Earthology365

A country of clear seas, idyllic sun-bleached villages, colorful cuisine and sandy shores, Greece is undeniably one of the top Instagrammed places on Earth—and rightfully so.

If you’re willing to travel a bit deeper, you can check out these eight amazing and underrated UNESCO sites around the world — and have the place nearly to yourself.

The Middle East may have borne the brunt of this assault in recent years, but wars in Asia and Europe have also been hugely damaging to our cultural heritage.

Although the world is generally a safe place, and strangers are often more kind and well-meaning than evil, there are locations where travelers typically shouldn’t venture, places ravaged by wars, terrorism, civil unrest, or violent crime.

The Dodecanese are made up of 12 main islands plus another 150 islands; only 26 islands are inhabited.

With some 6,000 islands, 227 that are inhabited, you’ll find many undiscovered gems offering stunning scenery, tranquility and more – these seven are our very favorites.

We wonder what helps the other celebs who seem to have stopped aging in the early 2000s and look almost like they did back then.

Across the sun-drenched Grecian archipelago, there are as many as 6,000 islands scattered in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Only about 227 islands have residents.

Here are some of the best villages in the Cyclades islands: Oia and Fira in Santorini, Chora in Mykonos, Chora in Amorgos, Apiranthos in Naxos, and more.

Coastal towns of mainland Greece can be just as pretty and less crowded, from Kavala in the north all the way to the Epirus Riviera.