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Ferrying in Greece While we flew to Crete, we took ferries to, through and then from the Cyclades back to mainland Greece. While the ferry from Heraklion Crete to Santorini was rather nondescript and uneventful, the fast ferry from Santorini to Mykonos had something of a mini-museum of the type of Greek pottery and …
Delos is a small island near Mykonos that is currently uninhabited, other than a caretaker who lives there to prevent vandalism. But if only its walls could talk. Delos History According to legend, it was the birthplace of Apollo, King of the Gods. In reality, it was founded by the Ionians about 2500 B.C. and […]
Mykonos Island is more than Mykonos Town. The South Shore is home to most of the island’s best and most popular beaches—beach after beach. While most cater to mixed crowds, many seem to be attractive to different clientele. There are, for example, family beaches (including Platys Gialos), some in which watersports are popular (such as […]
While the Santorini Island in Greece is known primarily for its atmosphere, its scenery and its wines, Mykonos is known primarily for its beaches and its nightlife. It attracts sun-worshipers and parties of all stripes and means, and more than its fair share of wealthy jetsetters and “yacht-setters” who order the crews to cruise their […]
Santorini has been producing wine at least since its Minoan days, more than 3,500 years ago. Its sandy, mineral-rich (but potassium-poor) volcanic soils, lack of organic material, intense sun, high heat, strong northerly winds and lack of water (with moisture during growing season coming almost exclusively from the night air) stresses its old wines (most […]
While we wanted to visit as much of Greece as we could in the time we had there, Santorini was the place we most anticipated. Why? As the first of three islands we are visited in the Cylcades Islands, it has:. Crescent-shaped, volcanic island whose cataclysmic 1450 B.C. eruption—estimated as the second or third largest […]