This glorious Greek island is exactly where to go to catch some rays before the British summer really kicks off. For many of us in the UK, Spring may not quite yet have sprung, but it certainly feels ...

The day I arrived it was a holiday on the Greek island of Corfu, marking the unification of the Ionian Islands with Greece in 1864. You’d have thought the Corfiots would be rueing such an event, in ...

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Compared with overcrowded Corfu, Paxos is an idyllic family holiday paradise, writes Claire Spreadbury. 'Lakkachatta swinda lactu," says my 6-year-old daughter Rosie, pencil poised on a notepad. "Yasi ...

Mykonos, Santorini, Crete, and Rhodes are the Greek islands most popular with tourists looking for beautiful beaches, crystal clear blue water, ancient ruins, and white stucco architecture. Last month ...

Leaning over the edge of the boat, I sink my hands below the surface. The midday sun is reflecting on the crests of the waves, and I can hear the hypnotic lapping of the sea meeting the cliffs.

Well what can I say? We touched down at Gatwick and the holiday blues had already set-in. Our wonderful trip to little-known Paxos had come to an end but we had well and truly fallen in love. We had ...

THE rusted and collapsed carcass of a yellow saloon car, abandoned in an olive grove and shrouded in 20 years of Greek weeds, sums up the island of Paxos. It is a bit of a rigmarole getting a car, or ...

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