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Visions of Greece

Using the same high-definition photography and smooth, airborne camerawork that yielded popular aerial tours of British Columbia and Ireland on PBS, Visions of Greece is a gorgeous and haunting overview of mainland Greece and, more exotically, the Greek Isles. Between the two programs on this disc, the title show and its sequel, Visions of Greece: Off the Beaten Path, it’s easy to find this Cradle of Civilization–birthplace of democracy, classical arts, and the jury system–not only inspiring but staggeringly beautiful. Take in a gull’s eye view of the startling Temple of Poseidon, high above the blue-blue Aegean Sea. Swoop over the white beaches and famous windmills on Mikonos island, see the marble lions overlooking the site of Apollo’s mythic birth on Delos, and be amazed by the First Circle of the Royal Tombs, the reputed home (and possible tomb) of Agamemnon and his family from hell. - More

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“How do you define ‘romantic’? In Thassos, the water was clear and blue, there were goats on the rocks overlooking the beach. You could hear them sometimes,” says Vincent Vogel, a lawyer from the Netherlands, about the Greek island where he honeymooned in 2005. “Thassos is quite green, there’s nice sea. It was like one of those Louis de Funes movies from the 1960s showing the surroundings of St.Tropez, before it was so developed-to me that was romantic.”

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Five intact tombs dating to the ancient Roman era were unearthed in Krinides. The town of Krinides (or Crenides) includes the site of ancient Philippi in Kavala (eastern Macedonia), and the seat of the municipality of Philippi. Krinides is just a few kilometers away from the archaeological site of ancient Philippi, and the modern-day town sits atop the ruins of the ancient city that bore the name of King Philip II of Macedon.

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