The Forgotten Island Just a hop away from the Turkish coast in the north-eastern Aegean, Lesvos, or Lesbos, or Mytiline, is bafflingly overlooked by tourists given its wealth of beauties and huge size – 7th largest in the Mediterranean and a population of over 114,000. Perhaps having three names means that no one really knows … Read More
This tiny speck of an island has long been a secret cherished by Greeks trying to get away from the blights that tourism can bring to their country. “It’s like Santorini used to be” they used to claim. The small whitewashed village that crowns the cliffs and overlooks the deep waters, the sunny dazzle and … Read More
Everyone seemed to go to Greece in 2015, and it looks like they had a great time as 2016 is set to be just as busy! We really suggest early booking to get the best places. Looking forward to next year, these are the places we’re most excited about: Paxos This small jewel in … Read More
SNAPSHOTS OF SERIFOS As a well brought-up Greek girl with a strict father of a certain generation, I was never allowed to go backpacking round the Greek islands with a boyfriend – we were expected to bring friends home, and not go “cavorting around like Scandinavian tourists,” (apologies to Scandinavian visitors, my father was of … Read More
Almost like a film set, the tiny harbour of Assos on the west coast of Kefalonia, is improbably picturesque, with pastel coloured houses encrusting the small isthmus from which sprouts a pine-covered headland, crowned with a Venetian fortress. The village enfolds in its plump and pretty arms a small beach and a perfectly limpid … Read More
Kea-Tzia is a mildly schizo island; to start with, it doesn’t know if it is Cycladic or something else, if it is easy to get to or not, whether to build with stone or whitewash, whether it is a tourist magnet or simple and authentic, it doesn’t know if it is barren and blasted, … Read More
Although it has an airport, Syros has somehow missed out on becoming a destination, all the more surprising when one takes a close look at it. The other Cycladic islands are variations on a theme, based on the aesthetics of fishermen and peasants; the iconic cubic houses, cane roofs and whitewash are the stuff … Read More
For retro charm Mitzela is a pretty and old-fashioned fishing village in the Pagasitic Gulf, set amongst fertile hills with gentle shelving sandy beaches and local tavernas which are never in short supply of the fresh fish caught daily. It is a favorite with Greek families from the vicinity, and has remained unspoiled and undiscovered … Read More
We are thrilled to introduce a new island to our portfolio of destinations with lovely villas – and Kythnos is a particularly low-key and charming island, with very few villas and not much to do. Just what we like. In fact, the glamorous Athenian owner of our new villa shook her head in … Read More
From Aristotle to Hang-gliding Just over an hour away from Thessaloniki, Halkidiki consists of a large peninsula that resembles a hand with three “fingers” that juts into the clear blue Aegean. Kassandra, Sithonia and Mount Athos are the fingers, each with its own unique charm, history and magic. Kassandra is the scene of the Battle … Read More
Minerals and moonscapes Milos is different: Largely unspoilt in spite of its astonishing tourist riches, and with huge tracts of nature reserve, it sits on the southwest extremity of the Cycladic Galaxy facing Crete, and lapped by the waters of the Cretan Sea to the south. It rivals Santorini in its weird and wonderful geological … Read More
