AllWays Traveller Features

Greece has started to reopen its international borders and from 14 May will scrap its quarantine requirements for travellers who can produce proof of COVID vaccination or a negative test result. Some observers are sceptical about whether this will actually happen as planned, but let's be optimistic and take a look at what's on offer. Here is an iti...

Aegina is nine miles long by six miles wide and one of the most popular tourist destinations as it is the closest island to Athens. According to the myth, the island took its name from a nymph, daughter of the river god Asopos, whom Zeus fell in love with and took with him to the island! From 1827 to 1829 Aegina town was the temporary capital of th...

Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it's often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from ...

After two recent visits to Kefalonia I was back. I just had to complete my exploration of the island and the western waves of Palik ​ writes Adam Jacot de Boinod. As a peninsula Paliki is wonderful to drive around so I hired a car from Rentcarkefalonia) Literally a minute away my time in the owner Apostolis's forecourt was very much to set the tone...

Such was her magnetism that within two weeks I was lured back to this enchanting island writes Adam Jacot de Boinod. This time to the Livatho region in the south. The island is blessed, of course, for the majority of the year by the warmth of the virtually guaranteed sun, the clearest of vistas across the water and the cleanest of golden sandy beac...

So delightful is the airport at Kefalonia that I landed by the sea and so small that I was in and out within ten minutes writes Adam Jacot de Boinod. Within a season that stretches from April to October I chose a perfect time to visit in mid-September with the schools back but the summer's heat sustained. This strong affiliation and affection for t...