Greek Gems We Love

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The green islands and quiet corners of Greece we know best, each one visited, vetted and shaped by our local team.

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Greece, the Way We Know It

“Green islands and quiet corners across Greece, each one visited and vetted in person. Pick the one that speaks to you below, or let our local team weave several into a single trip.”

Alonissos

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Alonissos

Walking trails, clear water and Europe's largest protected marine park, all at nature's own pace.

Athens

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Athens

The Acropolis above, village lanes below and a city that has never stopped living; ancient Greece with a modern pulse.

Chalkidiki Travel Guide: Kassandra, Sithonia and Mount Athos

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Chalkidiki Travel Guide: Kassandra, Sithonia and Mount Athos

The Greeks say Poseidon dropped his trident here. Look at the map and you will believe them.

Corinth Canal

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Corinth Canal

A knife cut of blue water between eighty metre walls of rock, joining the Aegean to the Ionian and Athens to the Peloponnese.

Crete

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Crete

Venetian harbours, mountains that hold snow into May, lagoons of pink sand and a table that feeds the rest of Greece its ideas.

Delphi

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Delphi

The Sanctuary of Apollo, the voice of the Oracle and a mountainside that still feels sacred after three thousand years.

Epidaurus

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Epidaurus

The finest theatre of the ancient world, fourteen thousand seats of perfect acoustics in the sanctuary of the god of healing.

Folegandros

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Folegandros

A village on the edge of a cliff, beaches reached on foot or by boat and evenings measured in three small squares.

Kassandra

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Kassandra

The first finger you reach and the one that stays up latest: organised beaches, beach clubs and villages on the cliffs, barely an hour from the airport.

Meteora

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Meteora

Six living monasteries on towers of stone, six centuries of devotion and sunsets that turn the rocks to gold.

Milos

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Milos

Seventy beaches, white volcanic rock and sea caves the colour of glass; the island that looks like nowhere else on earth.

Mount Athos

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Mount Athos

A thousand year old monastic republic on the third finger, its monasteries hanging above the sea. Most of the world meets it from the deck of a boat.

Mycenae

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Mycenae

The Lion Gate, walls the ancients thought giants had built and the citadel of the king who sailed for Troy.

Mykonos

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Mykonos

Whitewashed lanes, legendary beaches and nights that never quite end; glamour with an ancient island next door.

Naxos

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Naxos

Miles of golden sand, marble villages in the mountains and tables that never seem to empty; the island that has it all, and shares it.

Olympia

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Olympia

The sanctuary of Zeus, the original stadium and the green valley where athletes competed for a thousand years.

Paros

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Paros

A fishing harbour turned chic, marble villages in the hills and beaches for every kind of day; the Cyclades in perfect balance.

The Peloponnese

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The Peloponnese

The land of Agamemnon, Nestor and the first Olympic flame; ancient citadels, island-worthy beaches and mountain villages, all joined by open road.

Santorini

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Santorini

Cliffside villages, caldera sunsets and volcanic wine; the most dramatic island in the Aegean, seen from the right terrace.

Sithonia

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Sithonia

Pine forest down to the water, coves you have to find, and long days by the sea. This is the Greece that Greeks keep for themselves.

Skiathos

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Skiathos

Sixty beaches, a buzzing harbour and the easiest way into the greenest islands in Greece.

Skopelos

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Skopelos

Pine forests to the shore, whitewashed villages in the hills and the quiet coves that made an island famous.

Skyros

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Skyros

Traditional craft, hilltop lanes and quiet beaches on the most distinctive island in the Sporades.

Thessaloniki

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Thessaloniki

Greece's second city and its first for food: two thousand years of history on one seafront, and the natural starting point for the mainland.

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