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Skiathos owes its name to its striking landscapes, a name which it has kept since antiquity. According to experts, the root "skin" (meaning shadow) comes from the many forests which cover the island. It has been inhabited without a break since the 10th century BC. For centuries it has enchanted all those who come to know it, from Venetian and...

Kefalonia is the largest of the "Seven islands" in the Ionian sea, its area measuring approximately 780sq km. It lies opposite the entrance to the Gulf of Patras between the islands of Ithaca, Zakynthos, and Lefkada. The limestone rock formations of Kefalonia are easily eroded by underground waters. Over the centuries, the erosive effects and dissolving action of subterranean water...

Ithaca is the fifth-largest island in the group of the Ionian islands, covering an area of 96sq km. According to one view, Ithaca took its name from the first settler on the island, Ithacos, son of Poseidon and of Amphimele. According to another, the name is Phoenician in origin. It has become famous from the tale of the adventures of...

Trojan War, a legendary conflict between the early Greeks and the people of Troy in western Anatolia, was dated by later Greek authors to the 12th or 13th century.

Homer's epic poem the Odyssey begins ten years after the fall of Troy.

The son of either Poseidon or Aegeus and Aethra, Theseus was widely considered the greatest Athenian hero.

The "Alexandros Papadiamantis" airport on Skiathos was voted one of the most interesting for plane spotting, having caught the attention of the international community of plane spotters, a special audience that travels to photograph and follow the aircraft take-off and land from nearby. The airport is located between two beaches, The impressive thing is that anyone can see the takeoff...

Apart from the Parthenon, which made Athens famous all over the world, the city boasts other buildings just as important, historical sites that marked each in its own way the historical development of Attica. In the Ancient Agora where the Greek spirit was born and grew to manhood, one can admire a wealth of important monuments, among them the reconstructed...

Perseus was the son of a mortal woman princess Danae and god Zeus. To save his mother from marrying the king Polydectes, he was ordered to kill the gorgon Medusa.To help him with this task, Zeus sent both Athena and Hermes to meet Perseus and provide him with the special tools to kill Medusa. Athena decided to give him a...

The new Acropolis Museum, at the intersection of Makriyanni and Dionysios Areopagitis Streets, emerges grandiloquently from the garden of the Weiler Building. Designed by architect Bernard Tschumi, it is one of the world's most modern museums. The Museum entrance leads through to a wide ramp with a glass floor, the exhibition area for the finds from the slopes of the...