The Casa Romana in Kos Town offers a unique glimpse into Roman life on the island. This restored villa, built in the style of a Pompeii town house, features three peristyle courtyards and intricate mosaics, making it a significant archaeological site. Visitors can explore the Casa Romana’s 36 rooms, adorned with wall paintings and marble … Read more
The ancient harbours of Thassos are the twin ports of Limenas, the island’s capital, where the sea power and wealth of the classical city once concentrated on the water. Two basins served the town: an open commercial harbour, still busy beneath the modern quay, and a smaller closed harbour built for warships behind marble breakwaters. … Read more
The Ancient Agora of Thassos is the excavated civic and religious heart of the ancient city, set in the middle of Limenas beside the old fishing harbour. This large rectangular square once held the daily business of the island. Traders, priests, magistrates and citizens gathered on its open ground. Long colonnaded halls called stoas framed … Read more
Heinrich Schliemann was a wealthy German businessman who turned late in life to archaeology, driven by a stubborn belief that Homer’s poems held real history rather than pure invention. Fresh from his celebrated digs at Troy, he brought that same conviction to the citadel of Mycenae in the later nineteenth century. Where scholars saw only … Read more
The Sanctuary of Dionysus at Yria sits on the fertile plain south of Naxos Town, near the airport and the village of Glinado. Archaeologists uncovered four temples built one over another, from the Geometric through the Archaic period, each raised on the ruins of the last. This is one of the oldest cult sites in … Read more
Grotta forms the rocky northern seafront of Naxos Town, and it holds one of the oldest secrets on the island. Beneath its shallow water and along its exposed rocks lie the remains of a Mycenaean and Cycladic acropolis, walls and foundations that mark the earliest settled heart of Naxos. The name means cave, a nod … Read more
Sir Arthur Evans was the British archaeologist who excavated and controversially reconstructed Knossos and named the Minoan civilization. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. Arthur Evans shaped how we experience the Palace of Knossos today, from the walls you walk between to the very name of the culture that built them. The sections … Read more
The Archaeological Museum of Mykonos, on the Old Port waterfront, holds finds from Mykonos and the neighbouring island of Rhenia, its star exhibit the famous 7th-century BC amphora depicting the Trojan Horse, alongside statues, vases, jewellery and grave stelae. This guide covers the exhibits, the history, the hours and how to visit. The museum is … Read more
Ancient Thera is Santorini’s dramatic clifftop classical city, perched on the rocky ridge of Mesa Vouno between Kamari and Perissa, with temples, an agora, Roman houses and breathtaking views. It is the island’s second great archaeological site after Akrotiri. This guide covers the history, what to see, tickets and how to visit. Ancient Thera is … Read more
Akrotiri Santorini is a remarkably preserved Bronze Age Minoan town buried by the volcanic eruption around 1600 BC, often called the Greek Pompeii. Its multi-storey houses, drains and famous frescoes survive under a vast roof. This guide covers what to see, the history, tickets, the frescoes and how to visit. Akrotiri is the cultural highlight … Read more