Sporades Islands. The Sporades, which stretch out into the Aegean off Greece’s eastern coast, consist of 24 islands, but only four of these are permanently inhabited: Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos and Skyros. Amongst other things, they are famous for the regular summer meltemi winds and as the setting for the 2008…

Crete. The biggest of the Greek Islands, Crete certainly makes the most of its size. On the one hand, it lines up miles of beaches and a guidebook’s worth of sights. On the other, it has every type of holiday base going, from sleepy hillside villages to up-all-night party towns.… 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…

Dodekanessos Islands. Ever pined for the old Greece, where timeless islands beckon modern-day adventurers just as they did Odysseus and Alexander? Book a room with The Kresten Royal Villas & Spa and enter the far-flung Dodecanese archipelago, curving through the southeastern Aegean parallel to the ever-visible shoreline of Turkey. The… Read more…

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…