The walled medieval city of the Knights of St John, who ruled Rhodes from 1309 to 1522. It's one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk the Street of the Knights, lined with the inns of the different nations, up to the Palace of the Grand Master, and along the moat between the walls.
The town also has mosques, a hammam and a lively market. Lindos, on the east coast, has an acropolis above a white village and a beautiful bay.
A village of white houses and blue-domed churches clinging to the rim of Santorini's caldera, a flooded volcanic crater, with famous sunsets over the…
A fishing village on the north coast of Paros, one of the most picturesque in the Cyclades: whitewashed lanes, blue doors and bougainvillea, and a li…
A beach of small sandy coves separated by smooth granite rocks, worn by wind and sea into strange, rounded shapes.
The 'Church of a Hundred Doors', one of the oldest and best-preserved Byzantine churches in Greece, founded in the 4th century, reputedly by St Helen…
A deep cave on the small island of Antiparos, a 10-minute ferry ride from Paros, with impressive stalactites and stalagmites.
The great Bronze Age palace of the Minoan civilisation, Europe's oldest city, linked to the legend of King Minos and the Minotaur's labyrinth.
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