Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.