Places rivkaarose Wants to Go

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

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

Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

A Christian pilgrimage site that may have also been a temple for the Greek goddess of love.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.