Shopping in Spetses blends island practicality with the resort character of a fashionable Saronic destination. This car-free island keeps its shops within a compact, walkable core, so knowing what and where to buy saves time on a short stay. This guide from Spetses specialists My Greece Tours maps the boutiques, food shops, and craft stores … Read more
The history of Spetses runs from ancient Pityoussa, the pine-covered island, through an eighteenth-century shipbuilding boom to a leading role in the 1821 Greek War of Independence. This My Greece Tours guide traces how a small Saronic island near Porto Heli built a merchant fleet, raised the flag of revolution, and won fame at sea. … Read more
The horse carriages of Spetses, known locally as fiacres, are the signature image of this car-free island in the Argo-Saronic Gulf. On Spetses private cars stay banned inside the town, so the decorated horses and their painted carriages remain a genuine means of transport rather than a mere photo prop. My Greece Tours explains here … Read more
Agios Nikolaos Church is the historic main church of Spetses, standing on the slope above the Dapia and dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of sailors. My Greece Tours has prepared this guide to its story. A former monastery on Spetses, it is where the islanders first raised the flag of the 1821 revolution, and … Read more
Weddings on Spetses pair Belle Epoque elegance with the intimacy of a small, car-free Saronic island, and My Greece Tours has assembled this guide for couples planning to marry there. Only hours from Athens by hydrofoil, Spetses offers landmark hotels, seafront terraces, historic mansions and quiet chapels for the ceremony, while its horse-drawn carriages and … Read more
A Spetses itinerary rewards travellers who let the car-free island set the pace instead of racing through it, and My Greece Tours builds every plan around that gentle rhythm. Spetses sits in the Saronic Gulf near the Peloponnese, close enough for a weekend from Athens yet distinct enough to feel like a real escape. On … Read more
The Spetses Museum occupies the Hatzigiannis Mexis mansion, a fortified stone house built in the late eighteenth century for one of the island’s wealthiest shipowners and leaders. Set a short walk from the Dapia in Spetses Town, it gathers the island’s maritime history, its part in the 1821 Greek War of Independence. Relics of the … Read more
Cycling Spetses is the signature way to explore this car-free Saronic island, where private cars are restricted and the flat waterfront belongs to bicycles rather than engines. A paved coastal ring road circles the whole island, linking beach after beach through fragrant pine forest, and My Greece Tours treats two wheels as the natural pace … Read more
The Old Harbour of Spetses, known to islanders as Baltiza, is the traditional shipbuilding port that curves east of the Dapia, the town’s main quay. Wooden boats are still built and repaired by hand in its tarsanas boatyards, while moored yachts, cocktail bars, and seafood tavernas line the water. This My Greece Tours guide explains … Read more
Agia Paraskevi beach sits on the southwest coast of Spetses, a pine-backed bay just beyond Agioi Anargyroi where the trees run almost to the waterline and a small white chapel stands on the slope above the sand. This My Greece Tours guide explains where the bay is, what the swimming is like, the chapel that … Read more