Category: Travel: Greece

Greek Islands

Visiting Anafi: A Greek island unknown to many

• anjci
• on Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Tucked away in a remote corner of the Aegean is Anafi – a Greek island unknown to many. You will have heard infinitely more about Anafi’s popular neighbour in the...

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Antikythira: A forgotten island in the outskirts of the Aegean

• anjci
• on Sunday, July 9th, 2017

You may have sooner heard about Antikythira’s “big sister”, the larger neighbouring Kythira. Having seen its popularity grow in the past few years thanks to a frequent ferry link with...

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6 lesser known Aegean islands from a self-appointed Greek expert

• anjci
• on Friday, August 12th, 2016

It is well known that I have a massive soft spot for Greece. Back in 2008 I embarked on an 8-month sabbatical which I dedicated almost entirely to discovering Greece....

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Summer in Greece IV: Amorgos and Astypalea

• anjci
• on Monday, July 19th, 2010

(Continued from Part III) Day 8: Final day on Amorgos: Tholaria, beach experiments and midnight sailing Saturday was my last day on Amorgos, and I was going to take it...

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Summer in Greece III. Donoussa and Amorgos

• anjci
• on Friday, July 16th, 2010

(Continued from Part II) Day 6: Day trip to Donoussa, or Express Skopelitis revisited It was 6am on Thursday, and my alarm (or rather, my blackberry) was playing that familiar...

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Summer in Greece II: Amorgos

• anjci
• on Friday, July 16th, 2010

(Continued from Part I) Day 4: Hiking, hitching, striking My plan for Tuesday was to reach some of the villages west of Katapola and the Mouros beach. It was looking...

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Summer in Greece I: Amorgos and Koufonissi

• anjci
• on Friday, July 16th, 2010

Day 1: Amorgos-bound: On, on, towards the Aegean! As I walked into London Heathrow airport on 2 July 2010, I once again came to realise just how much of an...

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Last Christmas…

• anjci
• on Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Last Friday, our internal office paper published a submission call for fiasco Christmas stories. Not the heart-warming ones which would bring a cheerful glow on your face and make you...

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Greek illusions

Greece: Illusions no more II

• anjci
• on Friday, July 31st, 2009

I didn’t quite finish expressing myself on Greece in my first “Illusions no more” piece: https://anjci.com/greece-illusions-no-more/. Let this come as a (surely long-awaited) continuation. As the summer passes by, I...

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