Famed as the homeland of Odysseus, the small Greek island of Ithaca is an unspoilt paradise. Words and photographs Jennie Buist Brown​ Tucked between Kefalonia and mainland Greece, the mountainous island of Ithaca, mythical home of Homer's Odysseus, may be only a 40-minute boat ride from its more touristy neighbour, but after a three-hour flight fr...

The Greek municipality of Monemvasia sits at the seouth easern tip of the country's Peloponnese region. The Kastro (Castle Town) of Monemvasia, which is the 'must see' of the area, has been carved over the centuries from the cliff side of a rocky island located some 400 metres off shore. This remarkable walled town is a maze of Byzantine, Ottoman, ...