Daily buses from at least three bus companies plough the route from the Greek capital, Athens, to the Albanian one, Tirana. They also serve other Albanian cities along the route. In this blog post, we explain how much the tickets cost, where to buy them and what to expect from the journey.
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Volunteering and hiking on Skopelos, the greenest island in Greece
In April 2022, we spent several weeks on Skopelos, one of the islands of the Northern Sporades. We rolled up our sleeves to keep the island’s ancient kalderimi clear. In between work, we discovered that Skopelos is an excellent destination for hiking.
Continue Reading →On these Greek islands, life is so laid-back that people forget to die
Everyone knows Kos, Corfu, Crete or Santorini, but Greece has more than 200 inhabited islands. And they all have something to offer. We visited Skopelos and Ikaria – lesser known but far from unloved scions of the Greek archipelago. Where the rule is: Long live the long life!
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