Greek Weather in October The weather in October can vary considerably depending on where you are in Greece and if you are lucky or not. Rainy days are more common in the north and the west, but every town in Greece is guaranteed to see at least some rain. Athens and Thessaloniki average around 8 […]
Athens Beaches
August 16th, 2011 Comments Off on Athens Beaches
Athens beaches can be broadly divided into 2 categories, those that are free access and those that you have to pay to get into. We won’t get into the moral discussion of if it is right for one to pay to get into a beach, let alone the legality of it, since the Greek state […]
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Mercouri Winery – Western Peloponnese
January 19th, 2011 Comments Off on Mercouri Winery – Western Peloponnese
A shameless, irreverent (but accurate) advert for Κτήμα Μερκούρη / Mercouri Estate OK, you’ve found the Mercouri Estate on the Peloponnese, Western Greece. Congratulations! Now what? Well you’ve arrived at the second oldest estate in Greece, with a history stretching back almost one and a half centuries. In the olden days the estate was well […]
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Via Egnatia – Travelling northern Greece by car
January 11th, 2011 Comments Off on Via Egnatia – Travelling northern Greece by car
670 kilometers long in total, the new highway spans the entire expanse of northern Greece from Kipoi/Alexandroupoli on the Turkish border to the port of Igoumenitsa in the west taking you through the provinces of Thrace, Macedonia and Ipeiros. Nine northbound routes linking Greece with the border crossings to Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria and Turkey are […]
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Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Katakolon
January 7th, 2011 Comments Off on Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Katakolon
About the museum of Ancient Greek Technology The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Katakolon operates under the auspices of the Municipality of Pyrgos and includes approximately 200 reliably operating models of mechanisms and inventions of the ancient Greek wonder after research, study and construction by Kostas Kotsanas. It is the most reliable and plenary […]
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Thessaloniki Sightseeing Bus No. 50
January 6th, 2011 Comments Off on Thessaloniki Sightseeing Bus No. 50
The start and end point of Bus’ No 50 cultural route is the famous White Tower which is by the seaside promenade (paralia) in the SE edge of city centre. The bus stops next to the tower at an opening designated for tourist buses and the duration of the circular route is 50-60 min if […]
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Athens sightseeing bus, see Athens on a budget!
January 1st, 2011 Comments Off on Athens sightseeing bus, see Athens on a budget!
Athens sightseeing bus (Bus 400) – what sights? The line (officially the number 400 Athens public bus) starts and ends at the Athens Archaeological Museum on Vas. Irakleiou Street (to the left of the museum as you look at the entrance). The route has 20 official stops which include all the major sites of central […]
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Katakolon
January 1st, 2011 Comments Off on Katakolon
Don’t want to read it all? Use the following links to get to what you want fast, or else read on for the full Katakolon story!: Getting to Olympia from Katakolon Katakolon to Olympia by Train Katakolon Beach Agios Andreas Beach Museums in Katakolon Day trips from Katakolon Detailed map of Katakolon A short history […]
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Dimitsana
October 10th, 2010 Comments Off on Dimitsana
Getting to Dimitsana Access to Dimitsana and the rest of the villages in the area (Stemnitsa, Vytina, Karataina etc) has become much easier in the last few years with the opening of a European grade highway taking you from Athens to Tripoli. There are a number of options from Tripoli: taking the main road just […]
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Sailing yacht charters in Greece & the Greek islands
April 26th, 2010 Comments Off on Sailing yacht charters in Greece & the Greek islands
Dedicated sailors will think I am stating the obvious, but there really is something special in being all on your own on the seas of Greece with the only restriction on where you go being how long you are willing to sail for and what kind of experience you want to have that night. A […]