by Violeta Matei | Last updated Mar 19, 2026
#1 top pick All Day Cruise – 3 Islands – Agistri, Moni, Aegina ☑ Welcome on board: coffee, juice, water & tea and pastries ☑ Lunch with delicious Mediterranean-Greek food and traditional wine and beers ☑ Use of snorkeling equipment...
by Violeta Matei | Last updated Mar 19, 2026
Menies beach is what most beaches in Crete used to be before tourism took over. No sunbeds, no umbrellas, no tavernas, no crowds. Just a small crescent of clean sand, calm turquoise water, and the sound of goats somewhere up on the rocks. I visited in August, the peak...
by Violeta Matei | Last updated Mar 4, 2024
#1 top pick Seitan Limania – Marathi tour with SUP & lunch ☑ Drive to Akrotiri peninsula ☑ 1 hour free time at Seitan Limania beach ☑ Use of snorkeling equipment ☑ 2 hours free time at Marathi beach where sup...
by Violeta Matei | Last updated Feb 10, 2022
Unlike many other Greek islands, Corfu is very easy to reach by ferry. Corfu ferries depart from Igoumenitsa, but also from Brindisi, Bari, Ancona and even Venice in Italy, as well as Sarande in Albania. In this article I refer to Corfu ferries from Greece. Depending...
by Violeta Matei | Last updated Feb 12, 2022
There’s aren’t many people who can easily take an island day trip from their home city. Athens residents surely can. They even have several islands to choose from. Athenians can even visit three islands in one day without having to sleep over. There are...
by Violeta Matei | Last updated Aug 21, 2024
If someone told you that you could go on a Greek island and you had to visit a fresh water lake, would you believe it? Lake Kournas is at 45 km from Chania Town and it is the only freshwater natural lake on Crete. You can reach it by car, via VOAK, the road that...
