Click here to check out more posts from Greece. Athens is great on its own, but it can also serve as a jumping-off point for some of Greece’s must-see sights. You may be surprised by how varied Greece’s landscape is, and you’ll never get to see it if you only stick to the city. Within…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. The Peloponnese is located about an hour from Athens separated from the rest of mainland Greece by the Corinth Canal. It is less visited than other parts of Greece (cough cough Santorini), but once you visit, you’ll be surprised it’s not more popular. If you have…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. Greece has so much to see that a 9 day trip is just the tip of the iceberg. If it’s your first time in Greece, I think it’s nice to stick to the mainland and save the islands for later. Even so, you’ll barely cover all…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. I’m still so surprised by how many different types of destinations Greece has to offer. You can explore islands, ancient ruins, remnants of the Byzantine empire, and monasteries suspended on cliffs. Monemvasia is not well known to people outside of Greece, but if you tell a…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. After a week of touring the ruins of ancient and classical Greece, I was excited for a slight change of pace. Yes, Mystras is still technically ruins, but you can tell the well-preserved churches and buildings are from a completely different point in time. Located on…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. Greece is so packed with UNESCO World Heritage Sites that it’s no surprise that two of my favorites are located only 45 minutes apart. Mycenae is fascinating because it’s one of the oldest sites you can see in Greece. To quote Rick Steves, the Mycenaeans “were…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. In Ancient Greece, Corinth was a wealthy, cosmopolitan city thanks to its location. It controlled land access to the Peloponnese, and as a result, controlled trade in both the east and the west. While modern Corinth is not quite the Corinth of its heyday, the ruins…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. When I told people that I was going to Greece, their first question was usually “Oh cool, where?” I’m sure they were expecting to hear Santorini or Mykonos because you could hear a sense of disappointment when I’d reply Nafplio. For some reason, Nafplio isn’t too…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. You don’t have to go far from Athens to experience Greece’s beautiful islands. In fact, it’s possible to visit the three nearby Saronic islands, Hydra, Poros, and Aegina, in one day. Here’s what you need to know about visiting Hydra, Poros, and Aegina as a day…
Click here to check out more posts from Greece. When I was researching where to go in mainland Greece, I was immediately drawn to Meteora (pronounced ma-tay-or-a) and it’s beautiful mountaintop monasteries. I’d never seen a place like it except maybe the Eyrie on Game of Thrones, but I knew we had to add it…
