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Scattered around the blue waters of the Ionian and Aegean Seas, the Greek Islands are some of Europe's favorite holiday destinations. With over 1,400 islands, there's one to meet every traveller's taste.
Traveller Megan McCormick starts her Aegean adventure on Hydra for the celebrations of the Miaoulia Festival. She then travels to the holy isle of Patmos before retracing her steps to the mainland and catching the ferry to the party island of Mykonos. After a stop in Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, she ends her journey at Gavdos, Europe's most southerly landmass.
Along the way...
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Scattered around the blue waters of the Ionian and Aegean Seas, the Greek Islands are some of Europe's favorite holiday destinations. With over 1,400 islands, there's one to meet every traveller's taste.
Traveller Megan McCormick starts her Aegean adventure on Hydra for the celebrations of the Miaoulia Festival. She then travels to the holy isle of Patmos before retracing her steps to the mainland and catching the ferry to the party island of Mykonos. After a stop in Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, she ends her journey at Gavdos, Europe's most southerly landmass.
Along the way...
- Take a fishing trip with the locals to catch some octopi
- Visit Delos, the birthplace of Apollo and one of the most important cities in ancient Greece
- Ride a donkey up the slopes of Santorini
- Hike the Samaria Gorge in Crete
- Taste the aphrodisiac berries Calypso fed to Odysseus on the tiny island of Gavdos
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