Tag: shipwrecks Greece

Diakofti: The dream port of Kythera

Kythera is the island you'll love from the first moments you'll set your foot there. And this love will continue as you walk around the island. As you walk through the graphical alleys and swim in the turquoise waters. A unique feeling you'll remember for a long time. It will make you consider Kythera much more than one time visit. And you start all over again. Besides, the first impression of a place is very important. Diakofti is the first place you meet when you arrive in Kythera. And believe ...

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An island off Marathon where 96 castaways found shelter

Attica and its surrounding regions often hide stories we’ve never heard Attica and the areas around it often conceal stories we don’t know and have never come across. One such story belongs to a small island near Marathon. Dhipsa is the islet close to Marathon where 96 shipwreck survivors once found refuge. The island of Dhipsa near Marathon and the shipwrecked passengers The tiny island of Dhipsa lies in the South Euboean Gulf, about 6 nautical miles from the beach of Marathon. It is rocky and barren. In antiquity, it ...

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The first underwater museum in Greece opens

Merchant ships, passenger ships and of course warships are waiting for divers to discover them. Go down to the bottom of the sea and take a "dip" back in time. Wrecks. Scattered all over the Greek seas. A large underwater museum consisting of many smaller ones. An idea that becomes a reality, starting with the Sporades Islands. The first underwater museum in Greece will be created there. Next summer, it will start as a first in Peristera, in Allonisos Island of northern Sporades Island Complex, followed by three underwater museums ...

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