Apollon Village Hotel
Travel Blogs from Anafi
Santorini the beautiful
... spiral staircase, with no walking space for those of a certain age who need to get up in the night. 'if you go for a walk sir we will see if we can arrange something more suitable'. The walk to downtown Fira is quite an experience. The path follows the clifftop with a safety wall and the views are spectacular. Then into the narrow streets (approx. 1.5 m wide) and the tiny hole in the wall shops - it is all quite fantastic. We spend the afternoon soaking ...
Santorini beaches
Today we woke up and jumped straight on the quad bikes we had hired to ride around the island. Our first destination was Perissa Beach which was a black sand beach, was interesting to see. We ordered food to eat at the beach from the cafe out the front which also allows us to use the sunbeds. The water was pretty cool but still refreshing. ...
EVA MARIA, THE ULTIMATE BACKPACK!!!
Introducing EVA MARIA, a 50 foot Bavaria Sailing Yacht, my home for the next 10 days, and clearly the ultimate backpack!!! I love this thing!
There is no better way to visit the Greek Islands than by sailboat and today started a 10 day Santorini to Santorini loop through the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea with Gap Adventures; the same company I was a tour leader for in ...
Tis Said !!
... UP the hill but would take the modern/mechanical way to save one poor animal the suffering. My good deed for the day decided, we prepared to board our boat for a ride out to the islands.
This was no ordinary ‘boat’ it was one of those old fashioned looking boats with the canvas sails that looked like it should have a resident Pirate or at least a Captain (with a patch over one eye and a parrot on his shoulder) on board. It was so delightful once we ...
Lazy Days
... hung out here all week. There is also a few friendly dogs, including a puppy that can't be more than a few months old hanging out at one of the rooms below us. Late in the afternoon we decided we were ready to leave the rooms for a little bit so we hiked down to a "mesa" which is a small plateau that juts out in the sea right below our place. Once we got there it was a lot ...