If you drive east along the coast from Sitia you will see a little village at the sea side from the distance which looks different somehow. Something looks wrong, somehow lost. We stopped at the closed gate to explore the story of the “Dionysos Village” … Google gave us some hints: The place was built …
Yesterday we saw many artefacts found at Knossos, today we went to discover the largest Bronze Age archaeological site which has been called Europe’s oldest city. Rebuilt part of the palace The palace of Knossos was once the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilisation and culture. In its peak, the palace and surrounding city boasted a …
Arriving in Heraklion by ferry, we spent the first day exploring the city and visiting the Archaeological Museum, which houses all the important finds on the Minoan culture from all over Crete. In front of the harbour lies the Venetian fortress called Castello a Mar, which was built by the Republic of Venice in the …
After our tour through the Peloponnese, we now wanted to visit Crete, the largest island of Greece and the 5th largest of the Mediterranean Sea. Crete lies about 100 km south of the Greek mainland, which meant a ferry ride of 9 hours. The ferry leaves every day at 9pm from Piraeus and arrives at …
Before flying back to Vienna for a week of work, we spent a day at Athens and visited the famous Acropolis. Even in November many tourists crowded the hill, I can’t imagine how it is in summer. Reaching the Propylaea – the entrance gate. We saw many people going there specially dressed to pose for …
If you ever have been to Greece, you will have noticed the little chapels which people erect next to the road. They come in many different shapes and this post is solely dedicated to them. Beside of pictures of Saints, there is always a lamp and bottles of oil to refill them. Often there is …
Today Mycenae was on our program – the centre of Greek civilisation in the 2nd millennium BC! I was looking forward to visit the famous Lion Gate and the Cyclopean Walls of this incredibly old town. The Lion Gate at Mycenae, the only known monumental sculpture of Bronze Age Greece In the 2nd millennium BC …
There isn’t only sunshine in Greece. Nevertheless we had a great trip from the northern coast through the mountains to Neméa, where an interesting archaeological site has a well-preserved stadium. We had spent a night at a Camper Stop (38.223791, 22.146995) where we had our washing done by the owners and a special vegetarian dinner …
If Olympia makes you think of the 5 interlocking rings and endless hours in front of the TV, I can tell you there is much more in regard to the history of these games. The sanctuary where the games were carried out in Antiquity lay under 4 m of soil before it was uncovered again …
Today our hike lead us to a lagoon, a castle and the most beautiful bay I have seen – the Voidoikilia beach shaped like the letter Omega. From our parking at the beach (36.954887, 21.669404) it was a short walk to the other side of the headland where the brackish water lagoon of Giavola serves …
