Continuing my recent posts demonstrating my love for the magnificent views to be seen from the cliff tops in Oia, Santorini, looking out over the sea and down into the gigantic, flooded, volcanic caldera that lies in front of both of the…
With such spectacular views to be enjoyed all around me, I have to request fellow Travel Gumbo readers indulgence for coming back again to the views to be had looking out from the cliff top over Oia township in the Greek isle of Santorini. …
Possibly the greatest volcanic eruption in past millennia was that which destroyed the Minoan civilisation on the island that today is known as Santorini in the Greek Cyclades isles. Down in the middle of the sea that now is surrounded by the…
Strolling through the labyrinth of alleyways in the heart of the old Venetian fortress above the harbour of Naxos in the Greek Cyclades islands, every turn of a corner reveals yet another fascinating building with all the signs of its past history……
As the fishermen sail out of Naxos harbour in the Greek Cyclades isles and look into into the setting sun they glance over towards the simple whitewashed chapel that sits on its own small island in the middle of the passage.
Hanging, drying, in the old Greek island harbour of Nauossa in Paros are the latest catch of octopuses (or do we say “octopi”?) drying in the sun and being readied for the next family dinner. Blue skies, gently rocking boats at anchor. Idyllic…….
With a small church set atop the headland of Paros, the sun was setting that evening in the most richly golden sky that I have experienced in many many years – beautiful Greece!
Arriving in Hora’s harbour in Naxos in the early dusk on the busy inter-island ferry, the weary traveller is greeted by this lovely sight of the harbour with it’s old Venetian fortifications that protected the harbour in years gone by. The…
Situated on the eastern side of Naoussa Bay about 7 miles east of the main town of Parikia is this very picturesque old harbour whose fortifications date from the Venetian era of trade dominance of the Aegean and Mediterranean. …
The largest and loftiest (at 999m elevation) of the Cyclades archipelago, rugged Náxos is one of the few Greek islands besides Crete that could feed itself – you see flocks of sheep, goats and cattle everywhere, along with all manner of…
Continuing my recent posts demonstrating my love for the magnificent views to be seen from the cliff tops in Oia, Santorini, looking out over the sea and down into the gigantic, flooded, volcanic caldera that lies in front of both of the…
With such spectacular views to be enjoyed all around me, I have to request fellow Travel Gumbo readers indulgence for coming back again to the views to be had looking out from the cliff top over Oia township in the Greek isle of Santorini. …
Possibly the greatest volcanic eruption in past millennia was that which destroyed the Minoan civilisation on the island that today is known as Santorini in the Greek Cyclades isles. Down in the middle of the sea that now is surrounded by the…
Strolling through the labyrinth of alleyways in the heart of the old Venetian fortress above the harbour of Naxos in the Greek Cyclades islands, every turn of a corner reveals yet another fascinating building with all the signs of its past history……
As the fishermen sail out of Naxos harbour in the Greek Cyclades isles and look into into the setting sun they glance over towards the simple whitewashed chapel that sits on its own small island in the middle of the passage.
Hanging, drying, in the old Greek island harbour of Nauossa in Paros are the latest catch of octopuses (or do we say “octopi”?) drying in the sun and being readied for the next family dinner. Blue skies, gently rocking boats at anchor. Idyllic…….
With a small church set atop the headland of Paros, the sun was setting that evening in the most richly golden sky that I have experienced in many many years – beautiful Greece!
Arriving in Hora’s harbour in Naxos in the early dusk on the busy inter-island ferry, the weary traveller is greeted by this lovely sight of the harbour with it’s old Venetian fortifications that protected the harbour in years gone by. The…
Situated on the eastern side of Naoussa Bay about 7 miles east of the main town of Parikia is this very picturesque old harbour whose fortifications date from the Venetian era of trade dominance of the Aegean and Mediterranean. …
The largest and loftiest (at 999m elevation) of the Cyclades archipelago, rugged Náxos is one of the few Greek islands besides Crete that could feed itself – you see flocks of sheep, goats and cattle everywhere, along with all manner of…
