Zakinthos (Zante) The Venetians who ruled Zante for some 300 years called it “the flower of the Levant” (that is, the eastern Mediterranean), and Zakynthos remains something of a paradise, known for its verdant landscape and flowered fields. Greeks themselves have long appreciated Zakynthos’s charms and use it as a
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Greece Corfu And The Ionian Islands
Corfu and the Ionian Islands There are hundreds of Greek islands scattered throughout the seas that ring the Greek mainland, and it has been traditional to group islands that share certain geographical, historical or other features. Each of these groups has come to assume its own distinctive image, a blend of terrain and architecture and [...]
Selecting Resale Properties on Kefalonia
A series of earthquakes on the island of Kefalonia in 1953 totally destroyed the majority of the buildings with only a small area at the northern most point escaping the devastation. As a result, an estimated 100,000 people left the island seeking a new life elsewhere. Following the major earthquake of 1953 property development on [...]
Take a trip Around Melbourne from Cephalonia
Melbourne is an accessible city from several perspectives. Specifically planned with a rectangular street layout, streets meet at right angles making orientation straightforward. Footpaths on main thoroughfares are wide with plenty of seating provided. Melbourne’s “lanes” are narrower often with difficult footpaths to negotiate where they intersect with driveways and other lanes. However it is [...]
