The island of Amorgos in the Cyclades is expected to draw global attention as it will be the filming location of “Tochter” (Daughters), a new feature film co-produced by three companies from…
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A well-travelled Londoner with Carribean blood, photographer Mark Wilman is a Hellenophile at heart, and his evocative work proves it. His lifelong, multi-sensory experience of Greece has resulted in a highly lauded…
Today, May 31 is international World No Tobacco Day, and to mark the occasion, the Greek island of Serifos has announced the launch of the country’s first smoke-free beach. The western Cycladic island’s Vagia beach will…
Sparkling white and built into a giant grey rock at a height of 300m, the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in the Cycladic Amorgos island is the second oldest monastery in Greece. Initially…
It was supposed to be an entire week, a week that this tired mama/yoga-lover was looking forward to for months on end, like a metaphorical life-raft (no, Leonardo di Caprio, you don’t…
Exquisitely exclusive and strewn with floral carpets in spring and buzzily lively with both loyal and new visitors during summer, Amorgos has become highly popular since it was “discovered” in the late…
Picture ruggedly stunning Amorgos, the easternmost island of the Cyclades group, known for its cobalt waters, wild nature and blinding-white architecture, its “special energy” and the memorable movie set of Luc Besson’s…
Amorgos is known for its many monasteries, among the oldest in the world, drawing tourists by the thousands, mostly from France, Italy, and Greece. National Geographic recently took a trip to the island…
Greece’s Ministry of Culture announced on Friday that a 3rd century BC ancient stone tablet bearing a historic inscription of the Resolution of Nikouria, that had gone missing for a century, has…
In a world first, Greek diver and photographer Stefanos Kontos presented a unique photo exhibition in an undersea cave on the beautiful island of Amorgos. Those lucky enough to attend the event…
Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world has selected 10 unique and desirable destinations for their Top 10 places to visit in Europe in 2018 , including Greece’s…