Archive for 'Unesco World Heritage Sites in Greece'

The monastery of Hosios Loukas lies is located in a scenic position on the western slope of Mt. Helikon, below the acropolis of ancient Steirion and is a beautiful complex comprised of several buildings. It is home to some extraordinary mosaics and works of art, as well as the architectural gems that are the buildings themselves. A UNESCO site as part of the group called, “Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukasand Nea Moni of Chios” since 1990, it is a historic walled monastery and one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art.

Certainly, it is the largest of the only three surviving monasteries from this period in Greece. Located near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, it is a must-see for those who have found vacation rentals in Central Greece as it is a beautiful Byzantine jewel box, set within an architectural gem, surrounded by natural beauty.     Read More

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking the city of Athens. Made up of several ancient buildings including the Parthenon, it is thought to have been inhabited as far back as the fourth millennium BC, though written record only goes as far back as the fifth century BC. One of the most iconic clusters of buildings in the world, it is an impressive sight to behold and one of the most important attractions in all of Greece. Just find a vacation rental in Greece and see it for yourself.

The earliest artifacts found on site date to the Middle Neolithic era, though the structure that stands above the city of Athens today is not nearly so ancient as that. Little is known about the exact appearance of the buildings that stood on this plot before the 5th century BC, though there are records of what some of them where, who built them and what happened to them.     Read More

Metéora is one of those exceptionally beautiful places in the world that doesn't look as though it is really or really of this world and not some alternate, fantasy universe. Yet, it very much is real and well worth a visit.

Metéora is a formation of immense monolithic naturally-occurring pillars and hill-like huge rounded boulders that dominate an area of Greece near Kalambaka.

Atop these pillars and stone mounds, are a cluster of extraordinary Eastern Orthodox monasteries and the effect is truly breathtaking and rather unbelievable. With the name meaning literally "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above", this astounding complex of monasteries is, rightfully, UNESCO World Heritage Site.     Read More