Greece

The rocky citadel above Athens crowned by the Parthenon, the defining monument of classical Greece and the symbol of the ancient city.

The ancient sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, seat of the oracle the Greeks considered the centre of the world.

The largest palace of the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation, on Crete near Heraklion, part excavated and part controversially reconstructed.

The walled medieval old town of Rhodes, built by the Knights Hospitaller between 1309 and 1523 and still lived in today.

A cluster of Eastern Orthodox monasteries built on top of sheer natural rock pillars in Thessaly, seemingly suspended between earth and sky.

The cliff-top village at the north end of Santorini, famous for white cave houses, blue-domed churches and a sunset that draws the whole island.