At the entrance to the old harbor of Heraklion, the bustling capital of Crete, stands the impressive Koules Fortress, also known as “Castello a Mare” (Italian for “Fortress by the Sea”). Its mighty st...
Mystras, known in Greek as Μυστράς, rises majestically above the northwestern part of Sparta, nestled in the foothills of the Taygetos Mountains. This Byzantine ruin town, now a UNESCO World Heritage ...







