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Metéora, Greece
Text and Picture by Rachel Portele Metéora is a complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries built the into natural sandstone pillars on the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly. It is believed that the original monasteries built in the 11th and 12th centuries were used by hermit monks seeking isolation. During the Turkish occupation of [...]
Euboea
Euboea is the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from the mainland of Greece by the Euripus channel, so narrow that it changes direction every six hours. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about 150 km (90 [...]
Angistri
Angistri, also Agistri and Ankistri or Agkistri is a very small island community in the Saronic Gulf in Piraeus Prefecture, Greece. Angistri is a pine-covered island only a few kilometres across. There are only three settlements on Angistri - Milos, Skala and Limenaria. Milos (pop. 461) is the main village where the majority of the Greek [...]
