Greece
Exploring the Cyclades, Greece – Paros
Rupert Parker visits Paros, one of the Cyclades group of islands in the Aegean Sea.
Read the full story hereSaint George Lycabettus Hotel. Athens
Mount Lycabettus which is where you’ll find St. George Lycabettus Hotel has quite a lot going for it. For one thing, it’s the highest point in Athens so you can imagine what the views are like, and it’s mythical past is not to be sneered at either having been the property of Athena at one time, the goddess from whence the city takes its name.
Read the full story hereGB Roof Garden Restaurant. Hotel Grand Bretagne. Athens.
Being a God in mythical Athens must have been a busy business, as almost everything in this city has been put there by one god or another be it mountain, river or temple. I was feeling particularly god like myself, perched as I was high up in the GB Roof Garden Restaurant at the top of the Grand Bretagne Hotel with all of Athens laid out below me.
Read the full story hereCrete. This Island is no myth
“Financial crisis? What financial crisis. We have everything we need here so life is good.” This state of the nation speech came from Andreas my taxi driver, clearly a budding Cretan politician who believes Crete is impervious to the chaos surrounding Greek finances.
Read the full story hereMilos Restaurant Athens
The tasting table at Estiatorio Milos Athens restaurant provides no hiding place from the open kitchen embracing it. Just as well really as the procession of sumptuous food and wines coming from the busy brigade all around us is relentless.
Read the full story hereDaios Cove Hotel. Luxury straight from the Gods
The Daios Cove hotel is a brand new luxury property built high up on the side of a spectacular piece of Cretan coastline just 40 minutes east from the capital Heraklion and close to both Elounda and Agios Nikolaos.
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