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There are opportunities to don a mask and flippers and snorkel over an ancient submerged city; to climb Mount Olympus ... of its Peloponnese mountain range. Created during a 1960s hydroelectric ...

Travel + Leisure recently released a list of the most beautiful places across the United States, with two national parks in the Pacific Northwest making the cut.

Greece spans islands, seas, and mountains. The mythical home of the gods at Mount Olympus sits at an altitude ... and climbers in summer. The trails range from challenging ascents, like Mytikas ...

The park is home to a diverse range of mammals ... only deepen your appreciation for nature's power. Mount Olympus is made up of 52 mountains, the highest of which is Mytikas at 9,570 feet.

Tourist highlights include the Kato Paphos Archaeological Park and its many ruins – which range from villas and mosaics to a 4th-century acropolis and the Odeon, an outdoor theatre – as well as the ...

The towering peak of Mount Olympus rises to 7,980 feet and is the tallest point in the Olympic National Park. Part of the ...

Eternally mysterious Mount Fuji, as seen from Lake ... Many cultures hold mountains to be sacred—the ancient Greeks had Olympus; the Aztecs, Popocatépetl; the Lakota, Inyan Kara—but nothing ...

The Troodos Mountains offer an escape into the wilderness ... you can even go skiing on the slopes of Mount Olympus, Cyprus’s tallest peak. The main settlement here, and the best base for ...

In ancient times, the mountains of Greece held the shrines and ritual sites ... This includes Zeus’s defeat of the Titans on Mt. Olympus in northern Greece, for instance, or the legendary cave on ...

Laconian thyme, like so much of Greece’s natural bounty, can be used in a wide range of savory meat ... Sideritis scardica of Mount Olympus; Sideritis raeseri of Mount Parnassus; Sideritis syriaca ...

The Onassis Foundation’s smash-hit podcast Live from Mount Olympus is back for its sixth season on 22 April 2025 — and this time, it’s diving into the epic tale of Theseus and Ariadne. The ...