It happens, right? Either there’s a delay, or you were so worried about lines for your cheap flight that you just got to the airport too early. Then, you’re stuck with the seemingly impossible task of making the time pass. Let’s face it: airports were not built for fun. Even though the amenities have mushroomed over the past decade and a half, an airport isn’t exactly an amusement park. Fortunately, a few hours in an airport don’t have to be a ...
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Mykonos Island
Perhaps the most famous Greek island, Mykonos has always been one of the most popular tourist islands. However, the island still maintains its cycladic features and traditional look, consisted of white houses with blue details, old windmills, little churches and paved twisted narrow streets. Ancient Delos is a really special place to be, as it was considered by the ancient Greeks to be one of the holiest of sanctuaries, the fixed point around ...
The Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism is a clockwork device that was used in the early Greek civilization. It was discovered from a shipwreck. Understanding the device itself took more than a hundred years. The Antikythera Mechanism is currently housed in Greek national archeological museum. This is to present the most complex antiquity existent. It is something worth seeing for yourself when you come on vacation in Greece. This great discovery is ...
Elounda Crete
Elounda is a small and beautiful fishing town located at the southeastern part of Crete and is very popular as a destination for local and foreign visitors. Elounda is an ideal place for summer holidays and there can be satisfied even the most pretentious visitor as there are activities for all. The area hosts archaeological sites, places which can visit the nature lovers and places for sport and athletic activities as golf, biking, walking and ...
Kalavrita, The Agia Lavra Monastery
The Holy Monastery of Agia Lavra is located 5 kilometers southwest of the town of Kalavrita. Upon delivery and data available, the history of the monastery begins during the times of the Byzantine Emperor Nikiforos Fokas. The monastery was founded by the monk Eugenius who got there from Mount Athos. It started being built in 961 at Palaiomonastiro (west of the current location). With the passage of time the monastery grew both on physical ...
Fishing in Greece – The guidelines
Fishing is an interesting sport. There is patience and expertise to fish with elegance. Some of the terms and requirements which are associated with fishing are unique. Some of them are general and some specific to a particular type of fishing. There are many places enticing to fishing enthusiasts and in Europe, Greece with the abundant water bodies and clear streams provide a suitable option for the sport. Fishing in Greece asks a person to know ...
The Sicilian War
The Sicilian war or the Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC) was actually the fatal bash for the peace and led to the start of the second Peloponnesian War. In Sicily, the greatest battle of the entire Peloponnesian War took place and determined in advance the end of this conflict after 10 years. The Athenian historian Thucydides lived and wrote down the facts of the entire Peloponnesian War while his writings about the Sicilian War were of his most ...
Sunbathing in Greece
Sunbathing is the one of the most favorite activity we do in our leisure time, especially in our holidays in Greece. It is something that can be done to get someone to relax and keep from having to deal with so many stresses in life. Relaxing in the sun is something that requires no effort to do and the most important it is free. A person can just go and relax in the sun without having to worry about anything. Moreover when you go to the beach of ...