The charms of Greece’s blazing summer sun and warm August seas are well known, what to do though when the mercury is a bit lower, skies are less than an unblemished blue, the water temperature is still fresh, and the waving cypresses and green mountains coo seductively? Take a hike is our best advice. Ithaca, … Read More
Lefkada is an island that rewards the explorer. One of the Ionian islands off the west coast of Greece, it is connected to the mainland by a causeway, and like its better-known neighbours Paxos and Corfu, looks west towards Venice rather than east. Overlooked by everyone other than yachties, who have turned it into … Read More
With over 50 picturesque villages and many more pigeon houses (the total is well over 1000), Tinos is an island to discover in a leisurely way over many days. The landscape morphs from lush vineyards into looping coastal roads, barren boulder land, and deep marble quarries. Within just a ten minute drive, its … Read More
Five Star Greece is proud to support a wonderful environmental action group: Plastic Free Greece was founded by one of our guests- we are so proud of her- someone who not only demands and appreciates the finest things in life (Five Star Greek villas and our service) but is prepared to roll up her … Read More
‘Sup man? Stand-up Paddle boarding or SUP, is cool, no, I mean really cool. It is minimum effort, maximum result, doesn’t pollute the seas, is quiet, environmentally friendly, tones the abs and calms the mind. The fact that it is also a term that really cool people use because they are too damn lazy … Read More
One of my favorite blog slots of the year – the Mykonos round-up- It is all about the brands this year: Dubbed “Loubi Beach,” the most spectacular show of the summer is the Christian Louboutin pop-up shop which has opened on Nammos Beach, in collaboration with the high-end boutique, Enny di Monaco. Christian Louboutin shows … Read More
Milos is not an island, it is an addiction, and its addicts know to their cost how undeveloped the villa scene is, and how hard it is to find somewhere to stay… Luckily, from one perspective anyway, things are beginning to happen on Milos – apart from the addicts, people are slowly waking … Read More
I don’t know why I have come over all gallic, but that is the effect that cosmopolitan and soigné Sifnos has on me. Sadly my computer does not come over all gallic, so cedilles and accents graves are missing.. Let’s start with the food – La Bouffe. Sifniots take great care about their food, … Read More
Five Star Greece was thrilled to be able to escort the historian, television presenter and author, the divine Bettany Hughes, to one of Greece’s secret sites. We are even more thrilled that she offered to write a blog about it! Read on for Bettany’s own words… Standing on a Greek island, a balmy, Mediterranean … Read More
Not that they have a superiority complex or anything, but the Ionian islands off Greece’s west coast do like to point out that they were part of the very civilized Venetian empire for four hundred years, while the rest of Greece stewed under the Turkish yoke. There are many legacies of the Venetians; a local … Read More
Mykonos continues to deliver every year, it takes huge pride in improving its offerings summer after summer, and the young new mayor of Mykonos fights the good fight for stray dogs, beach licenses, rubbish collection and traffic control. The poor, bankrupt, state owned airport with its missing letters and rationed loo paper, (ridiculous on … Read More
What to do in Sami – the cool, the underground and the secret. And Ryanair giving things away for free…
Koufonisia and Schinoussa – the Lesser Cyclades.
Sunday on Mykonos
Spetses – Cool pool on Hot island
How to watch the Marathon
Beach villa on Spetses