Information About a Cruise Past Holy Mount Athos in Greece: Part 1
Leaving Thessaloniki early this morning, we headed across the Halkidiki Peninsula through Arnea to the Athos Peninsula. It is a four-hour drive from Thessaloniki to Ouranoupolis port from where tour...
View ArticleA Boat Cruise Past The Monasteries on Mount Athos, Greece: Part 2
According to legend: the Virgin Mary and Mother of God, was sailing accompanied by St John the Evangelist on her way from Joppa to Cyprus to visit Lazarus. When the ship was blown off course to then...
View ArticleCruising Past Still More Monasteries on Mount Athos, Greece: Part 3
I promise, we’re almost done… – Impressive Simonos Petras Monastery (Saint Simon) was built on a large rock foundation and towers 230 meters/754 feet above the sea. Founded in the Fourteenth Century...
View ArticleMount Athos Cruises Leave from Busy Ouranopoli/Ouranoupolis, Greece
Boat cruises past Mount Athos usually leave twice a day from busy Ouranopoli/Ouranoupolis and are loaded with tourists. They both leave around the same time and return to port around the same time...
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