On our late season holiday to Corfu we hired a little car and set about exploring this beautiful island. For one of our days out we planned to head up to the summit of Mount Pantokrator, which is the ...

A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant and high in the great tower of Pantokrator Monastery, a ...

As far as hikes go, this takes some beating. I’ve joined a local hiking club on a nine-mile trek across Corfu’s remote, mountainous northeast and its summit is Mount Pantokrator, which, at 2,972 ft, ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant. And high in the great tower of ...

Sparkling white-pebble beaches, lush olive groves and Venetian villas the colour of kumquats scattered across the hills, it's ...

For those more familiar with the barren landscapes of Santorini and Mykonos, verdant Corfu will surprise and delight. Located ...

“The total population of the village? Two. There’ve always been two permanent residents living in Old Perithia at any one time,” says Mark Hendriksen, British owner of The Merchant’s House guesthouse ...

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Athens/Rome/Istanbul, 25 Jul (EFE).- As Southern Europe grapples with a lingering heatwave, forest fires on the Greek Island of Rhodes were raging out of control Tuesday with major blazes also ...