Thessaloniki Visit
Thessaloniki is the place in Greece I’ve spent most of my time in after Athens. That’s where both of my parents were born and grew up in and where the vast majority of my...
Author: Petros
Siatista Visit
Siatista is a relatively small town in norther Greece on the side of a mountain with a population of 5,000 or so. The picture taken from our car captures only a small part of...
Yannina Visit
Yannina (also known as Ioannina) is one of the mid-size cities in the northwestern part of Greece with a population of about 170,000 located about four and a half hours away from Athens. What makes...
Meteora Visit
Meteora is an amazing place and one we visit every time we go to Greece. It is hard to explain Meteora in words but basically there are these huge rocks with monasteries on top...
Monemvasia Visit
Monemvasia is a really special place in Greece about four hours from Athens by car to the south. It is a small town inside a castle on a tied island connected with the mainland...
Nafplio Visit
Nafplio is quite a popular place for Athenians to go for a weekend because it is less than two hours away from Athens (I wouldn’t say there are enough things to do there to...
Naxos Trip
As part of our long trip to Greece, we decided to visit just one island and spent a week there. Why Naxos? Over the years I have visited many islands, but I had some...