Visit Greece This Fall

Variety Cruises, Greece’s leading small ship cruise line, has for the first time in its 70-year history, revealed a Hiking Collection Cruise that offers the best of many worlds: cruising in the Greek seas, hiking, and insider insight into the history and stories from Ancient Greece.

Guests will be joined on board by outdoor specialists on the history of the Peloponnese and a resident archaeologist. The week-long cruise will depart from Athens on November 4, then through the Corinthian gulf, encircle the Peloponnese and return back to Athens. Stops will include Nafplion —Greece’s first capital city— and Ancient Epidaurus, Itea for the famed oracle Delphi, strikingly beautiful and equally mysterious, Monemvasia and Pylos. Rates start at 1,250€ per person.

Ducato di Oia announces the opening of Barozzi, a new restaurant situated on the most privileged locations of the caldera and overlooking the picturesque Armeni harbour. Barozzi, whose name was inspired by an aristocratic Venetian family who were also lords of Santorini and Thirassia, invites guests to participate in a gastronomic experience mixing modern Cycladic flavors with Japanese influences punctuated by local Mediterranean bounty.

The restaurant’s menu highlights fresh Cycladic products from dairy and vegetables to aromatic fresh fish. Curated by renowed George Stylianoudakis, the menu includes everything from simple and renowed tzatziki and fava spreads to Fricassee: a stew with a Japanese Wagyu A5 Tartare, uni hollandaise with sea urchins and dill emulsion. Helming the restaurant is Executive Chef George Stylianoudakis, who has more than 25 years of experience in gastronomy with notable experience ranging from working with Alain Ducasse, as well as Chef Belmond’s famed Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxford, Spain’s, three-star Michelin, Quique Dacosta Restaurant and Copenhagen’s Noma.

The 12-seat restaurant, which opened in July of this summer and will remain open until the end of November, and is part of the boutique hotel and open for breakfast from 8.30-11am and from 1-10pm for lunch and dinner. The restaurant menu can also be enjoyed at one’s room with the appropriate room service arrangements.

Ducato di Oia will remain open throughout the year, inviting guests to experience Santorini in a much different set up  ti visit Greece than the mainstream under-the-August-sun.

Magma Resort Santorini, In the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, opened its doors this August and awaits those who want to discover the tranquil side of Santorini. Magma, the first Hyatt-affiliated hotel in the Greek islands, integrates the island’s local character while embodying a sustainable modern design with a warm and comfortable feel to it. It is designed to incorporate organic shapes from black volcanic stones alongside contrasting off-white geometric prisms, reminiscent of Santorini’s volcanic ash that is evident around the island. The resort’s culinary experience, Magma by Spondi, is curated by the renowned French Chef Arnaud Bignon and honors local agriculture and produce in a modern yet stylish way. Magma by Spondi is a sister to the Athenian Spondi restaurant, which celebrates two Michelin stars both won during the Chef’s time as head chef (he is now General Director).

The iconic Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort, Elounda Crete set on a coastal hillside in northeast Crete, promises a destination abounding with rich history, intriguing culture and wild natural beauty. Through the end of October, the resort will continue to bring a variety of thoughtfully curated services to the legendary resort showcasing timeless Cretan culture, local sustainable gastronomy, unforgettable family experiences and au courant amenities while further celebrating the region’s legacy. Guests can enjoy up to 15% on rates with the Autumn Delight offer, which also includes daily complimentary buffet breakfast at the Olea restaurant with the utterly unique view of Spinalonga Island, a National Monument of Greece. For more offers and bookings click here.

Visit Greece and proudly local, enveloped by an idyllic locale and the bearer of a finely crafted Greek identity, Cretan Malia Park presents a hideaway in every sense, welcoming families and couples alike. From its boundless slow-paced aura, carefully aligned with the tempo of the island, to an authentically Cretan gastronomic experience, Cretan Malia Park will remain open until the end of October, inviting guests to discover it as a microcosm of the island on which is resides — an accurate and detailed snapshot of Crete, where travelers are offered ample opportunity to explore, experience and live.