"We examined populations in eleven Greek mountain ranges and combined satellite data from several decades with genetic analyses of herbarium specimens from the 1970s and present-day plant samples ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

There are a couple of ways to reach the secluded paradise called Astypalea. The island has a small airport with mainly ...

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years ...

As ancient as Greece might be, it’s a country that’s always looking ahead. With a slew of exciting hotel openings and the ...

The largest and most populous of the Greek islands offers historic stone villas and contemporary homes with views of the ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

But Simonos Petra has the greatest range of nationalities ... community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Monday, April 14, 2025.

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners. Of the 20 ...

Visitors of Crete have found out that when exploring local villages it's possible to find Cretan memories to take back home.

It’s one of the last wild mountain ranges in Europe ... coast are a popular draw for people seeking the beauty of a Greek island and the low prices of Eastern Europe. But the mountains in ...