Corinth used to be one of Greece's most renown, powerful, and large cities in antiquity, counting an impressive for the era population of 90.000 inhabitants in 400 BC. Today, it is one of the most well-preserved and most visited ancient sites in Greece. Here you'll see a few pictures of what has remained of it, which I took during a short visit to the site on a cloudy summer … [Read more...]

The seat of Pythia, the greatest prophetess of the ancient world; the navel (centre) of the world for the ancient Greeks… the internationally famous site of Delphi on the southern slopes of Mount Parnassus. You will here have a look at a few nice pictures I took while roaming around the area on a cloudy summer day.Click on any photo to view the slideshow … [Read more...]

Coming down from the mountains towards the sea in search of a beach, we ended up in Itea, a town located on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth. After meandering for a while up and down the coarse roads leading south from the town along the coastline, we ended up at that beautiful, isolated beach of Genimakia you’ll see depicted below.Click on any photo to view the slideshow … [Read more...]

Hanging from a steep slope on the south of Mount Parnassus, Arachova is admittedly one of the most picturesque villages in Greece. Have a look below at these nice images I captured while passing through there on a pretty summer morning.Click on any photo to view the slideshow … [Read more...]

A few pictures I took while passing through a group of three villages on the northern slope of Kyllini Mountain, Corinthia, Greece, known as Trikala. There was the last civilization we encountered on that day before heading up the wild, remote mountains.Click on any photo to view the slideshow … [Read more...]

Driving south of Athens, this is as far as you can get to Cape Sounion; a magical place where one can spend many hours observing the sun as it slowly approaches, and ultimately plunges behind the pelagic horizon, by the stern presence of the ancient Poseidon’s temple on the hilltop beside. Here come a few shots I took while on a short trip there.Click on any photo to view the … [Read more...]

It always is a very unique and bizarre feeling taking over one who just reaches civilization after any considerable time of absence. That exact feeling was the one pervading me that afternoon when we just had returned to the lower levels of this earth from a great trip to Mount Giona; and we decided to make a stop for souvlaki and a glass of wine in the town of Livadeia (gr. … [Read more...]

It was a long time driving east through the heavily jammed streets of the heat-hammered city of Athens until we ultimately made it to the east coastline of Attica. We’d ended up in the small town of Rafina (gr. Ραφήνα). With its wide, serene and its cute little neighborhoods, Rafina makes quite a nice destination for a day trip off the Greek capital. It also hosts the harbor … [Read more...]

Athens, despite it being the massive, concrete city it is, is not short of paradisal beaches with crystal clear waters in its close vicinity. Agia Marina of Koropi (gr. Αγία Μαρίνα Κορωπίου), situated on the east coast of the Saronic Gulf right after the southernmost verge of the metropolitan area of Athens, is a town that hosts some of these beaches, of which you’ll see some … [Read more...]