Thousands of Island Hopping tourists flock to Greece every year. Yet many don’t know how to prioritise there travel arrangements without compromising comfort. There are many backpacking students that use Greece as a gap year vacation, so here are some money saving tips whilst Island Hopping.
First, check which airline has the best fares for a [...]
Greece has more than 2,000 islands and islets. Only 169 of them are inhabited. Some of the best places include the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, the Ionian, the Sporades and the Northern area of Greece. In fact anywhere in Greece is a sight to behold when arriving by sea.
So how do you travel in style by [...]
Millions of people visit Greece every year. If you are planning a Greece vacation, here is some information that will help plan your trip.
The peak season for tourists coming to Greece is between June and September. This means that getting a plane ticket especially from the US is very expensive especially during weekends. You can [...]
…A number of first rate ingredients are required – great sites, seamless logistics, and a passionate and knowledgeable guide. Perhaps the biggest element of all for me when planning a tour is the story. I don’t want to simply arrange a route around a series of isolated historical ruins, instead I want to weave a [...]
Archaeological tours can range from bargain basement coach trips around the ruins of Greece to exotic adventures around the Mayan sites of Guatemala. Such cultural trips are growing ever more popular. Many travellers no longer want a simple beach holiday, instead they want to be inspired – to see some of the wonders of the [...]
In Alexander’s wake I visited the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Coincidentally it was burned down by a madman the night that Alexander was born. Nowadays the temple stands forlorn and melancholy. Just one column rises full above the swampy ground. It’s hard at first to see in [...]
This is a two part article by Peter Sommer. In 1994 he walked 2,000 miles across Turkey retracing the route of Alexander the Great, this lead to his involvement in making the TV Documentary ‘In the footsteps of Alexander the Great’ presented by Michael Wood for the BBC. The article below is an account of [...]
Santorini. The holiday brochures always show photographs of white ‘sugar cube’ buildings sitting on volcanic burgundy red outcrops. An island described as ’Steeped in history’ I set out to explore. My home for 4 nights was a 3-man dome tent
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