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Metsovo shimmers with Greek Autumn colors
The lobby fireplace in the Hotel Olympic takes the chill off the mid-October afternoon along with a cup of hot Greek coffee and tangerine...
The harvest of Naxos and the Small Cyclades
Naxos is well known for its agricultural abundance. The 166 square mile island, largest in the Cyclades, has a fertile interior created by the...
Defining tradition on Lipsi Island, Greece
Island stories conjure images of remote destinations – Ascension or the Faroe Islands. At just 16 square kilometers (10 square miles) with a permanent population...
Naxos, Mykonos, Delos: divine vacations in the Cyclades
Fiercely independent in the center of the Cyclades, Naxos, Mykonos and Delos knew of times before there was time.
Naxos: birthplace of the King of...
Essentials of Aigio: antiquities, wine and cuisine
Aigio, and its surrounding provincial region of Aigialeia, have been prominent in Greek recorded history since the 3rd millennium BC. Its wines were publicly...
Tinos Island and its traditional food abundance
Tinos Island shimmers in the bright October sunlight as the Golden Blue Star Ferry approaches the port of Tinos Town. The marble and granite...
The shifting beauty of autumn on Andros Island
Autumn brings a shifting palate of light: silver and grays to Andros Island, the northern most of the Cyclades Archipelago, different from the bright...
Greek hospitality at Ermia Resorts, Bansko, Bulgaria
From Bulgaria’s Bansko ski and trekking center, the calm Aegean coastline of Halkidiki and the Cyclades Island of Paros, Ermia Resorts are havens of...
Travel ancient paths in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Xanthi, Drama, Kavala, Philippi: the names themselves are exotic and rightfully so. At the epicenter of three worlds – Asia, the Balkans and the...
Macedonian Front 1917: the marble fields of Greece
Three kingdoms bordering what would become the Macedonian Front were players in a grand game of thrones. The chess pieces were a generation of young men.
Thessaloniki Tourism honors Marc d’Entremont
It's an honor in itself to meet Olympic Gold Medalist Voula Patoulidou who's also Vice Governor of the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki & President...
An agnostic on the Holy Mountain Athos
What may seem an oxymoron, an agnostic recognizing the sacredness of Mt. Athos, is perfectly normal to me. I do not believe in a...
Croatia: coveted treasure of the Balkans
In 2017 Croatia is invaded not by empires but by golden hordes of tourists.
Welcome to Morocco
“Welcome to Morocco,” was the greeting not just from the front desk reception at hotels but from shopkeepers, people on the street, vendors in...
When unexpected kindness becomes the travel memory
We’ve all been there – that small panic when utterly lost, a sudden illness in a strange land or after 17 hours of hot,...