Melissa Odabash

Swimwear Designer and Business Woman

Family vacation I’m from USA. I was born in New Jersey and have a holiday home in Florida, which is my favourite place to go when I get time for a vacation. However, I have lived in Europe since I was 18; first  Paris, then Rome and I am now permanently based in London and loving ...

Litsa Chlorokosta

Anthropologist and traveller

I visited Crete for the first time on the five-day  trip that traditionally marks the end of one’s school years in Greece. In the craze of my youth back then, I remembered little of the island that was destined to become my second home since my partner back then who became my husband is Cretan. ...

Debbie Hiotopoulou

It rose from the sea on the command of Apollo himself, when the Argonauts were in peril crossing the Aegean Sea. Its name is Anafi. It’s a small Cycladic island, east of Santorini. A hospitable, little island with only one hamlet – Hora – and a harbor, Saint Nikolas. Your heart skips a beat with ...

Lina Sakka

I come from the Peloponnese, from a beautiful village near Kalamata called Pidima. I love my homeland because it combines the mountains and the sea. I get the chance to go on daily trips to various different places depending on the season and my mood. I had my best holiday in Greece on gorgeous Kythira, ...

Sara Alexi

The car screeched to a standstill. It had to be on the back seat. No, it wasn’t there. ‘You didn’t leave it hanging on the back of your chair up in that last village, did you?’ Alex asked. You know that heart-sinking moment when you realise something to be true? My laptop, containing all my work notes, ...