Greece

Ian Cook shares photos of a beautiful Greek beach and the story behind a shipwreck that rests on the beach itself

On a hot summer day, temperatures are often over 100F, but GarryRF tells us how to stay cool in a shady restaurant and enjoy the afternoon.

Before the tourists there were the tomatoes. Santorini is still famous for the flavor of its tomatoes, and now a museum celebrates their past.

Disney Cruise Line has cancelled both Greece and Turkey from its 2016 itinerary for Disney Magic's 12-night cruise. A spokesperson said the change was a result of monitoring conditions and activities in the region. Earlier, Costa Cruises had dropped Turkey stopovers for the last half of the 2015 season, and last month Celebrity announced it wouldn't overnight in Istanbul in 2016. The Celebrity announcement said it was due to cruise port construction in Istanbul, but it seems likely that...

Greece, which a year ago was losing tourist business because of fears of economic crisis, lack of cash in ATMs and possible disorder, is hoping to have a better time this year as crises in the Middle East kill tourism business there. Greece is...

When the weather turns cool and the leaves start to fall, it always seems time for soup. Not that there aren't wonderful summer soups—gazpacho and cold plum soup come to mind—but fall and winter are the true soup seasons.

The main entrance to the Acropolis in Athens, home of the Parthenon, is this stairway, leading through an entrance building called the Propylaea. It was built just after the Parthenon was finished, but its own construction, while nearly complete, was...

Corfu International Airport, one of those to be managed by Fraport .       Photo: Jean Housen / Wikimedia   In one of the first effects of the Greek bailout deal, which requires Greece to privatize many public facilities, Fraport,...

Demonstration last week in Syntagma square, calling for No vote in referendum on austerity pact. After agreement, new demonstrations call for rejecting the agreement.   The recent deal between Greece and European finance authorities is not...

Lisbon—a winner as the Greek crisis cuts into Greek vacation bookings   One man's famine is turning into another man's feast. As tourist bookings for Greece stumble in the midst of the Euro crisis and uncertainty about supplies of money,...

Wearied by my exploration of the visual delights of Turkish Fethiye's old market, your intrepid Gumbo-ist needed to seek the solace of a little shade from the midday sun and found this cool shaded square whose colourful tables beckoned me to stay awhile.

World events are pushing their way to center stage for travelers to Greece. Here's some practical information and advice for those who are committed to going (and some travel agencies and tour companies are offering cancellation or postponement...