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Category: Greece

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Sailing bliss in the Ionian Sea

Posted on 24 May 2018 by Els

If you’re planning on visiting the Greek islands, you’re in for a treat, but you’d better do some advanced planning too! There are over 200 inhabited Greek islands and there’s never a lack of sunshine and good food, no matter where you go! So, where do you start? Do you go for Continue Reading

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what to do on kefalonia

The best places to visit on Kefalonia

Posted on 12 October 2016 by Els

Kefalonia, with its green, pine-covered slopes and Mount Ainos majestically towering over the surrounding azure blue waters, is the biggest island of the Ionian Sea. Does its name ring a bell? Very possible! The island of Kefalonia was the setting for the 2001 movie “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”, in which Nicolas Cage played Continue Reading

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Authentic Greek flavours in the heart of Athens

Posted on 2 November 2015 by Els

Moussaka, slouvaki, Greek salad, … is this what comes to mind when you think of Greek food? Think again! Even if there’s a lot of chance that you will come across these on your trip to Greece, the Greek cuisine is so much more varied than this! It’s 9am on Continue Reading

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A visit to Lefkas, the gateway to the Ionian Sea

Posted on 19 October 2014 by Els

It’s exactly two o’clock, when the floating bridge opens and lets the yachts pass from mainland Greece into the Ionian Sea. Every hour on the dot, a floating procession sails into the canal, on its way to Lefkas, the first island on the west coast of Greece. The island is Continue Reading

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things to do in Ithaca Greece

In search of Odysseus on Ithaca – Greece

Posted on 29 September 2014 by Els

Who hasn’t heard of Odysseus? Or Ulysses, as he is also known by his Roman name. He’s the hero of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”. According to that poem, Odysseus was the king of the island of Ithaca, a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea. After fighting in the Continue Reading

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things to do in meganisi

The best things to do on Meganisi

Posted on 15 September 2014 by Els

Never heard of Meganisi? Don’t worry; before I set off on a sailing trip around the Ionian islands, neither had I! Its name means “big island”, although it only has 3 villages, is about 20km² and has no more than 1000 inhabitants! Up to the 20th century the island was Continue Reading

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