The banks of the Yangtze River are dominated by the huge landing stages for cruise ships before modern backdrop of the 7-million metropolis of Wuhan. During boarding, the ship’s own orchestra greets the passengers with music. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click […]
Tiryns – a former ancient city
Tiryns – Τίρυνθα, is approx. 4 km north of Nafplio in the Peloponnese. The mighty Cyclopean walls of Tiryns were built approx. 1600 – 1200 BC, even though the place was already inhabited since 2500 BC. The city was a just as important center of the Cretan-Mycenaean culture like Mycenae, Pylos – Nestor’s Palace – […]
Inside the Peloponnese
Our journey inside the Peloponnese starts along the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, where we head west to Trapeza. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. More Information Unblock content […]
Visiting the ancient city of Olynth
Olynth – Olynthus Όλυνθος – once a thriving ancient city, lies on the edge of Kassandra’s gulf on the Greek peninsula of Chalkidiki. We visit Olynth on our way to Thessalian Plain. Already founded in the 7th century BC, the city was strategically located on a 40 m high hill landscape. Please watch the video […]
Koroni – Peloponnese – Greece
Koroni (Κορώνη), a small town in the southwest of the Peloponnese on the Gulf of Messina, is about 30 km east of Methoni, 50 km south of Kalamata. The picturesque town is the popular destination for many individual tourists. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the […]
Wachau – From Poechlarn via Melk to Duernstein
The area around the town of Poechlarn was already populated 6.000 years ago. Here, the Romans erected a fort. The place is known as ancestral castle of Rüdiger of Bechelaren in the Song of the Nibelungs. Only a few kilometers away is Melk with its famous Melk Abbey. Originally there was a castle, which Margrave […]