Thessaloniki: the Walls of the City

Thessaloniki, city walls
thessalonikiIn Thessaloniki there is a lot to see, a walk in the lower city is enough to discover dozens of interesting spots, hidden among the modern buildings and the urban chaos. The ancient walls, for example, leave from the harbor and reach up to the upper town, sometimes disappearing only to reappear after a few hundred meters between buildings …

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Ancient Corinth

Ancient Corinth
corinto_camperstopWith all that there is to see in the Peloponnese, few people stop to visit the archaeological site of ancient Corinth. Even us, who passed alongside hundreds of times, we had never gave it a chance… Not only it is worth to be seen, but it is also a great overnight stop for those who are going to or coming back from Athens.

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Agios Ioannis Prodromos and Gortynia

Agios Prodromos
stemnitsaThe monastery of Agios Prodromos is a place you’ll never visit by chance!
To get there you have to walk for about an hour starting from Stemnitsa, descending into the gorge of the river Lousios, or, as we did, drive 8km on an atrocious road to get to a parking lot just half a kilometer from the monastery and from there continue on foot .

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