In this second episode, we analyze the apostles’ passage through Greece, to verify if a long-distance hiking route can be created in their honor.
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Camino de Santiago in Greece?
In this video, we explain why there is no Camino de Santiago in Greece and we explore some alternatives to the experience: Iera Odos or Sacred Way, Camino de la Tregua, Via Egnatia, Agios Oros or Mount Athos, and religious tourist packages.
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Castle of Methoni
The Peloponnese peninsula, in the southwest of Greece, concentrates the majority of the most impressive fortifications of the Middle Ages of Greece, including crusader, Venetian and Ottoman castles.
Today we are going to explore the castle of Methoni, one of the most important tourist attractions in the region and talk a little about its history.
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Akrotiri in Santorini
In this video, we explore the remains of the Minoan town of Akrotiri, on the south of the island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcanic explosion in the year 1600 BC the same that almost destroyed the island.
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The island of Santorini
The most desired Greek island is Santorini, and it is a synonym of Greece.
In this video, we tell you what there is to visit and how to optimize your experience.
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The island of Lesbos
In this video, we make a full review of the island and we give you reasons to visit it.
The Messinian peninsula in southwestern Peloponnese concentrates the majority of the most impressive medieval fortifications of Greece, including acueductos, Venetian, and Ottoman castles.
In this video we will briefly explore the Pylos castle, talk a little about its history and visit its acueductos.
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The Palace of Nestor
The Palace of Nestor is, along with Mycenae and Tiryns, one of the most important archaeological sites of the Minoan civilization and of Ancient Greece. It is not only the best preserved palace of that civilization, but where the most information has been found about it, thanks to the discovery of clay tablets, written in Linear B.
On our day’s adventure we are going to explore in detail the known as “Palace of Nestor”, visit briefly the palace of Iklaina in the vicinity, as well as Minoan tombs in the area.
The catacombs of Saint Onofrius, near Methoni, are one of the few examples of their kind in Greece and unique in the Peloponnese.
They consist of six chambers, with seats and arches carved into the rock and decorated with frescoes.
In this video, we show the catacombs and tell their story.
They consist of six chambers, with seats and arches carved into the rock and decorated with frescoes.
In this video, we show the catacombs and tell their story.
In our day adventure, we are going to do a circular hike in the Pylos area and the Navarino Bay, which combines history and nature in a quite unique way.
We are going to visit the Voidokoilia beach, a beach with one of the most striking landscapes in Greece, Nestor’s cave, a huge cave and probably a sanctuary; the Navarino castle, also known as Paleokastro, the Gialova wetland, where you can see many birds, including storks and flamingos and finally we are going to visit a Mycenaean tomb attributed to the son of Nestor, the wise king of Pylos according to Homer’s Iliad.