Pomegranate, Ermioni, youth intertwined
"Surely Love is a wonderful thing. Pearls and pomegranate cannot buy it...” ~ Oscar Wilde
It’s appropriate that an ancient fruit should have a close...
Silk Road cuisine in the Pella Region
“We think of globalization as a uniquely modern phenomenon; yet 2,000 years ago too, it was a fact of life...” ― Peter Frankopan, The Silk...
Hotel Hagiati is medieval Macedonia in Edessa
Hotel Hagiati offers the ambiance to experience Edessa’s present within its past.
Occupying a historic stone merchant’s house a short stroll from Waterfalls Park, the...
Admire Oracles: Delphi, Gods and Wine
Considered the “navel of the world” to ancient Greeks, Delphi was more important than Mount Olympus. Delphi was their Vatican.
“Admire oracles” (Χρησμοὺς θαύμαζε) was...
Corfu magic
“Gradually the magic of the island settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.” ― Gerald Durrell on Corfu, My Family and Other...
Tor Hotels: Greek destinations within destinations
There are hotels that are destinations, and then there are hotels in destinations. Tor Hotels offer both.
Macedonia – a name that rings with history...
Out of the Blue in Crete
Out of the Blue, Capsis Elite Resort – a luxury village set within a vast botanical garden on the north coast of Crete –...
Kalymnos Island cuisine begs to be savored
From high atop St. Savvas Monastery the lush agricultural Pothia Valley is like green parkland bisecting this rocky land of Kalymnos Island. Groves of...
Apulia: pleasing hungry visitors for millenniums
For the tourist whose interests lay in religious, architectural, cultural and culinary travel ancient Apulia, the heel of the Italian boot, has been offering...
Puglia, Italy: from Magna Graecia to St. Peter
There are multiple reasons to explore the ancient Puglia region on the heel of Italy’s boot from Renaissance palaces, extraordinary seafood, mystery churches to...
Kalymnos Island’s Xenia
“They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” What food did they have? A little boy had brought his...
Eat with your eyes: four stellar Corfu restaurants
Ηaving choices in eating has probably been a human impulse since the dawn of time. One can almost hear the cave dweller saying, “No,...
Naturally Thessaloniki is a foodie city
Thessaloniki: breads, dried fruits, pomegranate syrup, cumin, sesame seeds, artichokes, wine, a cornucopia of smoked and cured meats and fish along with enough food...
At home with Alexander: Edessa and Pella
What forces make a legendary region a tourist attraction? Conflict and nature are two factors. Pella was Alexander the Great’s new showpiece capital and...
Four Wineries of Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia/Thrace
F - εὖ is a descriptor for all that’s good and creative in a person’s life – one that Dionysus, god of wine, sitting...