Mykonos of course pays no attention to general European malaise as it knows it will as usual, be full and buzzing all season . To celebrate summer 2012, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Enny Monaco have opened new and beautiful boutiques on Matogianni, so shopping on a Greek island has never been better.
6th – 8thMay Poros Yacht Show. The hot little Saronic Gulf island of Poros does not have quite the same ring to it as Monte Carlo, and yet, with the 40 or so yachts lined up on the jetty, ranging from 50+metre super yachts with gleaming sides, forests of satellites and radars above, deep pile … Read More
Time to leave England and the wettest drought on record, the patter of rain, the sliding on mud and squelching through puddles, the over-flowing gutters and leaking roofs, the turning on all the lights at midday, gas company correspondence and the Leveson enquiry. It is time to go Island Hopping. Time to dry off, lighten up, blink in … 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
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
Our guest blogger is Kate Monro, author of the wonderful “The First Time,” which is a collection of tales about losing one’s virginity. This blog is about losing one’s heart though. Quite different. POSTCARD FROM ANTIPAROS – KATE MONRO ‘There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you have … Read More
20th September That’s enough jet-setting for one trip. I said that arriving in Paros from Mykonos is like returning to the real world after an escapist dream, but in fact, an Italian film is being shot here by Berlusconi’s company Medusa films, called “Immaturi – the Journey,” which is a sequel to the hugely popular “Immaturi”, starring Paolo Genovese. … Read More
Mykonos September 19th. Five Star Greece goes to a wedding.. Just as well I left the donkey and straw hat behind on Ithaca – Mykonos is en plein fẻte, with the biggest wedding the island has ever seen dominating the island. Bill Clinton is reputed to be there, and many, many billion dollars worth of guests. Sleek … Read More
The Private Island Koufonissia is really the playground of the islands; no need for a car, you can walk from one end to the other in 40 minutes easily, and if you take the coastal path, you can stop and swim in a different little beach every 50 metres, and have a drink, a fresh … Read More
It really is time for me to leave Ithaca and these lotus-eating Ionian islands, in their zonked-out September golden haze, and sharpen up a bit… I realised this as I was moseying along the little country lane to Skinos, leading Daphne the donkey by her rope, and a couple of tourists stopped to take a picture, … Read More
September in the Greek islands – London to Kephalonia
4th of July on the beach
Villa or Hotel?
Five Star Greece on the road again – Paros & Antiparos
What to do in Sami – the cool, the underground and the secret. And Ryanair giving things away for free…
25th March – “Freedom or Death!”
Where to go in Greece in 2017