Posts Tagged Greece

  • Selling Up, Scaling Down: The joys of living smaller in Greece - November 27th, 2008
  • The trend seems to have no end: families dreaming of buying property and permanently relocating to the tiniest communities of sunnier, warmer, smaller countries are younger and younger. Radical life changes are no longer held off until retirement.

    Working with Property Greece, a Greece-based real estate firm catering to international clientele, I have encountered a growing number of young people pursuing the dream of simplifying their lives. Really simplifying them. A recent example is that of ......

  • Athens - A Walk On The Wild Side - November 20th, 2008
  • Athens is known for archeological sites and history. If you want a break from history, Athens has much more to offer travelers.

    Athens

    You’ve seen the Acropolis, you’ve hit the museums and you’re trying to figure out if it is time to head to the islands. Wait! You’re missing much of the modern charm of Athens.

    There is a conundrum with many historically significant cities. Guidebooks tend to send you off to every site with any potential historical significance, ......

  • Greece - History and a Modern Touch - November 16th, 2008
  • Many consider Greece the cradle of modern civilization. The historical sites in the country are impressive. Still, Greece also has modern touches making it a good travel destination.

    Greece

    Walk practically anywhere in Greece and you are walking in the footsteps of antiquity. The home to such historical figures, fictional or not, as Plato and Homer. [not Homer Simpson – the other one]. As the center of modern civilization, Greece is considered the home of art, philosophy and many ......

  • Travel To Greece: Turn Myths Into Reality - November 1st, 2008
  • It is nearly impossible to comprehend the magnificently eclectic and robust concoction that has become today's Grecian society without exploring the region first-hand.

    The first traces of a city-state on Crete date back to the Neolithic Period, beginning in 6000 B.C. Minoan and Mycenaean Kingdoms were followed by the Dorian invasions and the Dark Ages. From 500 to 146 B.C., Greece enjoyed its most prosperous and well-known Classical and Hellenistic Periods during which Plato, Socrates and Demo ......