The history of Antiparos reaches far back into prehistory, to a time about four thousand years before the common era, when early settlers first arrived in this small Cycladic island. The nearby islet of Saliagos, set in the channel between Antiparos and Paros, holds the oldest known settlement in the whole Cyclades. From those Neolithic … Read more
Ancient Eleutherna stands on the north-western slopes of Mount Ida in the Rethymno region, offering one of Crete’s most thoroughly excavated archaeological sites. Founded by Dorian Greeks, this city flourished continuously from the Dark Ages through Archaic, Classical, Roman and Byzantine periods. The rich necropolis has yielded gold jewellery, weapons and evidence of Homeric burial … Read more
Athens’s Tower of the Winds is a beautifully preserved octagonal marble tower standing in the Roman Agora, the world’s first weather station, decorated with reliefs of the eight wind gods and once holding a water clock and sundials. See it on a Roman Agora visit with skip-the-line and combined-ticket access from My Greece Tours. This … Read more