Subsequent volcanic eruptions have turned the island’s north coast into a freak show of geological curiosities I already told you that most people in Milos believe their local administration and tourism board are not making enough of the fact that the Venus of Milo, possibly the world’s most famous “classical” statue, was found on their…
After a long and “crane’s length” co-existence on the island, the strange bedfellows of mining and tourism are beginning to embrace Most of the Cyclades islands are one-horse economies. Nearly all the people you will meet during your stay – guest house owners, restaurateurs and guides, obviously, but also local officials, doctors and lawyers –…
Classical antiquity’s most famous lady, a most controversial military campaign, catacombs and a murderous espresso machine. Hers is the body that launched a thousand ad campaigns … … that graces a thousand flea markets all over Greece … … and that has inspired many artists, the clumsy and the maladroit … … as well as…
Because hikers also need to eat… …. here we’ll tell you where to eat in Ios! Over the past week or so, we have acquired considerable knowledge and expertise not only about the hiking trails of Ios, but also – thanks to the generosity of the mayor and his local administration – about the best of…
If you want to see the sights of Ios, you will – unfortunately – have to exchange your hiking boots for a set of wheels I think we can all agree that walking is the perfect way of experiencing foreign destinations. The problem is that you do not always have the choice between good, better…
If you like Greek Orthodox churches and chapels, you would love the churches of Ios. Hiking (and driving) through Ios, you cannot miss the fact that there seem to be an awfully large number of churches and chapels around. No field or farm, no hill and certainly no mountain, no promontory and not even the…
Our walk into the glorious Mediterranean countryside to the lighthouse of Ios … a “prehistoric” Greek dance floor … … and the lizard, the wonderful lizard of I-Oz. To get to the lighthouse of Ios, all we have to do is follow the yellow stone wall … … and, to get to this wall in…
From Limani to Valmas and back to Chora – a perfect introduction to the charms of Ios Our first walk in Ios, and – of necessity – a short one. Such is the nature of the busy schedule that the municipality of Ios has prepared for us. In the morning, we were chauffeured around the…
Our first impressions of Ios small “Flower of the Aegean Sea Whenever we told somebody in Paros that we were planning to visit other islands of the Cyclades as part of our trip, he or she would invariably inform us that all islands were different, that they all had their unique character and that there…
A Series of Byzantine Tableaux Vivants Enacts Good Friday in Paros. There are many reasons to love the holiday of Easter. Here is mine: while Christmas nowadays is more or less the same everywhere – a truly globalized event, celebrated from Alaska to Zimbabwe with decorated pine trees, Silent Night and a jolly fat man…