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Stay on an organic olive oil farm on the island's shores, with just four eco-luxe villas on the seven-acre Levendis Estate. A ferry ride away, Ithaca may be famous for being the home of the legendary hero Odysseus, but it is much sleepier than neighbouring Kefalonia.

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Built from stone, Pelion greece taxi prices wood and river reeds, with white and earthy interiors, the cottages make the perfect base to get away from it all. For a similar eco-village in the wilderness feel, transportation in greece Meteora try Onar on Andros, just a couple of hours by ferry from Athens. In the protected wetlands of Ahla Valley, this collection of 14 cottages lies between a white-sand beach on a secluded bay and a rockpool fed by a waterfall.

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The Payments Innovation Lab will provide research and development to the bank's global payments business, including working with Onyx, taxi prices Pelion JP Morgan's business unit that leverages cutting-edge technologies like blockchain.

While the monasteries are among the most-visited sites in mainland Greece, the company's guides use hidden trails known only to the locals that follow in the footsteps of the first monks who arrived in the area in medieval times.







With plenty of wood and stone, the stylish cottages - some contemporary, others more traditional - share a pool surrounded by rocks, and piraeus bus to Pelion a restaurant on the site of an old monastery that uses produce from Thalori's own farm. Stay in the Erofili Hotel by the fishing village of Armenistis, and take a dip in the seawater pool or in the sea at nearby Livadi Beach. In the remote, rugged landscape of the Asterousia Mountains in the south, taxi Meteora to airport price a collection of 20 cottages form Thalori Retreat, which takes its name from its position between the sea (thalassa) and Meteora guided tour mountain (ori). Seven nights' B&B costs from £978pp with flights and Meteora guided tours transfers (It may be one of Greece's most popular holiday destinations but Crete still has some off-the-beaten-track areas. A walking trail through the pine forest starts here, linking four villages and spanning 15 miles.

Its people claim direct descendancy from the ancient Spartans. The rugged Mani peninsula, the middle prong of the Peloponnese, is one of Greece's most isolated and best day trips Pelion starkly beautiful regions, with the Taygetus Mountains running down its spine.

that number has now been reduced to about 25," said the source, adding that most are released after "mediators intervene with the judge handling "About 350 people used to be released from prison every month...

Among the Ionian islands, Kefalonia may have become busier since its 2001 starring role in the film of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, but there are still quiet corners, including the small peninsula of Cape Liakas, which doesn't attract private day tours in Meteora greece visitors thanks to its no-through-road and a rocky beach rather than a stretch of sand.

On volcanic Milos, explore the lunar landscape and soft sandy beaches along a shoreline that also features sea caves. Inntravel has a ten-night walking trip in September starting in Athens, including B&B but not flights, from £1,095pp (inntravel.co.uk).

Yet the judges' strike is also contributing to overcrowding in the already cramped prisons, stretching detention facilities that have seen increasing numbers of escape attempts, a source at the Palace of Justice in the Beirut suburb of Baabda

Lawyer Jocelyn al-Rai said her client, a Syrian youth, was arrested two months ago on drug trafficking charges without a warrant and has yet to face questioning, because the public prosecutor's office has stoppe

On a hillside with sea views, the villas are set within their own gardens and share a pool, open-air cinema and a large library. Enjoy a massage using herbs grown on the estate, practise yoga in the pavilion, or walk to the nearby beach. A villa for two costs from £2,200 a week, or £2,500 for four, with car hire but excluding flights (oneoffplaces.co.uk).

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There are superb sea views, too, from rooms at Pedi Beach Hotel, which is right on a pebbly beach in the pretty village. A week's B&B costs from £1,059pp, with flights and transfers (Sunvil also runs holidays to Ikaria in the Aegean, which is one of the world's Blue Zones - places where people live the longest as a result of their healthy diet and easy-going lifestyle.