There is a lot written about luxury, yet much of it ignores the luxury of time. It is a rare destination that allows us as travelers to find the sweet spot between the mindless beach vacation and the action-packed getaway that blows by too quickly, leaving us more tired than when we first left home. One destination that slides into this category for me is Costa Navarino in the southwest Peloponnese in Greece. A new article, ‘

Since we are on Greece at the moment, I saw old pictures in my foto folder of our holiday in Crete a long time ago. This was pre-digital camera age for us: 2003.These pictures were taken at the windmills in La .. more ..

These four photos are from Mykonos in Greece. Mykonos is the classic Greek-island stop and, along with Santorini, it’s the most touristy — and the island most impacted by cruise ships. Being on Mykonos reminded me how great the Greek islands are — even when they’re extremely touristy. What’s your favorite discovered Greek isle…and your favorite undiscovered one?

Greetings from Crete!Difficult to keep track of us sometimes, isn’t it? In one week, after a hop (from Berlin), a skip (to Prague), and a jump (from Munich), we’ve landed on Crete, the almost-southernmost island of Greece.

www.GreeceTravelBlog.com Nafplion is so much cleaner and prettier than Athens and the restaurants don’t hound you. I love it! They even have a “Popeyes” restaurant (not the same as the one in Louisiana) but still has American-type food. We basically spent an entire day touring the Island of Aegina, another day visiting Tiryns and Mycenae, [...]

www.GreeceTravelBlog.com Opening Richard Clark’s The Greek Islands – A Notebook, reading the first pages, a list with common Greek words that a tourist should know, descriptions of some food, etc, I thought this was going to be some sort of a tourist guide, and I felt disappointed, even more because I would have to criticize [...]

www.GreeceTravelBlog.com From Richard Clark, The Greek Islands – A Notebook, Occasional journeys through Crete, Corfu, Rhodes and other islands, pp. 243-7 My back felt as though it would go into spasm as we hit yet another pothole on the road which led out of Heraklion to Archanes. Perched with my bum just inches from the [...]

www.GreeceTravelBlog.comThe hotel does a weekly Greek night which is fantastic, the food was amazing and they play Greek music and have dancers. As expected they loved getting the guests up to join in with the dances. I am usually rather nimble but on a full stomach and in havianas I looked like a spazzy penguin. [...]