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

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

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

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

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

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

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

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.