Destinations

  • Hiking,  Undiscovered Evia

    Filla to Castle Likarios: Easy day Hike

    About Filla (Fylla, Phylla) Village Just a ten-minute drive south of Chalkida, the village of Filla (Φύλλα) is notable for the ruin of Likarios Castle—where someone has memorably spray-painted “Όχι” (“No”) in thick white letters across its stones. On the far side of the dry Lilas Potamos riverbed, you’ll also spot the twin towers of Mytika, like something out of Tolkein. We’d driven past the village previously, spotting the castle and wondered what it was like. Today, we decided to find out. Parking in the village, as in most of Greece, is pretty easy. Finding a spot in the shade though is not so simple! We set off at 11am—early…

  • Greece

    5 Reasons Why We Chose Greece to Start Our Family

    When we settled on Greece as our new home, we were fed up with dirty, noisy and—worst of all—unfriendly Tbilisi. Despite not really being beach people, all my pregnant brain could think about was escaping to a Greek island somewhere. Still, just to make sure it was the right choice, we made a wishlist for our future home. Here is the actual list: Greece was already on our radar. After getting unceremoniously thrown out of Turkey, we ended up spending a peaceful week in Maronia and then a whole month in Kotroni, buried in the Pindus mountains. There we fell in love with Greece: the people, the nature, the cuisine,…

  • Recent,  Turkey

    Visiting Tlos Ancient City and Saklikent Canyon | Daytrip from Kalkan or Fethiye

    For a fantastic daytrip from Fethiye or Kalkan, I recommend Tlos Ancient city and Saklikent National Park. After spending one month living in the western part of Antalya region, we visited many ancient sites in the region and Tlos is definitely our favourite and one of our top things to do near Kalkan. Conveniently, there are a number of other attractions in the neighbouring Saklikent National Park, including Saklikent Gorge, one of the deepest in Europe.