Not very likely as Greece has so many islands and islets. Many people think of Santorini, Mykonos or Rhodes - these are the most well...
Luxury hotel in Athens: CocoMat Hotel – Kolonaki, Athens.
Founded in 1989, CocoMat never started out as a hotel. The company actually makes beds and furniture, but it's so much more than that...because these beds are luxury, or beyond luxury in my option,...
Athens International Airport – Greece. Why it’s a pleasure to fly from/to
Having travelled a fair bit, I've seen my fair share of the inside of airports. Back in the 1990's, I even worked for about half a decade (that makes me sound old) at one...
In Camera Art Boutique Hotel – Luxury on Rhodes island, Greece
Most of you will have heard of Rhodes Island, Greece. I travel regularly to the chain of islands that Rhodes belongs to (the Dodecanese) because I have the chance to research and update the...
Kastellorizo Greece
Kastellorizo - Greece: Where is it?
Kastellorizo is one of those incredibly remote Greek islands that people tend to visit for a completely real Greek island experience. Its distance from other islands and the mainland,...
Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso
Having travelled a fair bit around the Greek islands (and further afield), when having the opportunity to stay in luxury, I'd primarily stayed in small boutique hotels such as Kokkini Porta Rossa in Rhodes...
Begpacking in Europe. Trying to reserve judgement, but…
Picture this scenario: A sunny day in Athens at the start of spring 2017...I come across a controversial and, to me, distressing sight: two lads 'begging' for money to fund their onward travels. They...
Evzone Soldiers of Greece interview
Any tourist visiting Athens won’t have failed to experience them—you know, the soldiers that stand guard outside Parliament with dead straight faces; not flinching, not moving a muscle and occasional doing a funny walk....
Things to do on Leros island – Greece
As part of my research for the Rough Guides to the Greek Islands, both in 2014 and 2017, one of the islands I visited in the Dodecanese chain was Leros. It's a smaller Greek...
Things to do on Halki island Greece – Tips on Visiting
Halki is roughly an hour away by catamaran from Rhodes and is tiny, literally, at only 10 sq miles.
It's perfect as a day trip from Rhodes, or stay overnight (see Accommodation below).
I'd travelled by...
Kea island Greece – a day trip from Athens
I always felt that in order to feel like you're on a 'proper' Greek island, one should travel about five hours by ferry to Paros or Naxos, for example - or even further afield to Skopelos or...
Athens to Nafplio Day Trip
Why Nafplio makes a good day trip from Athens
If you've only a short time in Greece, you must do an Athens to Nafplio day trip. Located 137.2km from the capital in the Peloponesse, it...
Riot Dog Athens
I originally wrote this article back in 2012 when there was a lot of negative press about Athens on the news. The Greek economic crisis was really starting to bite and rioting wasn't an...
