Places stienlorent Wants to Go

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

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

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

This little-known, 35,000-specimen collection in Greece is a lepidopterist's dream.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.