Easy hikes in Greece
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…
Three Easy Pieces for Hikers on Paros Yes, you guessed it : We are in Greece! On the beautiful island of Paros, to be precise, the pearl of the Aegean Sea. And just to prove to you that we are not simply taking it easy – although the temptation to just have a good time and…
Hiking through History in Ios, Milos and Paros in Exploring the Cyclades Hiking is a wonderful way of exploring and experiencing your immediate neighbourhood. If you have never wondered what the world looks like beyond that distant little strip of green that you can see from your bedroom window, chances are you will not get…