Journey
Aspects of travel and tourism in their historical, cultural, economic and sociological dimensions.
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Downtime
In Greece, the first day of May is deeply linked to the flowering of nature, the fertility of the Earth, the irrevocable end of winter and the welcome of the sunny and warm days that follow.
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Iconostases
A very typical element of the Greek road network is the iconostasis at the side of the road, which one encounters almost repeatedly, bend after bend.
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Unsubmissive Mani
Greece Otherwise is, above all, a journey through time, as well as through landscapes, even humanized spaces, those that we believe have been forgotten for some time. A Greek country… without visitors, without tourists, and sometimes even without inhabitants. As in this month of April in Mani, a region of the Peloponnese that is nevertheless very well known.
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Beyond the Islands
Greece, far from the islands, is often a revelation. We get rid of the clichés, we forget the crowds and sometimes… we even get away from the earthquakes and first of all from the disastrous din of mass tourism. As for example in Thessaly, my homeland, which is more in the middle of winter.
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Due south
Southern Greece, and first of all the Peloponnese, undoubtedly correspond to the fashionable stereotypes about travel in Greece. And yet…
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Due north
Traveling is to be amazed, to grasp what is still possible to learn in order to reflect on it, and then to be amazed! Leaving Athens quickly, we therefore left for the north of the country and its region, as much cultural as natural, of Greek Macedonia.