Patmos, the most well known of the smaller Dodecanese islands, is famous for where St. John wrote the Book of Revelation. You will be impressed with its immense natural beauty, rich cultural tradition and its picturesque villages and coves.
Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands and the most important, historically. This island has it all – beaches with crystal clear waters, rich nightlife and culture - taking you back through past civilizations. The Old Town of Rhodes is atmospheric with its maze of cobbled streets taking you back to the days of the Byzantine Empire.
The beautiful island of Samos is situated in the eastern Aegean Sea just off the coast of modern-day Turkey. In the 6th century B.C. it particularly flourished and was famous in antiquity for its navy, wine and important sanctuary to Hera, goddess of marriage and birth.
Blessed with natural springs, Corinth is located on the isthmus which connects mainland Greece with the Peloponnese and is surrounded by fertile plains. In Roman times, Corinth was on the largest and wealthiest city-states in Greece having two major ports: one on the Corinthian Gulf and on on the Saronic Gulf.
Nafplio is one of the most beautiful towns in the eastern Peloponnese, in the area of Argolis. It was the first capital of Greece between 1823 and 1834. Romantic Nafplio will mesmerize you with its ancient walls, medieval castles, monuments and statues along with its unique architecture.
Located in the Thessaly Valley, Kalambaka is a town observed tentatively by the surreal rock formations of Meteora where 6 ageless monasteries are literally perched on top of huge monolithic rocks. Kalambaka is now almost entirely of recent construction since it was burned to the ground by the Nazis in WWII.
Delphi is located on Mount Parnassus in the south of mainland Greece once home to the legendary oracle. The extensive mountainside archaeological complex holds the remains of the sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena Pronaia. The Archaeological Museum there displays artifacts found among the ruins.
Olympia is an ancient site on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula and is the birthplace of the Olympic Games in the 8th century B.C. The extensive ruins include athletic training areas, a stadium and temples dedicated to the gods Zeus and Hera. Olympia’s Archaeological Museum exhibits finds from the site which includes a statue of Hermes by the sculptor, Praxiteles