I must say that the breakfast here at the Oinoi Hotel is absolutely superb! My lovely host Filipos and Mariana make almost everything themselves. The bread – white and brown are freshly baked from the oven and come with a wide selection of homemade preserves such as lemon, orange, fig, apricot (described to me as…
Agathonisi has been the perfect start to my holiday proper (overnighters on Samos don’t count!). This beautiful little low key island has been the perfect place to unwind and it has enabled my mind and my body to fall into rhythm with the slower pace of Greece. What have I loved about this place? The…
After a hectic few days transiting from the UK via Dusseldorf to Samos – now on Agathonisi it is nice to awake at my own pace with no ‘must does’ playing on my mind. The port village of St George is small. Talking to a fellow guest at Mary’s Rooms this morning she told me…
I’ve just embarked upon this year’s solo Greek Island Hopping trip – or as my family are calling it Grandma Stephanie’s midlife crisis holiday. It’s true – I will be 60 this year and my plan was to travel in September with my family and make a big family holiday of it. Organising my family…
In 2016 we had a wonderful holiday in Dalyan, Turkey. Part of the trip included a 4 day stay in little Kastellorizo that is so out of the way, I had never managed to make it before. We caught a taxi from Dalyan to Kas which was quite expensive for the 160km journey – however…
Well our three week trip around the Pelops has sadly nearly come to an end. I had always thought that places like Monemvasia and Vathia were inaccessible to me, not having the courage to drive in Greece, so this trip was partly a personal mission to show that it is possible to visit these amazing…
Today is our last day in Areopolis and our first visit today is going to be the Dyros Caves. We know that this is a big tourist destination with coaches arriving from cruise ships and resorts in driving distance, so we plan to get there as soon as it opens at 9.00am. There isn’t a…
I must say that when I think of the Mani, I think of the Maniot towers in Vathia perched on the hillside. I didn’t really know if we’d be able to get to Vathia from Areopolis as we are travelling by bus and not sure of the intricacies of the timetable until we arrive at…
Before I embarked on this trip, a friend of mind Carol shared a Youtube video that had been produced by the Greek Reporter about Areopolis. With thanks to her, I felt it only fair that I should pay homage to the places featured in the video and so I set about on a mission to…
The bus station is a small office just on the outskirts of Gythio town. There are tables and chairs where you can sit and wait and the man in charge is very helpful. I asked him if he knew if there was such a thing as a map of the all the bus routes for…
As I fling open the shutters to our balcony this morning I am stunned to see a cruise liner docked into port. It must have silently crept in during the night or early this morning. I don’t know why I am so surprised – the quayside is large enough for vessels of this size and…
Gythio is small and can mostly be visited on foot but we decide to head over to Valtaki beach to visit the Dimitrios Shipwreck. It is just 5 kilometres North East of Gythio though along a main road. Because of this we walk to the square to pick up a taxi to take us there….