Tag: Elafonisos

The Greek coastline is full of beautiful beaches with exotic turquoise waters and golden sand shining under the hot sun. There you can enjoy diving in crystal clear waters and gazing at the endless blue. A beach that definitely stands out not only in Greece but also all over the world is the famous beach Simos in Elafonisos. A sandy beach less than a mile and a half in which no matter how many people gather, it seems not to fill up. Turquoise waters and white sand make up a ...

Looking back at the history of the 6th and 7th centuries we can see the rich action of the Saracen pirates in Greece. Later they gradually expanded to Lower Italy but also to North Africa and Sardinia. With the term "Saracens", Greeks used to describe all Arab Muslims. The word comes from the term "sarkeyin", which in Arabic means East. But what do they have to do with the exotic beaches of Greece? These are beaches from which they passed using them either as a base or as a shelter. ...