Volos is one of the largest and most attractive cities in Greece as well as one of the country's most prominent ports. However we were not here to see the city but to take a 2 hour drive across the plains of Thessaly to the Magnificent Monasteries of Meteora near the town of Kalambaka. UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Meteora (translates as "middle of the sky" or "in the heavens above" or "suspended in the air") is one of the largest and most important complexes ...

Awoke fit and healthy this morning. Was well looked after by the ships medical team and have been given the all clear to be out and about today. Thessaloniki is the second largest city of Greece and the capital of Greek Macedonia. It's history spans some 2300 years. Built near the sea (at the back of the Thermaïkos Gulf), it is now a modern metropolis but still pays tribute to its stormy history which gives it a special beauty and charm. Today we started with a...

Kavala is amphitheatrically built on the slopes of Mt. Symvolo forming one of the most picturesque cities in Greece. The city's history dates back to the Prehistoric times with the core being continuously inhabited since the 7th century BC. After 2500 years though, at the beginning of the 16th century, Kavala expanded maintaining these new borders until 1870; it was only after 1928 that it began to shape its today structure. Its strategic and economic importance ...

Patmos is a small island with a population of approximately 3000 people and is the northernmost island of the Dodecanese complex. Patmos was seldom mentioned by ancient writers so little is known about the earliest inhabitants. Remains of human settlements found on the island date back to 2000 BC. Worldwide Patmos is known as a sacred island for it is the place where Saint John wrote the Book of Revelation. Designated as "Holy Island" by the Greek Parliament in ...

Greece's most famous cosmopolitan island is sold as a whitewashed paradise in the centre of the Cyclades Islands. According to mythology, Mykonos was formed from the petrified bodies of giants killed by Hercules. Did you know that the island took its name from the grandson of Apollo, "Mykonos"? In contrast to the other islands we have visited, the capital town (Hóra) is not built in the shape of an amphitheatre but instead spreads out over a wide area. Mykonos i...