Tag: Markopoulo

Mikri Chamolia: the hidden gem of a beach in Attica

Attica is full of diamond beaches that if you discover them, you will hardly get away. One of them is a breath away from the center of Athens. She's small, hidden and unknown to a lot of people. The reason for the mikri Chamolia. The beach can be easily described as the most beautiful hidden beach of Attica. It's a real paradise and you can't imagine being so close to you! It is a small bay with crystal clear turquoise waters that are difficult to find in Attica or other ...

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Merenda: a little-known mountain in Attica

There are so many hidden secrets next to us and we don't know them. Every time we explore Attica and Greece we discover them with joy and we find out how beautiful a country we live in and how much diversity it has. Many of these hidden secrets are found in Attica. One of them is Merenda. What is Mount Merenda and where it name came from. Merenda is an unknown and small mountain in Attica which is located in the southern part of the prefecture, between the settlements markopoulo ...

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Attica: What the well-known places names, means around Athens

I'm sure you've noticed that many areas where we live in Attica have double names. A name that is valid today but also the one that used to be in force. Many of these names in Attica, in fact, refer to the time of the Turkish occupation. An important factor affecting these names was undoubtedly the presence of the Arvanites. Some names can't even imagine what they might mean and what their etymology is. Let's go see some of these... Markopoulo, Attica It is a continuation of an old Arvanitikos ...

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