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Ancient Greek Quotes – The 147 Delphic Maxims
Overlooking the Pleistos Valley on Mount Parnassus in Greece lie the ruins of Delphi, the most famous […]
Exploring Ancient Greece with the God of Wine
Angela Dansby, “Exploring Greece with the God of […]
Peloponnese: The church of Agia Theodora with 17 trees on its roof!
The 17 large trees spring from the roof of the temple and reach a height of 20 meters. The legends according to the church of Agia Theodora are many and most known. However, you will always find a new reason to visit this temple that awes you!
Daskalio: The famous island of love
reece is full of hidden beauties that you discover slowly on every trip. Some of them, in fact, are much closer than you might think. Like, for example, Daskalio. A small island famous as the island of love. It is very close to Poros island and it captures the hearts.
Battle of Thermopylae – King Leonidas and the 300
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae ("The Hot Gates").
The 12 Gods of Olympus – The Olympians
The twelve Olympians were a race of deities, primarily consisting of a third and fourth generation of immortal beings, worshipped as the principal gods of the Greek pantheon.
How did Athens take its name – The dispute of two mighty gods
As one of the most powerful cities of Ancient Greece, Athens has many fascinating myths and stories. Athens, the glorious city of Classical Greece was named after the Goddess Athena. But what is the myth behind this name givng?
The Sacred Triangles of Ancient Greece
The famous geodetic triangulation of ancient Greece is another wonderful mystery of the ancient Greeks, as the […]
Poros
Destinations / Saronic Gulf/ Poros
The area that we will see, study and […]
When i first met Crete!
A true old story (By the travel designer)
I first visited Crete in the mid-1970s, starting […]
Pylos
Pylos“Greek: Πύλος), historically also known under its Italian name Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Pylos has a long history, having been inhabited since Neolithic times. It was a significant kingdom in Mycenaean Greece, with remains of the so-called “Palace of Nestor” excavated nearby, named after Nestor, the king of Pylos in Homer’s Iliad.
Methoni
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Continuing west we will reach Methoni. A beautiful seaside town with its imposing castle […]
Archaeological museum of Delphi
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The Archaeological Museum of Delphi, one of the most important in Greece, exhibits the […]
Archaeological site of Delphi
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At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks […]
Elafonisos – Neapoli – Pavlopetri
Elafonisos is a small islet (only 19 km2) at the southern tip of Laconia, between the Peloponnese and Kythera. Elafonisos has three of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranean, an extremely rare natural wealth, attractive landscapes, undersea treasures and the well-known submerged city Pavlopetri.
