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Μια μέρα στις λίμνες – στη γαλήνη των Πρεσπών.

2.30 ώρες road trip από τη Βέροια ( μέσα και μια στάση για ξεμούδιασμα πάνω από τη Φλώρινα) κι έφτασες στις όχθες της Μικρής Πρέσπας! Στην κατηφοριά προς τη λεκάνη της λίμνης το μάτι απλώνεται στα απέραντα χωράφια φασολιών που σταματούν εκεί που αρχίζουν οι παρόχθιοι καλαμιώνες και...

15-08-2020 Hits:8261 Lakeside-Riverside

Αρναία - Η «κυρία» της ορεινής Χαλκιδικής

Την ορεινή Χαλκιδική να μην την υποτιμάτε. Ούτε το χειμώνα. Υπέροχες διαδρομές και χωριά που είναι καιρός να βάλετε στο πρόγραμμα, με την Αρναία να φιγουράρει πρώτη στη σειρά. Πανέμορφη, χτισμένη στα 600μ. στους πρόποδες του Χολομώντα, η κατά το παρελθόν Λιαρίγκοβη, διατηρεί μέχρι σήμερα και το υπέροχο φυσικό...

05-01-2020 Hits:11059 mountain areas

The Heroic Naoussa - first part

You see “her” as you approach sitting comfortably on a creek at the eastern feet of Vermio. “She” sees you as you ascend the road to the entrance to the city. Around the slopes with lush vegetation and at the end of the road is the Agios Nikolaos grove, designated...

19-10-2019 Hits:14246 mountain areas

Sifnos - The chic Cycladic

Keeping a low profile, without boasting for its virtues, Sifnos reveals very quickly its rich qualities! It’s picturesque, with a valuable gastronomic inheritance, rich in folk art and tradition, architecture, aesthetics and natural beauties which are everywhere around you.

30-06-2019 Hits:13670 Islands

Karpenissi: At the speaking mountains

At the high mountains of Zacharias Papantoniou we met the beauties of Evritania during Holly Week, when the peaks and the spruce-covered slopes were still waiting for spring to come and liven them up. Plane valleys, canyons and vertical cliffs everywhere.... Water rushing along rivers, torrents and waterfalls. A place...

24-04-2019 Hits:15422 mountain areas

Amorgian dive into the big blue !

Amorgos! You step your foot on the island, having seen a bunch of pictures that have stunned your mind and are urging you to see for yourself! And you do it!

05-08-2018 Hits:19110 Islands

1st May – a morning in a fairy forest!

Metamorphosi (Drazilovo), Naoussa, in the heart of Vermio Mountain, was our choice for the 1st May holiday, to spend a day in nature as usual. Driving through the narrow mountain roads ... .. hoping to find the chapel of Metamorphosis, the waterfalls and the bars (natural ponds), along the...

02-05-2018 Hits:14729 environmental trails

Spa in nature!

Pozar Baths, in the shade of Mount "Kaimaktsalan" (Boras). The ultimate destination that combines the healing qualities of the warm waters of the mountain with the physical and mental well-being that contact with nature can offer. The former tourist destination of middle-aged people, experiencing the beneficial effect of thermal...

15-03-2018 Hits:12498 environmental trails

Xanthi – a quick visit!

How possible is it to take up a three hours’ drive for less than a 48 hours’ vacation? We did it and we haven’t regretted it, not for a minute!

08-03-2018 Hits:14856 Lakeside-Riverside

Papigo villages- Beauty without limits

Top destination all through the year, Papigo is getting higher and higher in the preferences of those who love mountainous destinations. We visited in autumn this year and we once again realized the reason for its certification as "Protected Settlement of Special Beauty". We won’t talk about the beauty that...

17-01-2018 Hits:22085 mountain areas

Salzburg του Mozart και του αλατιού

Η «Ρώμη των Άλπεων», το παραμυθένιο Σάλτσμπουργκ, σε παίρνει μαζί του στις εποχές που οι καινούριες μουσικές συνθέσεις του Βόλφγκανγκ Αμαντέους Μότσαρτ αντηχούσαν παντού στην όμορφη γενέτειρά του. Το πιο τουριστικό μέρος της Αυστρίας μετά τη Βιέννη.

12-01-2018 Hits:14870 Abroad

Discovering Vienna in New Year’s Holidays!

New Year's Eve in Vienna! The city is glowing more than ever! And then it’s music! We have experienced it and we present you with our impressions and tips that will help you enjoy your journey without sudden setbacks! We traveled with a group but didn’t follow their full...

09-01-2018 Hits:18515 Abroad

Milos - where nature makes art!

Off to Milos, the horseshoe-shaped island, a volcanic island, a "nature’s artwork" with one of the largest and safest natural harbors in the Mediterranean, “Adamas” port.

13-08-2017 Hits:16838 Islands

Tripoli: in the heart of Morea

Approaching the city, the Arcadian landscape is revealed in front of you. The Mantineia Plateau with its vineyards and the Forested “Mainalo” mountain at the background! You drive through the city from square to square!

25-07-2017 Hits:16081 archaeological historical sites

Οι διακοπές μας στα Χανιά

Ένα χαλαρό ανοιξιάτικο απόγευμα και μετά από αρκετή σκέψη, αποφασίσαμε να κάνουμε τις φετινές μας καλοκαιρινές διακοπές στα Χανιά. Τα Χανιά είναι ένας προορισμός που δεν είχαμε επισκεφτεί έως τώρα. Έτσι θέλαμε να μοιραστούμε μαζί σας τις εμπειρίες μας, ως Δημήτρης και Ράνια, από αυτό το ταξίδι μας.

15-07-2017 Hits:15104 Islands

Autumn in Paris

End of August, the best time to visit Paris! You only need a thin cardigan for the evening. The trip combined pleasure and work so we were looking for our tickets were for very specific dates. We booked the return ticket for 30 € at the end of May...

21-03-2017 Hits:16150 Abroad

Hand to hand with a Janissary (Gianitsaros) in Naoussa

Carnival is celebrated everywhere across Greece, but it’s only in Naoussa that the Janissaries dance along the “patinada” rhythm. And it is this sound of the “zourna” approaching slowly and getting louder and louder as it gets closer, until you feel the tabor accompanying him pounding inside you, like...

08-02-2017 Hits:18861 archaeological historical sites

On the cobbled streets of Veria’s neighdourhoods

Weekend excursions offer rest and mental uplift! Just what we need in order to “get by” until the next trip. Here’s what we suggest: Discover Veria! Plus the surrounding area (it includes many-many more options!). We live in Veria! So we can be your guides around our city!

13-01-2017 Hits:24538 archaeological historical sites

“Hooked up in pleasure”

“Agkistro” (= hook ), a small village close to the borders with Bulgaria, was picked as a relaxing destination during our Christmas holidays and it very much justified our choice! So here are all the secrets so that you can enjoy what it offers!

28-12-2016 Hits:23161 mountain areas

Acheron in autumn colors

Our “Acheron” excursion proved an ideal choice on an autumn weekend for the “pametaxidaki” group, although not it’s not a often picked as a destination by travelers in our region, especially at this time of the year. After 2.5 hours easy drive from Veria (Egnatia until the exit to...

27-10-2016 Hits:19773 Lakeside-Riverside

The island of Ammouliani in Halkidiki

The island of Ammouliani is located in Halkidiki, in the gulf of Mount Athos. Ferry transport is very frequent during the summer season, with a ferry departing every half hour from Trypiti. The voyage is very short since the mainland is only approximately 3.8km away and the city of Thessaloniki...

17-09-2016 Hits:19244 Islands

A tasty Sifnos

The first time we visited his beautiful island, George, our friend from Sifnos, told us: "Sifnos has an energy that you either accept it and worship the island, or you reject it and never come again." After three years holidays’ in a row in Sifnos, guess what has happened...

03-09-2016 Hits:20275 Islands

Kalamata- a new top tourist destination

The capital of Messinia is rapidly becoming a popular destination: the new road leading to its door in just 2.5 hours from Athens (although expensive in tolls), its international airport ( British Airways also lands here), its cruise port, the extensive network of bicycle lanes that has been embraced...

27-07-2016 Hits:16044 coastal areas

Following the Messinian coastline... Koroni - Finikounda - M…

Following the Messinian coastline, from “Verga” Kalamatas to “Kalamata”, “Koroni” and further south, within beautiful Mediterranean landscapes and beautiful beaches, you have the chance to experience Messinia's sites with rich history, traditional architecture and wonderful beaches. The road follows the coastline, sometimes closer or further away from the sea...

26-07-2016 Hits:18859 coastal areas

Pylos: A natural extravaganza !

West Messinia for the first time ... having in mind pictures of historic castles, naval crafts, hotels of high standards and olive groves that descend to magnificent beaches with one of them standing out! It’s the star of Messinia, “Voidhookilia” beach!

24-07-2016 Hits:18570 coastal areas

From tower to tower ... in the neighborhood of Areopolis

In Mani of the 800 towers and the 7 castles, and the Byzantine and post-Byzantine churches exceeding 1,000, “Areopolis’s” neighborhood stands as a small sample of this historical and indiscriminate land. It’s well known that the best seasons for a visit to the region are spring or autumn. We went...

22-07-2016 Hits:19720 archaeological historical sites

Guests in Wolfsburg, Germany

When thinking about a trip to Germany we immediately associate it with a large city. Our mind usually relates it to a flat and perhaps indifferent landscape, a dull industrial environment, with chimneys producing technology, rainy weather and strict people who do not think much about us Greeks. Our Easter...

23-05-2016 Hits:19634 Abroad

On a spring Sunday outing in Velvento

It’s spring time! The perfect time for walking, outing and taverns in the sunshine! A great opportunity for daily excursions to nearby destinations that may not be the first to think of as an option.

05-04-2016 Hits:15410 Lakeside-Riverside

Plastiras lake in early spring

Just nature and you! This is the sense you get from the first moment you face the lake. It activates all your senses. You can hear the silence interrupted by tweeting birds or the sound of wind passing through the foliage of the trees, smell the smoke from the fireplaces...

14-03-2016 Hits:18620 Lakeside-Riverside

IOANNINA - The city of legends

"Christmas and Ioannina blend perfectly!", I would say to anyone who asked me. The choise to spend a weekend there between Christmas and New Year belonged to our 12-year daughter Helen. She prefers city traffic and strolling around the market streets rather than the mountainous villages we like. The...

27-02-2016 Hits:23276 Lakeside-Riverside

Pametaxidaki in Syros!

The summer of 2015 will be recalled by everyone as a latecomer. While waiting for the hot days to come, the eurogroups, the referendum and the capital controls outran them. All these sudden developments forced us to change our plans. The departure for Syros was postponed until after the...

16-08-2015 Hits:23343 Islands

Pelion, where the mountain meets the sea

The decision to spend our summer holidays in Pelion was not difficult, since it combines the sea and mountains and can satisfy the lovers of both. That’s why we picked it as our destination. Everything was ready for our five-day getaway in the mountains. The hero of the story is...

11-08-2015 Hits:16738 coastal areas

A 2-days’ trip to West Zagori

Easter was very early this year. We always have a small trip somewhere in the 2nd week of Easter holidays but this time we were a bit concerned about the weather. It was rainy and cold. The excursion was arranged the minute we saw the photos of a hotel...

23-05-2015 Hits:22546 mountain areas

Sithonia’s peninsula setting off from Nikiti

A blue and green symphony! That’s what it is! The pine trees reach the sea in the second "leg" of Halkidiki, which impresses with its rugged landscape, thrilling nature lovers and those seeking a relaxing holiday. From traditional villages, coves and vast beaches bathed in the pines up to quaint...

12-04-2015 Hits:26676 coastal areas

Goumenissa – brass bands and vines

The day trip with “Prometheus club” was organized somewhat hastily and the rainy morning of November was not ideal for an excursion in nature. Nevertheless, we set off by bus, 20 people in all, with our first destination Goumenissa. So close and yet unknown yet.

20-03-2015 Hits:18804 mountain areas

Bansko of all seasons

A weekend in Bansko? Typical you might say! And you are probably right, because it has become a frequent destination over the years. For us, it was the first time and this was our motivation!

15-11-2014 Hits:18831 Abroad

Lesvos of novelists and poets

The largest island in the eastern Aegean Sea in 7 days. 10 kilometers away from the Turkish coast and 200 from the nearest part of mainland Greece, the birthplace of Odysseus Elytis, A. Eftalioti, Stratis Myrivilis, Elias Venezis and C. Iakovidis Theophilos, Alcaeus and Sappho in ancient times, it...

20-07-2014 Hits:26268 Islands

3-day trip to Belgium

What we saw in our 3 days trip LEUVEN We started our tour in the city of Leuven walking around the city cente, passing by the numerous bicycle parking spaces.

30-03-2014 Hits:20984 Abroad

"Bridging the gap". A weekend in the villages of G…

The tour began immediately after our arrival at the hotel “Pindos Palace”, on the slope over the village “Lavda” and only a few kilometers far from the ski center of “Vasilitsa”.

25-01-2014 Hits:20030 mountain areas

Το pametaxidaki σε λίγες μέρες και πάλι κοντά σας με νέα ταξίδια και ανανεωμένη σελίδα.

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