High and Striking Aery Monasteries in Greece – Meteora, resting on all-natural arenaceous rocks, included in the United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organization world heritage list. Meteoroid and Meteorite are words of Greek origin. Meteora translates from Greek as Hanging Rocks or Hanging in the sky. The Meteora – Central Greece provide a great [...]
The castle of Parga (Venetian Castle) is found on the top of a hill overlooking the town and was used to protect Parga from the mainland of Greece and the sea. Parga Castle was initially built in the 11th century by the residents of Parga to protect their town from the pirates and Turks but it was partly [...]
One of the most interesting excursions from Parga, Greece is the cruise along the scenic coast and up the mysterious Acheron River, symbolic of the ancient River Styx. At the end of the cruise you disembark and climb up the rocky hillside to the site of the Necromanteion, the Oracle of the Dead. Although there were [...]
