Zagori Stone Bridges

The triple-arched Kalogeriko bridge below Kipoi in Zagori

The Zagori stone bridges are single, double and triple-arched packhorse crossings built over the Voidomatis, Vikos and Bagiotiko streams between 1750 and 1935, paid for by emigrant benefactors, and about forty of them still stand among the forty-six Zagori villages. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers the visit: which … Read more

Sivota Blue Lagoon Cruise

The Bella Vraka sandbar and the Blue Lagoon channel at Sivota

A Sivota Blue Lagoon cruise is a six to nine hour day boat from Corfu, Lefkimmi, Kavos or Sivota itself to the shallow turquoise channel between the Bella Vraka sandbar and the islet of Agios Nikolaos, with two or three swim stops and lunch on board or in the village. Plan the rest of the … Read more

Kalamata Olive Oil Tasting

Kalamata olives, the protected table fruit of the Messenian groves

A Kalamata olive oil tasting runs 90 minutes to three hours at a mill or a bottling plant on the Messenian plain, walking the grove before a guided tasting of three to six oils poured from a blue glass with bread, olives and cheese. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page … Read more

Parga Acheron River

Parga under its Venetian castle, the base for the Acheron river day

The Parga Acheron river trip runs 35 km south-east to the springs at Glyki, where the river of the Greek underworld comes out of the rock at 10 to 12 degrees and walkers wade upstream into the gorge on a four to eight hour day. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Halkidiki Olive Oil Tasting

The large green Halkidiki olive, the protected variety the tasting is built around

A Halkidiki olive oil tasting runs 90 minutes to three hours at a grove or a mill, walking the trees before a guided tasting of three to six oils from a blue glass, served with bread, tomato and cheese, and ending with a bottle to take home. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece … Read more

Ikaria Wine Tasting

A stone alley at Christos Raches on Ikaria, the village the wineries sit above

An Ikaria wine tasting is a two to four hour visit to a family winery in the hill villages, walking the terraced vineyard and the cellar with the winemaker before four to eight wines are poured with the island’s cheese, bread and garden vegetables. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page … Read more

Antiparos Boat Tours

The restored Apollo sanctuary on Despotiko, the island the Antiparos boats land at

Antiparos boat tours leave the town quay and Agios Georgios for the Despotiko sanctuary, the Blue Lagoon sandbanks and the west-coast caves, running three to eight hours on rigid inflatables, kaikia, sailing catamarans and licence-free self-drive boats. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers the whole day: where the boats … Read more

Folegandros Boat Tours

Katergo beach on Folegandros, the roadless cove the boats reach in 15 minutes from Karavostasi

Folegandros boat tours leave the quay at Karavostasi for a six to eight hour round-the-island cruise, four-hour half-day runs, private speedboats of six to ten metres and a guided snorkelling programme, reaching Katergo, Livadaki and the caves under the Chora cliff. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This page covers the whole … Read more

Folegandros Wine Tasting

The Chora of Folegandros on its cliff edge above the terraced slopes the vines grow on

A Folegandros wine tasting takes you to Domaine Paliomilos on the dry-stone terraces between Chora and Ano Meria, through the vineyard and the cellar and on to a seated flight of four to six wines poured with the island’s cheese, capers and rusks. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This page covers … Read more

Sifnos Boat Trips

The Chrysopigi monastery on its rock spur off the south coast of Sifnos

Sifnos boat trips run six to nine hours from Kamares, Platys Gialos and Vathi to the uninhabited island of Polyaigos, the coves of Kimolos, the north coast of Milos and the Antiparos and Despotiko crossing, with two or three swim stops and lunch on board. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This … Read more