We had a week of classic holiday in Corfu. It’s a beautiful island of lush vegetation (totally unlike the Dodecanese and Cyclades). People have visited here for many hundreds of years from the Emperors Tiberius and Nero (who came to worship at the temple of Zeus in Kassiopi) to Gerald Durrell of “My family and…

It was exciting to return to the Athens and see the Parthenon coming into sight across the water. We’d been on sleepy islands and small villages for a month so to be back in the city was exhilarating. We didn’t know then just how much so! First we went up Lycabettus Hill at sunset where…

Our last stop in the island hopping month has been Sifnos. It’s a beautiful island with views out to many of the islands we’ve visited, many natural harbours, white churches and monasteries on every headland and hill, 8th century walls and ruined towers. We stayed in Chrisopigi where a white monastery sits on a rocky…

On our last night in Naxos Town we walked out to the Portara to see the sunset. This arch was built as a part of the temple to Apollo and has greeted arrivals from the sea since it was built 2,500 years ago. After that we drove inland on Naxos where there are huge marble…

We left Tilos heading for Nisyros, our last stop in the Cyclades. The ferry took about 4 hours. Nisyros has an amazing fortress high above the town which was built in the 8th century BC and is referred to by Homer in the Iliad as playing a part in the Trojan wars. It was dramatic,…

We caught the overnight ferry from Piraeus to Rhodes on the evening of 30 April. For almost 35 miles we could see the Parthenon standing out more clearly than in this photo as we’ve had to zoom in a lot but there it is for all travellers to see over the centuries! Rhodes was spoilt…