The small island of Elafonisos, just off the south-east corner of the Peloponnese, used to be a well-guarded secret. It's two beaches of perfect white sand, said to rival those of the South Seas, were ...

The Greek mainland rarely headlines the fantasy—but maybe that’s its edge. Far from the algorithm-fed visuals of whitewashed domes and cruise ports, this is where the real variation kicks in. Roughly ...

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Though a staple among Greek holidaymakers, the Peloponnese has largely been neglected by international travellers. We venture to its lush mountain landscapes and sandy shores to find out what we’re ...

We wouldn't have thought of going to Greece except that one of our daughter's best friends, Nefeli, was from there. "It's fine outside Athens," her parents assured us. "Even Athens isn't too bad if ...

The writer Paddy Leigh Fermor is best known in Greece for his exploits in Crete in 1944, when he daringly abducted a German general from right under the Nazis’ noses. But his heart really lay in the ...