This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

Built by the Ancient Greeks, this chariot bridge is still in use today.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

Overlooking the harbor is a beautiful neglected mansion guarded by two Egyptian sphinxes.

This smily stone feline is meant to represent a mythical lion that almost destroyed the island of Kea.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

The abandoned summer estate of the former Greek Royal Family.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.