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Long Island), or Makronisi, is an island in the Aegean Sea, in Greece, notorious as the site of a political prison from the 1920s to the 1970s. It is located close to the coast of Attica, facing the port of Lavrio. The island has an elongated shape, 13 km (8 mi) north to south and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) east to west at its widest point, and its ...
Spend a few cultured nights in the capital, then hop on the ferry to nearby Poros, just over an hour away: here you’ll find a smart little red-roofed port topped with a clock tower and a handful ...
She was a passenger steamer 66 m long, in service in the Aegean Sea, owned by the Hellenic Steamship Co., based on Syros island, at that time the capital of Greece. [citation needed] She hit the reef off Koundouros Bay at Makriopounda, Kea island on 24 February 1868 with about 120 passengers aboard. No casualties were reported owing to the ...
Airbnb is looking to send four people on a three-month trip to the south of Italy, all expenses paid. Lucky travelers will be hosted by locals in the village of Grottole, an old village that sits ...
In a similar program two years ago, the Sardinian government said it would pay €15,000 per person in grants to move to the island—as long as the town had less than 3,000 occupants.
Naxos (Greek: Νάξος), commonly referred to as Chora (Greek: Χώρα, meaning 'town'), is a city and a former municipality on the island of Naxos, in the Cyclades, Greece. The community has 8,897 inhabitants (2021 census). [1] It is located on the west side of Naxos Island in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean.
Ithaca (Greek: Ιθάκη) is one of the regional units of Greece. [3] It is part of the region of the Ionian Islands. The capital of the regional unit is the town of Vathy. The regional unit consists of the islands of Ithaca, Atokos, Arkoudi, Oxeia, Drakonera and several smaller islands, all in the Ionian Sea. [4] It has one municipality ...
Dia (Greek: Δία ['ði.a]), also pronounced locally Ntia (Ντία ['di.a]), is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the Greek island of Crete.The island is 5 km long, 3 km wide and is located approximately 13 km north of Heraklion.