Sifnos: Stairway to Heaven
Of all the islands in the Western Cyclades, some say Sifnos may be the most “spiritual.” There is a church with fresco interiors where it is...
A Magical Night on the Sacred Island of Delos
All guide-books and all guides will tell you that no one is allowed, by law, to stay on Delos overnight, but there is a wonderful story abou...
Aphrodites Hideaway
Where the Muses come for Inspiration Of all the unique architectural features that distinguish St. John Mykonos Hotel, the stunning five-sta...
Trekking to Naxos and Amorgos
Alpine Travel of Crete has a new outdoor, fourteen-day trekking adventure during the months of May to October on the islands of Naxos and ...
Santorini’s Pension George: the Dream
George Halaris was only sixteen in the early 1970s when he was working on a cruise ship in the Aegean touring the Cycladic islands, admiring...
Same-Species Marriage Legal on Mykonos
Petros, a proud and stately pelican, is the famous mascot of Mykonos, if not the most famous mascot of the Greek islands. His mate is the lo...
Fun Jobs in Greece for Free Room and Board – All Summer Long and Beyond
Would you be willing to care for horses on a farm in Corfu, help someone build a storehouse on Chania, serve as a maid for a small hotel on ...
Art Space Winery of Santorini
One enters the Art Space Winery of Santorini in Exo Gonia through an underground cavern eight meters below the earth’s surface. Its carved ...
Literary Festival on Tinos
A multinational gathering of writers and poets took place on the Cycladic island of Tinos during the island’s fourth Tinos International Lit...
In Cyclades: 2 Goddesses, 1 Temptress
The magic of Greece is in its very ambiguity, in the tensions that pull it from one wonderful, delicious extreme to the other. The senses ar...
Winter Hiking on the Island of Kea
In my many decades of traveling to Greece, I have spent some winter months in Athens, but never on an island. I want to do this eventually—...