Messinia, Greece
Old Navarino Castle
Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.
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Messinia, Greece
Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.
Laconia, Greece
The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.
Acharnes, Greece
The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.
Lasithi, Greece
This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.
Thessaloniki, Greece
An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.
Ioannina, Greece
Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Chios, Greece
An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Preveza, Greece
The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Egeo, Greece
Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.
Thessaloniki, Greece
These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.
Arcadia, Greece
Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of this tiny chapel without any visual evidence of roots.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.