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  • Carnival Comes to Kastro – There’s a Goat on my Roof!
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    Carnival Comes to Kastro – There’s a Goat on my Roof!

    ByStephanie Banks 26 February 20232 March 2023

    The thing about Carnival on Skyros is that there is a loose framework around what is going to happen and where it will take place. However, you really need to be ‘in the know’ to grasp what’s going on. It isn’t like the very commercialised and huge carnival in Patras which because of its size…

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  • A Visit to the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – Psara
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    A Visit to the Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – Psara

    ByStephanie Banks 6 October 202218 November 2025

    I was thrilled when Diana told me she’d managed to arrange some trips for me. Google Translate, however, had given its own interpretation of the plan and somehow suggested I’d be escorted to the monastery and the Archaeological Park by a child. I wasn’t entirely convinced this was impossible on Psara. The “child” messaged to…

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  • Exploring Ikaria in a Day: Evdilos, Theoktistis, Christos Raches and Armenistis on a Guided Island Tour
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    Exploring Ikaria in a Day: Evdilos, Theoktistis, Christos Raches and Armenistis on a Guided Island Tour

    ByStephanie Banks 9 July 20192 December 2025

    I set off for the curvaceous lady statue by the beach with large wedges of freshly baked apple caked in hand from Filipos and Mariana.  There are several of us from the Oinoi hotel going  on the island excursion.  Dolihi Tours alternate their tours for those staying in the Agios Kyrikos/Therma locations OR those staying…

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  • Ftenagia Beach and a Sunset Trip to the Castle and Monastery
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    Ftenagia Beach and a Sunset Trip to the Castle and Monastery

    ByStephanie Banks 1 October 201817 February 2022

    I was so taken by the magnificent sunrise when I first arrived on Chalki that I set my alarm at 5.00am to make sure I catch it again today.  There isn’t as much definition in the sky as the storms over Rhodes have moved on. Nonetheless – it is still stunningly beautiful. I set up…

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  • At last – we’re going to Meteora!
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    At last – we’re going to Meteora!

    ByStephanie Banks 8 October 20142 July 2022

    Maria had arranged for Giorgios the taxi driver to pick us up at 10.00am from our hotel.  He’s a very friendly chap and is happy to take us the 400km round trip.  He has visited many times before but hasn’t been for a while so he will enjoy the trip also. After all the faffing…

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    • Thessaloniki-Sochos Panigiri-Ourounopolis-Amouliani
    • Echoes of Greece Across the Aegean: Istanbul-Marmara Adasi-Canakkale and Troy-Bozcaada-Gokceada-Lesvos-Spetses
    • Kefalonia-Ithaca-Meganisi-Lefkada-Preveza
    • Carnival 2025 Florina-Edessa-Thessaloniki-Sochos-Athens
    • Corfu-Abania-Erikousa-Othonoi-Mathraki-Ioannina-Paxos-Antipaxos
    • Thirassia-Anafi-Santorini
    • Chios-Izmir-Oinousses-Athens
    • Athens-Evia-Lemnos-Agios Efstratios-Kavala-Xanthi-Samothrace-Alexandroupolis
    • Kos-Lipsi-Kalymnos-Pserimos
    • Skyros – Kalavryta – Nafplio – Athens
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    • Santorini-Sikinos-Ios-Naxos-Santorini
    • Athens-Syros-Ikaria-Tinos-Andros
    • Samos-Agathonisi-Ikaria-Fourni-Arki-Leros-Kalymnos-Kos
    • Crete – Kasos – Karpathos – Rhodes – Nisyros – Tilos – Symi – Chalki
    • Kastellorizo via Turkey 2016
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