Rhodes, Greece

Cruising to Rhodes, Greece

Rhodes tourist information. Rhodes island is the largest of Greece’s Dodecanese islands and among the most popular destinations in Greece. Rhodes is known for its beach resorts, ancient ruins and structural remnants of its crusades-era occupation by the Knights of St.[…]

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Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

Cruising to Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

Katakolon, the door to Olympia tourist information. Katakolon port lies on the Greek coast along the Eastern Mediterranean and serves as the gateway to Olympia, the ancient site where the ancient Greeks flocked every four years for more than a millennium[…]

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Santorini, Greece

Cruising to Santorini, Greece

Santorini tourist information. The most popular island in Greece, Santorini (or Thíra), one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea, is actually a group of islands consisting of Thíra, Thirassiá, Asproníssi, Palea and Nea Kaméni in the southernmost part of[…]

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Mykonos, Greece

Cruising to Mykonos, Greece

Mykonos tourist information. Mykonos is beautiful island in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. According to mythology, Mykonos was formed from the petrified bodies of giants killed by Hercules. And the island is named after Apollo’s grandson, “Mykonos”. Mykonos[…]

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Athens, Greece

Cruising to Athens, Greece

Athens tourist information. Named for Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and courage, Athens has been the center of Greek civilization for some 4,000 years. The capital of modern Greece, it’s still dominated by 5th-century-B.C.E. landmarks, including the Acropolis, a hilltop[…]

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Zakynthos Greece Shipwreck Bay

Cruising to Zakynthos, Greece

Zakynthos is a Greek’s  third largest island in the Ionian Sea and a well-known summer resort. According to archeological findings the island has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. In Homer’s writings it is stated that Zakynthos and his men were[…]

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Corfu, Greece

Cruising to Corfu, Greece

Corfu tourist information. The Ionian Islands, which sit off the north-west coast of Greece in the Adriatic Sea, have been attracting foreign visitors since long before modern tourism took hold in the area. Indeed, several empires and civilisations have been drawn to[…]

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