We are samba-ing off to Sao Paulo next week for the very new and very exciting Travel Fair which is the focus for Latin American travel professionals. We aim to lure fun and sun-loving Latinos away from the Caribbean, (so many hurricanes in July and August,) away from the home beaches, (Sao Paulo is wet … Read More
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I am reproducing a very useful article here about why renting a villa is often preferable to a hotel, as it answers a lot of questions that we get from many people who have not previously thought of renting a villa: Posted in Vacation Rentals | April 27th, 2009 A Villa offers so many advantages over … Read More
You may know the ancient logic puzzle – A Cretan said “All Cretans are liars”, so as a Cretan he was lying, so all Cretans AREN’T liars, so then he was telling the truth, so all Cretans ARE liars, so therefore he was lying, so all Cretans AREN’T liars and so on till you get tired of … Read More
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Kudos to Hollywood’s best travel insider, Gordon MacGeachy for getting an excellent article about us for his website Global Black Book, out of a bollocking I gave him for illicit use of photographs! Masterclass in honest journalism, which is what one would expect from a class act like Gordon. “Think you know Greece…? No you … Read More
With exquisite timing, given last week’s blog about Spetses, we have taken on a really wonderful beach villa on Spetses with an astonishingly good value price tag given its fantastic beach location opposite the Niarchos island of Spetsopoula and glamorous pool. Contact us for a weblink, and then book yourself in for the Armata … Read More
Expensive real estate. Jet-set summer playground. Yes, Spetses is all that. But if that is all you see, you are missing the whole point of this rather special island. Spetses was home to a breed of enterprising and successful merchant captains in the 18th century, whose fortunes went into building graceful waterfront mansions and more ships. … Read More
Happy New Year everyone. Are you looking for a fresh start to 2012? Want a resolution that just feels right and ahead of the game? The top article in the New York Times yesterday is onto something that we Greek Islanders have known for ages, namely that a week with no telecommunications is one of … Read More
The last post of the year is rather an unusual one and the article below came as news to me… Once you have got tired of Hawaii and California, bored of Australia’s Gold Coast, and sick of South Africa, where can a poor, jaded surfer go to get his mojo back? The New York Times has … Read More
Quirky, classy, impossibly picturesque, Hydra is one of Greece’s truly magical spots. A great barren mass of mountain with steep sides, a hint of whitewashed church on the summit, and the spectacular bay in which the car-free town nestles like a little Portofino. Transport is by donkey or by foot, and the people who live … Read More
Despina, who is normally the merriest and sweetest of souls, was giving me the death stare over linguini at Joe’s Cafe in Sloane St. “Promote Andros? Encourage tourists?? May I ask why on earth you would want to do something like that???” I felt like a 12 year old called in to see the headmistress … Read More
I don’t know who was doing the research for Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey, but in spite of the sometimes baffling choice of things for her to be amazed at/cry over/laugh at/drink or eat, there were some pure gold nuggets on Thursday. The island of Spinalonga lies off the North-Eastern coast of Crete, just along from the … Read More