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35 Reasons to Visit Greece at Least Once in your Life
Want to visit Greece? Good choice! It’s a fantastic country that offers everything from beaches and islands to culture and history as well as delicious food and friendly locals. If you haven’t yet been to Greece, here are 35 reasons why I think everyone should visit Greece at least once in their life!
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Destinations
Experiencing Four Seasons in a Single Day
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a hundred times: The best thing about Greece is that it’s multifarious. That goes for everything; the things to do are
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Nature
An Ode to Hymettus, the ‘Mad’ Mountain of Athens
Of the peaks that surround the Athenian basin, Mt. Hymettus is probably the least celebrated, yet it’s slopes are shrouded in magic and mystery.
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Athens
Philopappou, a Fine Getaway within the City
I bless my Cocker Spaniel, Gieki, and my mixed-breed Blacky for many reasons. Dog owners understand why. For over twenty years (at first with Gieki, and now with Blacky) they have accompanied me on these hills every single morning
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Destinations
Three Friends Find Serenity at Lake Doxa
On a Friday afternoon, just as April had begun, two of my friends and I took the road to the village of Trikala at the mountains of Corinth, in northeast Peloponnese.
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Nature
The Grand Old Dames of Aegina
As the sun goes down in a valley at the foot of Oros, the highest mountain on Aegina, the shadows cast by the age-old olive trees look like human figures dancing.
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Activities
Naxos: Embracing the Power of Observation
A weekend at Naxos From my schoolbooks I remembered that Naxos is the biggest island of the Cyclades and also that this is where Theseus abandoned Ariadne after she helped him slay the Minotaur in Crete. What I saw is a self-sufficient island, one of those places where you forget that Greece is in crisis.
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Nature
A Slice of Nature
The Environment Museum of Stymphalia is a lively reminder that the environment and human activity are mutually dependent.
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