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‘Young Vines’: Learning Through Play at Kokotos Estate
I’ve always dreamt of raising my child surrounded by nature, yet practical obligations have so far prevented us from escaping Athens into the countryside. So when I heard about ‘Young Vines‘, a program at the Kokotos Vineyard in which children engage in educational free play in a natural forested environment, my family and I didn’t think twice before hopping in the car for the 45-minute drive north to the area of Stamata. It…
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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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Activities
Running Wild in a Royal Reserve
The woods around Tatoi, once the summer home of the Greek royals, is an ideal place for dogs and their owners to unleash.
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Destinations
My Hideaway
Prolific playwright, novelist, poet and scholar Sakis Serefas, Thessaloniki born and bred, takes us on one of his favorite escapes to the mountains of Halkidiki.
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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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