Travel Guide Greece

The shipwreck of Zakynthos is probably the most famous postcard motif in Greece. The wreck was stranded in a small bay of Zakynthos in...

The Achilleion is a palace on the island of Korfu. Its construction was commissioned by Austrian empress Elisabeth, also simply...

The Agora used to be a public space used as a market place and a venue for assemblies, particularly for assemblies of the people....

The Acropolis is an area containing several holy temples located on a mountain in the centre of Athens. The temples are mostly...

In ancient Greece, the Oracle of Delphi used to be a pilgrimage site close to the city of Delphi and was regarded as the centre of...

Epidauros covers an area full of relatively large buildings including a theatre, a stadium, a temple, and several other buildings....

The Pantokrator is the highest mountain of Korfu, measuring 917m (1002 yd) difference in altitude. The mountain is located in the...

The Corinth Canal is an artificially constructed maritime thoroughfare for ships between mainland Greek and Peloponnese, a large Greek...

The Open Air Museum Lychnostatis is a privately run museum, which was opened in 1992. Not only are the inner rooms of the museum filled...

The remains of Mystras are located on a mountain above Sparta. In 1249 the castle was built by Franconian crusader William II of...

The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a historic monument constructed between the 15th and 16th century. Sited directly along the...

The Museum of Byzantine Culture was opened in 1994. It exhibits frescoes, mosaics, and numerous other artworks and relics...

The ancient town of Thasos was built in the year 680 BC and was the hub of the flourishing cultural and economic life on the same...

Meteora is an area in the region of Thessaly in central Greece. Several monasteries are located here, many of them built high up in...

The Samaria Gorge National Park is a park that surrounds the Samaria Gorge. The gorge is one of largest in Europe with a length of...

The Acropolis Museum in Athens has recently been opened and mainly exposes samples from the Acropolis itself. The museum was opened...

The old town, or also known as the medieval town of Rhodos, was listed as a UNESCO cultural world heritage site in 1988. It was...

The area consists of many temples and several other buildings originating from various centuries they were constructed in. The...

Chlemoutsi Castle—the name translates as “little mountain”—is a Crusader castle from the High Middle Ages, located in the west of the...

Nea Moni is a monastery that was built in 1042 in honor of the Virgin Mary. It stands on the site where monks found an icon of the...

The Greek Orthodox Church on the island of Mykonos in the Little Venice district is one of the island's tourist attractions. The...