Hidden places in Greece

A lakeside town of Byzantine churches and old mansions.

Stone tower houses on a wild, rugged peninsula in the Peloponnese.

Stone villages and arched bridges above the deep Vikos Gorge.

Ancient sanctuary ruins on a mountainside above a sea of olive trees.

A car-free island of stone mansions, donkeys and clear water.

A medieval town hidden on the far side of a rock island, with no cars.

Neoclassical streets and a sea fortress below a hilltop castle.

A lake full of pelicans, buffaloes and flooded forest.

Green mountain villages above beaches on both sides of a peninsula.

Two remote mountain lakes shared by three countries, home to pelicans.

A temple of Poseidon on a clifftop above the Aegean.

Greece's highest mountain, home of the gods, with a gorge trail from the village.

A perfect horseshoe-shaped bay in the Peloponnese.

Monasteries perched on top of giant rock pillars.

A waterfront city with Byzantine churches and some of Greece's best food.

The Acropolis above lively neighbourhoods full of tavernas.