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Ancient Kydonia
You can see excavations in progress at the site of Ancient Kydonia to the east of the old harbour at the junction of Kanevaro and Kandaloneou. The discovery of clay tablets with Linear B script has led archaeologists to believe that Kydonia was both a Minoan palace site and an impo
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Mon Repos Estate
On the Kanoni Peninsula on the southern outskirts of town, an extensive, wooded parkland estate surrounds an elegant neoclassical villa. It houses the Museum of Palaeopolis , with entertaining archaeological displays and exhibits on the history of Corfu Town. Paths lead through lus
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Psarades
Out on Lake Megali Prespas promontory, friendly Macedonian-speaking villagers inhabit Psarades (population 144), while 1m-tall dwarf cattle meander in its surrounds. Fishers offer boat trips to Megali Prespas isolated Byzantine askitiria (hermitages). These include the 13th-century
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Panagia Ekatontapyliani
The Panagia Ekatontapyliani, which dates from AD 326, is one of the finest churches in the Cyclades. The building is three distinct churches: Agios Nikolaos, the largest, with superb columns of Parian marble and a carved iconostasis in the east of the compound; the ornate Church of
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Archaeological Museum of Argos
Just off the central square, the archaeological museum includes some outstanding and complete Roman mosaics and sculptures in its collection, as well as bronze objects from Mycenaean tombs. Highlights include the statuette of a goddess, a mosaic of the four seasons in the courtyard
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Greek Folk Art Museum
As of 2015, this superb collection was closed as it began its transition to a new museum site at Adrianou. Once it opens, it will display secular and religious folk art, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Exhibits include embroidery, pottery, weaving and puppets, and a recons
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Museum of Palaeopolis
On the southern outskirts of Corfu on the Kanoni Peninsula, the villa and garden at Mon Repos Estate are magical oases for an overheated traveller. The residence was commissioned by the second British Commissioner of the Ionians for his Corfiot wife. It was also the birthplace of t
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Athens Cathedral
The ornate 1862 Athens Cathedral on Plateia Mitropoleos (Mitropoleos Sq) is the seat of the archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church of Athens. However, far more significant, both historically and architecturally, is the small, 12th-century, cruciform-style marble church next to the
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Archaeology Museum
This handsome old building contains some riveting exhibits, including a plaster cast of the Venus de Milo – the original was likely carved from Parian marble around 100 BC, and was found on Milos by a local farmer in 1820 and now resides in the Louvre in Paris. A perky little herd
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Moni Taxiarhon
Around 36km north of Mytilini town, near Mantamados village, stands one of Lesvos’ most important pilgrimage sites. An axis of Orthodoxy, myth and militarism, the grand 17th-century Moni Taxiarhon is pretty full-on – note the fighter plane parked out front, reminding the faithful t
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Theopetra Cave
For over 130,000 years humans inhabited this cave, a 500-sq-metre chamber, 7km southeast of Kalambaka. A boardwalk ensures an easy circuit around the site and clear descriptions explain the remarkable cave history. Elements of the cave indicate the evolution from Neanderthals to Ho
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Skarkos
Crowning a low hill in a picturesque plain just outside Hora, this Early to Late Bronze Age settlement has restored walled terraces and the low ruins of several Cycladic-style buildings for you to explore. A small visitor centre and interpretation boards in Greek and English clue y
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Museum of Wooden Sculptures
Fronted by a massive sculpture of Hercules killing the lion, this private museum is essentially a showcase of the work of self-taught artist Georgios Koutantos. An enthusiastic and voluble man, he’ll happily show visitors around his workshop and explain the stories and cultural ref
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Aposelemis Dam
En route to/from Krasí, you will pass the controversial Aposelemis Dam, the construction of which was completed in 2012. Formerly wedged between the villages of Potamies and Advou, the village of Sfendile was flooded to allow for the damming of the Aposelemis Creek. This will provi
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Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
This touching museum is housed in one of the few Jewish buildings to survive the great fire of 1917, the former office of Jewish newspaper LIndependent . The museum traces the citys Jewish heritage through the 15th-century Sephardic immigrations and its peak period of creativity in
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Venetian Building
In the quiet streets of Sitia’s old town, where pebbled steps amble gently uphill from the waterfront, occasional examples of Venetian architecture enliven the streetscape. On the corner of G Arkadiou and Metaxaki streets, look for a Venetian building, complete with handsome wooden
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Agora Museum
The Agora Museum, in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, is a good place to start to make sense of the Ancient Agora site. The museum has a model of the Agora as well as a collection of finds from the site. The magnificent Stoa of Attalos is a two-storied stoa (covered walkway or po
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Monastery of Vlatadon
Near Ano Poli’s Byzantine Walls, the salmon-coloured arches of this secluded monastery are a relaxing place for a stroll. Thought to have been founded around 1351 by the pious brothers Vlatades, this monastery was significant for Hesychasm, a controversial movement based around sol
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Plateia Syntagmatos
Athens’ central square, Constitution Sq is named for the constitution granted, after uprisings, by King Otto on 3 September 1843. Today, the square serves as a major transport hub, the location of parliament (on the eastern, uphill side) and also, therefore, the epicentre of demons
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Lykavittos Hill
The name Lykavittos – ‘Hill of Wolves’ – derives from ancient times, when the hill was surrounded by countryside and its pine-covered slopes were inhabited by wolves. A path leads to the summit from the top of Loukianou for the finest panoramas of the city and the Attic basin – the
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