STEPPING off the boat at Patitiri village – Alonissos’ main port that connects the little isle to its more famous neighbours Skiathos and Skopelos - tiny tavernas and cafes dot the glistening seafront ...

The global tourism industry is trying to bounce back following more than two years of coronavirus restrictions, and many countries are still struggling to regain foreign tourists. In Greece, officials ...

IN 1985, a local sponge fisherman and his teenage son discovered the Peristera, an enormous vessel that sank around 425 B.C. off the east coast of Alonissos. Dubbed the Parthenon of shipwrecks, the ...

Believe it or not, a picture-perfect Greek vacation doesn't mean you'll have to spend the whole trip fighting the crowds. While some of Greece's most popular destinations like Mykonos and Santorini ...

I make the pilgrimage to Alonissos to be part of the first wave late in the last northern summer only to learn I lack a key requirement to visit the site: specialised training. Just after arriving in ...

S unset spills scarlet over Patitiri, Alonissos’s cobbled port – named for the presses (patatiria) used for making the robust local wine since antiquity. A long-eared mule, wooden saddle loaded with ...