Greece Travel holds the travel articles of this site: the best Greek islands, the Cyclades and the Dodecanese, ancient Greek sites, temples, the Parthenon and the Oracle of Delphi, Greek food, coffee, desserts and wine regions, Greek traditions, festivals and dances, mountains, waterfalls and national parks, and the weather of Greece through the year. Each article answers the questions travellers ask in plain words and points to the tours that fit its subject. Multi-day trips across the country are on the Greece tours page.
Ancient Greek inventions are the machines, tools and signal systems that Greek engineers and thinkers devised in antiquity. Small-group trips through Greece run from Athens to Corinth, Delphi and the Saronic islands. The topics run from the Antikythera mechanism and Archimedes’ screw to Ctesibius and the Hydraulis of Dion. Later topics take in Philo, the … Read more
Ancient Greek warfare is the theme of hosted trips across Greece. They take place across mainland Greece, from Attica and Boeotia to the Peloponnese. Its story runs from the hoplite, the phalanx and the aspis shield to the trireme. Its battles range from Marathon, Salamis and Plataea to Leuctra, Sphacteria, Mantinea and Pydna. Linked stories … Read more
Greek wedding traditions are the customs that surround a marriage across Greece and its islands. The topics here run from stefana crowns, the bridal veil and koufeta to Solon’s quince and Pontic dances. Village weddings in Skamneli and Metaxades sit beside ancient rites of Athens and Gortyn. Related pages cover Greek traditions, Greece honeymoon packages … Read more
Greek tragedy is the theme of small-group and expert-led journeys across Athens, the Peloponnese and Delphi. The topics start with Thespis, the City Dionysia and the Theatre of Dionysus. Aeschylus and the Oresteia follow, then Sophocles with Oedipus Rex and Antigone, and Euripides with Medea. Related pages cover the Epidaurus tour, Greece cultural tours and … Read more
Mycenaean civilization sites spread across the Argolid, Messenia, Laconia and Boeotia. Trips on this theme take place in the Peloponnese and in central Greece, led by a host. The sections cover Mycenae, Tiryns, the Treasury of Atreus, Grave Circle A and the Palace of Nestor. Others turn to Linear B, Gla, Orchomenus, the Vaphio tomb … Read more
Ancient Greek food lives on in small-group tastings, cooking classes and olive farm visits across Greece. These trips run in Athens, Crete, Corfu, Naxos, Rhodes, Santorini and Thessaloniki. The sections below explain barley maza, wheat loaves, lentils, Spartan black soup and the Cretan common meals. Further sections cover the symposium, silphium, Mithaecus, Archestratus, wine and … Read more
Ancient Greek clothing is part of the story told on outings with a host across Greece. The garments here run from the peplos, chiton, himation and chlamys to the exomis, petasos and carbatina shoe. Fibula brooches, gold jewellery, the myrtle wreath at Vergina, Tyrian purple, hairstyles and painted korai follow. Sister pages cover Museums in … Read more
Ancient Sparta stood in Laconia, in the southeastern Peloponnese of Greece. Day trips with a host reach its region from Athens or Kalamata. The Messenian Wars, the Spartan Assembly, Chilon, Tyrtaeus and the Krypteia each get a short answer. So do the 300 Champions, Cleomenes I, Pausanias the Regent, Lysander, Agesilaus II and Sellasia. Related … Read more
Ancient Athens was a prominent city-state on the peninsula of Attica. It was a centre of art, learning and philosophy. Tours here are small-group trips with a host, setting out from Athens to sites across Greece. The sections cover Cecrops, Draco, the Panathenaic Way and the Dipylon gate. Further sections cover Cimon, the Delian League, … Read more
Ancient Greek medicine moved from temple healing to a written science of the body. Small-group trips through Greece take place across the mainland and the islands. Topics here run from the asclepieion to the Hippocratic Corpus. Later ones cover the four humours, Alcmaeon, Herophilos, Galen, Dioscorides and theriac. Related reading covers an Epidaurus tour, the … Read more
Volcanoes in Greece line the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, from Sousaki near Corinth to Nisyros in the Dodecanese. Small-group trips through Greece run on these islands and on the mainland. Sections cover Sousaki, Milos, Antimilos, Santorini and the Minoan eruption. Others turn to Nea Kameni, Kolumbo, Nisyros, Gyali and the Lesvos Petrified Forest. Related pages … Read more
North Aegean islands stretch from Samothrace in the north to Fournoi in the south. Tours here are small-group outings led by a local host. Topics include the Vatera fossils on Lesbos, prehistoric Emporio on Chios and the Kouros of Samos. Medieval Lemnos, the pilgrims of Samothrace and the Principality of Samos follow, with four short … Read more