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.
Oracle of Delphi tours take place in central Greece, north of the Gulf of Corinth. There, the sanctuary of Apollo stands on Mount Parnassus. They are small-group or private trips through Greece with a host. Topics include the Pythia, Apollo’s temple, the adyton, laurel and the tripod. Later sections turn to famous answers, such as … Read more
Minoan civilization tours run on Crete and Santorini, each one led by a host. Both islands hold remains of a Bronze Age culture. Its palaces stood at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia and Zakros. Towns grew at Hagia Triada, Kommos, Gournia, Palaikastro, Petras and Akrotiri. Art, writing, religion, trade and the end of the Minoans follow, with … Read more
Villages in Greece range from stone settlements in the Pindus mountains to island villages of the Aegean. Each tour is a small-group trip across Greece, on the mainland or among the islands. Sections follow Syrrako, Ampelakia, Vitsa, Kastraki, Delvinaki, Dimitsana, Galaxidi, Oia, Lindos, Kritsa and Mithymna. Related pages are Pelion tours, Greece hiking tours and … Read more
Greek phrases for travellers are short words and sayings from Modern Greek for hosted outings across Greece. Such trips run from Athens and Thessaloniki to Crete, Corfu, Mykonos and Santorini. Topics include kyrios and kyria, the friendly re, the toast eviva, xenia and philotimo. The Easter greeting Khristos anesti, eureka and gnothi seauton sit beside … Read more
Greek traditions are the customs, beliefs and rites that Greek families hand down through the generations. Small-group trips with a host run through the Greek mainland and the islands. The customs here run from the fortieth-day blessing, naming and baptism to the koumbaros and the wedding crowning. The dowry, xenia, the evil eye, funerals, seasonal … Read more
Museums in Greece keep finds from the country’s ancient sites, from Athens to the islands. Small-group trips with a host or tour leader run across Athens, Attica, the mainland and the Aegean islands. Topics include the National Archaeological Museum, the Acropolis Museum, the Kerameikos and the Stoa of Attalos. They go on to Eleusis, Marathon, … Read more
Parthenon tours are expert-led trips in Athens, centred on the marble temple of Athena on the Acropolis. The story starts with the architects Ictinus and Callicrates and with Pentelic marble. It then turns to the Doric order, entasis and the curved stylobate. Further themes are the frieze, the metopes, the pediments, the Venetian blast of … Read more
Greek coffee is a boiled, unfiltered coffee brewed in a briki, a little long-handled pot. It is drunk across Greece and Cyprus. Its story runs through roasting, hand grinders, small cups and the old Greek cups. Cup reading, the Ottoman coffeehouse, the kafeneio, the frappé and the freddo drinks belong to it as well. The … Read more
Greek festivals are named feasts, carnivals, games and arts events held across mainland Greece and its islands. Small-group trips with a host travel through these same regions. Topics run from the Patras Carnival and the Anthesteria to Saint Spyridon on Corfu and the Lenaia. The Delphic Festival of 1927, the Isthmian Games, the Heraea, a … Read more
Greek desserts are sweets made across Greece from nuts, honey, fruit, sesame and filo. The page opens with honey, pan-baked sweets and old recipes such as pasteli. It then turns to portokalopita, quince paste, the fanouropita of Saint Phanourios and revani. Four short answers cover kok, karydopita, tulumba and three island sweets. The wider table … Read more
Traditional Greek dances are the folk dances of Greece, danced across the islands and the mainland. Each region shapes its own steps, songs and instruments. Topics here include the Sousta of the Dodecanese, the Pyrrhic war dance and the Pontic Serra. They also cover the Cretan and Pontic lyras, the laouto, Domna Samiou and Chronis … Read more
Greek islands for families lie across the Aegean and Ionian seas, from Crete and Euboea to tiny islets. Trips through Greece with a host take place on large and small islands alike. The larger islands bring Corfu city, Argostoli, Lixouri, Istiaia, Ierapetra, Tylissos, Anogeia, Kalloni and Kardamyla. Smaller ones follow, among them Koufonisia, Kimolos, Antikythera, … Read more