Places ckezios Wants to Go

A lake island of richly decorated monasteries, where a fugitive ruler met his end

A museum inside a Byzantine island monastery.

A spectacular Neoclassical palace is home more than 15,000 artifacts and works of art.

Overlooked archeological site close to the city of Patras.

Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.

This sanctuary became synonymous with fear and terror in the ancient world.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

The alleged vampires after which these islets are named may have actually been plague victims.

The top of the holy mountain for the ancient Spartans looks like a pyramid—is it man-made or a natural phenomenon?

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

Dating from the 18th century to today, this museum houses a collection of over 1,200 musical instruments.

A lonely medieval monastery on an uninhabited island.

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

A solemn reminder of the infamous World War II war crime that massacred almost all the men in a small Greek town.

Dedicated to the god Dionysus, this theatre was used for both musical and theatrical performances.

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

An islet filled with wooden houses where the open sea meets a lagoon.

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.