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Byzantium
In Greece, starting with its ancient Morea, it sometimes feels like… it’s still Byzantium. The setting is certainly there, with its old palaces overlooking olive groves and ancient fortifications, the kind once thought impregnable. No doubt, the modern visitor is quite captivated.
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Greek Spring
The Greek Spring is said to be exceptional, namely cool for the season, windy and rainy. The “postcard” scene is there nonetheless, like the small trawler named Saint-Nicolas, moored opposite the island of Poros.
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Thirean Matins
It’s been over fifteen years since I last visited the Cyclades in the summer. And this is understandable, I’d even say it’s understandable… more and more. And as for Mykonos and Santorini, quite simply, I haven’t been there since 1990.
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Goodbye Tourism
In August 1929, Édouard Herriot, former French Prime Minister, then mayor of Lyon and head of the Parti radical, arrived by route in Greece for a pleasure trip on board his luxurious Hispano-Suiza course car.
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Zagori, a captivating region!
Stereotypes sometimes have long lives and short memories. Especially those related to tourism, even when it’s popular. Thus, when we talk about the villages of Zagori in Epirus, we often refer to this region of immense beauty, presumably off the beaten track and even unknown to most tourists.
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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.