Discover a town unlike any other in the Cyclades, whose commercial and artistic flourishing in the 1800s can be felt everywhere as you wander its streets.

With 36 beaches and its very own desert to explore, Koufonisi island offers a magical sand-filled day-trip if you’re on holiday in eastern Crete

Taking a boat trip to Thirasia island, in the middle of the caldera, is like travelling to Santorini when it was still a rough diamond awaiting discovery.

Whatever the season, whatever your tastes, Kalamata is a city in the Peloponnese’s Messinian Gulf that has it all.

With generous cycle lanes in the main town, there’s no better way to discover Kos’ cultural and historical highlights than jumping on a bike.

In whichever direction you look – to the cultural influences to the east and west, the mountains to the north or the sea to the south – Kavala offers visitors an intoxicating mix of experiences that are best revealed on foot.

Visiting the dairies and farms of Mykonos is like looking behind a curtain of whitewashed luxury and discovering a scene of authenticity that changes your perception of Greece’s glamour isle

Stretching either side of a peninsula on Elafonisos, a tiny island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, Simos is not just one but two exotic beaches.

It takes just one glimpse of the natural rock pool known as Aphrodite’s Tear to understand how Giola has assumed mythical status on the North Aegean island of Thassos

Built on a slope under the gaze of a Byzantine castle, Skyros’ small but lively main town has been happily holding on to its island ways whilst the rest of the world seems to have looked the other way.