The traditional village of Marijes is located 26 km west of the town of Zakynthos, on top of a green hill. It is a quiet and charming mountain village full of traditional stone houses and narrow streets, with…
The village of Volimes is located 31.5 km northwest of the town of Zakynthos and consists of two parts — Upper (Ano) and Lower (Kato) Volimes — located around a fertile agricultural area. Vivid…
The village of Argasi is a beautiful tourist place only 5 km southeast of the town of Zakynthos, built at the foot of the Skopos mountain. Due to its proximity to the capital, it experienced a strong tourist development, so along...
The village of Maherado on Zakynthos has about 1,000 inhabitants and is one of the oldest on the island. This beautiful mountain village, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, is located inland, south of the city...
The traditional village of Keri is located 17 km from the town of Zakynthos, on top of a green hill, and has about 500 inhabitants who are mainly engaged in agriculture. Quiet and charming, it preserved a strong…
As the capital and port of one of the most famous islands of the Ionian Sea, the city of Zakynthos (or Zante) is a unique Greek destination — a combination of rich heritage, pebble beaches and vibrant nightlife. Thanks to…
Zakynthos is one of the most beautiful Ionian islands, home to both famous tourist resorts and picturesque traditional villages. Although the devastating earthquake of 1953 damaged most of the buildings on the island, some villages are…
Komotini is a city where you can best see what makes Thrace special. In the same neighborhood there is an Orthodox church and a mosque with a minaret, Greek can also be heard in the market...
Alexandroupolis is the youngest major city in Greece — it was founded in the 1870s as a railway station, so it doesn't have the old core you'd expect from a Greek city. There is something…
Xanthi is called the lady of Thrace and the city of a thousand colors, and both names have a stronghold. The city is spread out amphitheatrically on the slopes of the Rhodope, the river Kosynthos flows through it, and on the same street there are...
Samothrace is not a typical Greek island. There are no white houses with blue shutters, no hotels in a row or organized beaches. What it has is a granite mountain rising straight out of the sea, about sixty…
Thrace is the most north-eastern part of Greece, between the river Nestos and the Turkish border on Evros. It is a part of the country that our travelers hardly know — there are no islands, big resorts or...