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There are [11] photos and [3] stories tagged with "greek islands".

Santorini, Greece

GREECE | Tue, 20 Oct 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [38]

Massive effort to get from Rome to Santorini in a day! We left fairly early to get to the plane to Athens then after the flight we just made it onto a bus direct to Pireaus port where we were catching the ferry to Santorini. All going well until the ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, greek islands, fira, ferry

On the origins of classical Greek sculpture

GREECE | Wed, 24 Oct 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [873]

Sitting on the beach in the little fishing village of Apollonas on the northern tip of the Greek island of Naxos, I pick up a beautifully smooth pebble. Nothing unusual about that, except this one is made of high quality marble and has the most gorgeous ... Read more >

Tags: culture, sculptures, art, greek, marble, beach, naxos, greek islands

Heavenly days

GREECE | Sat, 13 Oct 2007 | By simon_monk | Views [579]

I will never cease to be amazed at how a journey can turn on a dime and memorable days pop out of nowhere when they are least expected. Were you able to engineer them and string such days together, life would be rich indeed. Our day started ordinarily ... Read more >

Tags: crete, loutro, greek islands, magic, children, travel, family