MORE PLACES IN GREECE
Andros Town, more commonly known as Chora (pronounced like the dance you did at your friend’s bar mitzvah), is perhaps the least touristy place tourists frequent in the Cyclades. Though the town,...
Here you are in Athens: the birthplace of democracy, theater, and Western civilization.
Athens can’t help but wear its history on its sleeve—it’s hard to go anywhere in
the city out of sight...
Batsi is a small town where tourists are welcomed with a smile. A former fisherman’s base snuggled into a cove at the base of Andros Island’s mountainous terrain, Batsi is peaceful and tiny enough...
The story of Delos supposedly begins with Zeus impregnating a mortal named Leto. When Leto prepared to give birth to her godly twins, she found that Zeus’s ever-jealous wife Hera had forbidden all...
If you’re looking to get drunk, get laid, or both, this is the place for you. The Greek islands are a fabulous place for summer debauchery—but Ios has made a name for itself as the ultimate haven for...
Koufonisia is like a tater tot—golden, perfectly sized, and good even without ketchup. Most importantly, like tater tots, you can never get enough of this postcard-worthy and postage-stamped sized...
Milos is pretty much the opposite of a party island—it’s slow-paced and not excessively popular with foreign tourists. Instead, it’s a collection of natural wonders dotting a bowtie-shaped shoreline...
Mykonos is renowned as an island devoted to hedonism. Happy hour comes three times per day and bathing suits are the official uniform. But the Dionysian impulse is only one side of the island. Those...
Naxos is an island where old meets new, beach towns meet mountain villages, and local flavor meets tourist plush. Stepping off the ferry at Naxos Port, the towering ruins of the Temple of Apollo...
Pyrgos is a small town 45min. away from Tinos Town by bus. White
buildings line the stone paths of Pyrgos’s streets, and potted flowers pop against the
pale backdrop. Mountains dominate the distant...
Though it’s hard to tell today, Santorini is the product of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in world history. It’s come a long way from the pile of lava it was back in the second millennium BCE...
Tinos Town is far less touristy than might be imagined, though there
are a few ill-conceived Barbie-emblazoned bags on the way up to the Panagia Evangelistria
Church, the main church and attraction....