Destinations in Greece:
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The Cretan Resistance caused significant damage to German morale and is likely one of the reasons why Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was unsuccessful.
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“This island is no longer just my husband’s place. It also belongs to me, and to everyone who has ever reached its shores.”
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With its sea-drowned caldera, black-sand beaches and crimson sunsets, Santorini is the archetypal Greek island fantasy. But its beauty hides a dark secret.
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Locals define the Greek concept of 'philoxenia', which directly translates as ‘love of strangers’, as a warmth that makes foreigners feel immediately welcomed.
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One third of Ikaria’s population lives past the age of 90 – and they spend every day doing what they love.
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Long isolated from the rest of Greece, the Mani peninsula is home to a clannish community that claims warrior heritage.
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For decades after it was abandoned, not much was known about the Greek island of Spinalonga or its days as a leper colony – but all that is changing.
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For some 2,500 years, residents of this mountainous village have used an astonishing language that only they understand. But there are only six people left who can ‘speak’ it.
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