Mount Olympus: Ascending to the Throne of Zeus
The former dwelling of the Gods is now considered one of the best non-mountaineering mountains to be found, and September is the best month in the year to climb it.
In the Central Pindus
Even today, trekking along ‘the backbone of Greece’ recalls a time when the true spirit of Romiosyne lived in the mountains
Water, Water, Nowhere!
Unable to face the appalling consequences of a capital city with nearly four million inhabitants
Old Cigarette Cards Reflect the Greece of Yesteryear
The cigarette cards manufactured by the British tobacco companies in the first half of the century are regarded today as miniature gems of social history.
Surviving Street Traditions
Amid the hotchpotch of seething pavements and angry rush hour traffic, one can still stumble in Athens on a time warp: the shoe-shiner with his decorated box, the knife-grinder with his whetstone, the organ-grinder, and the salepdzis with his handsome brass urn.
Timbaki: A Cretan Experience
Nestled among the olive groves and greenhouses of the Messara Plain in Crete, Timbaki is a small, ‘functional’ town undergoing cultural changes as more tourists pass by.
The Villa on the Corner
The restoration of the Kosmas Politis house, which will serve as the new municipal building of Psychiko, brings a gratifying end to a long and close relationship between a Greek author and his wife and the family of an American diplomat
The Anguished Souls of Spinalonga
The picturesque islet with the Venetian Castle just off the fashionable resort of Elounda was one of the last leper colonies in Europe
Millionaire on Muleback
When young Dimitrios Polymeris left Mount Pelion to seek his future abroad, his father exhorted him to become a great man. This he achieved when he returned 46 years later and devoted a fortune gained in America to bring prosperity to his village
In Search of an Apprentice
In order to get a proper perspective on anything happening in Greece today, it is best to start several thousand years back.