Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

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

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

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

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.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.

The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.

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

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.