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35 Reasons to Visit Greece at Least Once in your Life
Want to visit Greece? Good choice! It’s a fantastic country that offers everything from beaches and islands to culture and history as well as delicious food and friendly locals. If you haven’t yet been to Greece, here are 35 reasons why I think everyone should visit Greece at least once in their life!
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Winter and Wine on Santorini
I reached Santorini on a cold, sun-drenched morning in early January and, without quite realizing how, ended up
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Life
Celebrating St Tryphon in Goumenissa: A Warming Feast in the Depths of Winter
Goumenissa, close to Greece’s northern border, is a wine town. On the feast day of St. Tryphon – the protector of the vine – the locals go all out for what is one of winter’s biggest celebrations.
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Epiphany: The Final Act of the Greek Christmas Season
While the holiday season in much of the rest of the world comes to a gentle close after New Year’s Day, our holiday season in Greece extends a few more days to end with a glorious splash – literally. The twelve days of Christmas (remember the carol of the same name – with the pear-tree perching partridges and leaping lords?) reach their bracing finale on the sixth of January. Epiphany…
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Life
How to Get into the Greek Holiday Spirit
Greek Christmas has a lot going for it. It’s at least as festive and abundant as the celebrations farther north, but refreshingly it’s
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Learning to Laiki It: Getting the Best Out of Greek Farmers’ Markets
Actually, the best things in life are not free – you usually to have to
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Life
Carpe Diem, Greek Style
Greece’s more tranquil pleasures sometimes get lost amid the sun and excitement of midsummer. Here’s how to find them:
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Life
How to Drink Like a Greek
An enviable hallmark of Mediterranean culture is the civilized role of alcohol, built on aspects of Greek lifestyle worth emulating:
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