If you can only do one thing in Oia, be sure to watch the sunset. The hillside just outside of the village is a great place to enjoy it without the crowds.
Meaning ‘suspended in air’, Meteora refers to a set of 24 monasteries, six of which are still active today, which perch perilously atop sandstone pinnacles that were formed 11 million years ago.
Deep in the Epirus mountains, it’s the second deepest gorge in the world after the Grand Canyon. The gorge’s walls flank the Voidomatis River, and at some points, they’re as high as 1,040 meters.
Visible from just about everywhere in Athens, the Acropolis is the most prevalent symbol of Ancient Greece. Dating back to the 5th century BC, it stands proudly on Acropolis Hill and looks particularly spectacular when lit by the moon.
One of the most Instagrammed beaches in the world, Navagio Beach is on the island of Zante. It’s also known as Smuggler’s Cove and Shipwreck Beach due to the large boat, the Panagiotis, which washed up in the early 1980s. It had been carrying a cargo of illegal cigarettes and alcohol.