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Hasapiko: The local dance

By: | June 4th, 2014 | 0 Comment

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Ever since Anthony Quinn slid across the screen in Mihalis Cacoyannis’s 1963 film Zorba the Greek, tourists to Greece have been in thrall of a dance that has become identified with the country, and especially its nightlife. Ironically, the syrtaki…

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Diavologefyro (The Devil’s Bridge)

By: | April 9th, 2014 | 0 Comment

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Trizina, or Troezen, in mythology was the home of the legendary Athenian hero Theseus and the landscape is steeped in these and other legends. The area occupies a fertile valley at the foot of the Aderes range, just a few…