Macedonia. For many foreigners the word Macedonia (in Greek, mah-keh-dho-nee-ah) conjures up ancient conqueror Alexander the Great. But Greece’s biggest province has major modern attractions to rival the museums and key historical sites at Pella and Vergina. Thessaloniki, Greece’s sophisticated second city, has fantastic dining and nightlife, while the Halkidiki… Read more…

Ionian Islands. Sandy stretches and rocky coves, textbook Greek towns, and nightlife that’ll knock your socks off – when it comes to holidays, the Ionian Islands pull out all the stops. Greece with an Italian flavour: Venetian castles and churches, olive trees and pine forests down to the water’s edge,… Read more…

Ionian Islands. Sandy stretches and rocky coves, textbook Greek towns, and nightlife that’ll knock your socks off – when it comes to holidays, the Ionian Islands pull out all the stops. Greece with an Italian flavour: Venetian castles and churches, olive trees and pine forests down to the water’s edge,… Read more…

Thraki. Thraki is among Greece’s most striking but least visited areas. Once home to a powerful, ancient Thracian civilization, the region has been dramatically affected by other neighbouring societies. In the north the rolling Rhodopi Mountains demarcate the Bulgarian border, and contain pristine forests and animal life; Thrace’s eastern reaches,… Read more…

Thessaly. The region of Thessaly occupies much of east-central Greece between the Pindos Mountains and the Aegean Sea. The fertile and river-fed Thessalian plain supported one of the earliest Neolithic settlements on the continent. Today it boasts two of Greece’s most extraordinary natural phenomena: the lofty, monastery-capped rock pinnacles of… Read more…