Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

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

A dark, narrow tunnel that leads to a charming lake and waterfall.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.

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

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

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

An arts and culture melting pot inside an old roadside inn from the Ottoman era.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.

This black sand beach was crafted from volcanic explosions including the historic Minoan eruption.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.