Patras Carnival – The Largest and Craziest in Greece
Carnival season is here and if you’re lucky enough to be in Greece, head for Patras, home to the Patras Carnival. Patras, a vibrant, lively city, the third largest in the country,...
Category: Greece: ancient and modern
The 10 Week Run Up to Greek Easter
We’ve only just about recovered from Christmas and New Year, and here in Greece, the Greeks, ever on the lookout for a reason to celebrate, (actually, they don’t need a reason )...
The Antikythera Mechanism – The World’s first Computer
Over two thousand years ago the ancient Greeks were able to calculate when the first lunar eclipse was about to occur. Even more amazingly they did it with the aid of the...
The History of Mani and the Maniates – the Fiercest and Most Ruthless People of Greece
Mani, located on the Peloponnese Peninsula, which was known in The Middle ages and Ottoman era as Morea, was one of the most inaccessible, wildest and mutinous parts of Greece which up...
35 of the The Creepiest and Most Haunted Places in Greece
Each year thousands of visitors travel to Greece and flock to all the usual tourist attractions. They sun themselves on the golden beaches and swim in the warm, turquoise waters, totally unaware...
The Caryatids of Athens and the Enchanted of Thessaloniki
Caryatids are draped, sculpted female figures, supportive Goddesses so to speak, used as decorative support in place of columns or pillars, called in Greek Karyatides. The most famous caryatids of Greece stand...
The Naked Sponge Divers of Kalymnos Greece
Owing to the fact that only 18% of the rocky, infertile land of the small volcanic island of Kalymnos, one of the Dodecanese in the southeast Aegean, Greece, was suitable for cultivation, the...
Philhellenism and Famous Philhellenes – For the Love of Greece
Philhellenism comes from the Greek word “philos”, meaning friend and Hellenism, meaning Greekness (for want of a better word), it is to have a love, a passion, an enthusiasm, an obsession even,...
20 Ancient Greek Inventions Still in Use Today
“Greece: the cradle of Western civilization”, “Athens: the birthplace of democracy”, “Greece: home to the Olympic Games”, we’re all familiar with these quotes and sayings, right? We’ve heard, maybe, that Hippocrates is the...
The Greek Island of Amorgos – The Big Blue
If you are thinking of visiting the picturesque Greek island of Amorgos, do try to see the 1988 cult film, directed by Luc Besson, ‘The Big Blue’, before you go. The film...
