Greece is a country in southeastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas. Influential in ancient times, it’s often called the cradle of Western civilization. Athens, its capital, retains landmarks including the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis citadel with the Parthenon temple. Greece is also known for its beaches, from the black sands of Santorini to the party resorts of Mykonos.
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Timelapse Views: Messina – Sicily, Italy (4K Video)
Messina is a harbor city in northeast Sicily, separated from mainland Italy by the Strait of Messina. It’s known for the Norman Messina Cathedral, with its Gothic portal, 15th-century windows and an astronomical clock on the bell tower. Nearby are marble fountains decorated with mythological figures, like the Fontana di Orione, with its carved inscriptions, and the Neptune Fountain, topped by a statue of the sea god.
Coastal Walks: Chania – Crete, Greece (4K Video)
Chania is a city on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. It’s known for its 14th-century Venetian harbor, narrow streets and waterfront restaurants. At the harbor entrance is a 16th-century lighthouse with Venetian, Egyptian and Ottoman influences. Opposite, the Nautical Museum has model ships, naval objects and photographs. The former monastery of St. Francis houses the Archaeological Museum of Chania.
Travel Tour Guide: The Island Of Malta (Video)
Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. It’s a nation known for historic sites related to a succession of rulers including the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French and British. It has numerous fortresses, megalithic temples and the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, a subterranean complex of halls and burial chambers dating to circa 4000 B.C.
Views: Coastal Towns Of The Mediterranean (8K)
Some of the most beautiful and charming coastal towns along the Mediterranean sea in 8K resolution. You will see towns and resorts along French Riviera, Italian Riviera, Spanish coast, Greek islands, Croatian and Montenegro coastline.
Video timeline: 0:00-0:14 Intro 0:15-0:45 Corfu island, Greece 0:46-1:02 Kefalonia island, Greece 1:03-1:32 Saint Tropez, France 1:33-1:53 Collioure, France 1:54-2:38 Cap Ferrat, France 2:39-3:19 Menton, France 3:20-3:28 Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France 3:29-4:11 Marseille, France 4:12-4:24 Principality of Monaco 4:25-4:52 Eze, France 4:53-5:04 La Turbie, France 5:05-5:17 Carqueiranne, France 5:18-5:32 Palavas les Flots, France 5:33-6:02 Bonifacio, Corsica island, France 6:03-6:24 Venice, Italy 6:25-6:57 Manarola, Italy 6:58-7:07 Vernazza, Italy 7:08-7:16 Riomagiore, Italy 7:17-7:53 Rapallo, Italy 7:54-8:07 Portofino, Italy 8:08-8:34 Amalfi Coast, Italy 8:35-8:59 Taormina, Sicily, Italy 9:00-9:11 Cadiz, Spain 9:12-9:26 Tossa de Mar, Spain 9:27-9:34 Ibiza, Spain 9:35-9:44 Porto Cristo, Majorca, Spain 9:45-10:01 Cape Palos, la Manga, Spain 10:02-10:31 Barcelona, Spain 10:32-11:17 Dubrovnik, Croatia 11:18-11:26 Antalya, Turkey 11:27-12:00 Boka Bay, Muntenegro
Walking Tour: Taormina – Northeast Sicily’ (Video)
Taormina is a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily. It sits near Mount Etna, an active volcano with trails leading to the summit. The town is known for the Teatro Antico di Taormina, an ancient Greco-Roman theater still used today. Near the theater, cliffs drop to the sea forming coves with sandy beaches. A narrow stretch of sand connects to Isola Bella, a tiny island and nature reserve.
Walking Tours: Lipari – Aeolian Islands, Italy
Lipari is the largest, busiest and most accessible of the Aeolian Islands. The main focus is Lipari Town, the archipelago’s principal transport hub and the nearest thing that islanders have to a capital city. A busy little port with a pretty, pastel-coloured seafront and plenty of accommodation, it makes the most convenient base for island-hopping.
Away from the town, Lipari reveals a rugged and typically Mediterranean landscape of low-lying macchia (dense Mediterranean shrubbery), silent, windswept highlands, precipitous cliffs and dreamy blue waters. The Museum of Lipari: The museum complex is situated upon the Neolithic rock of the “ Castello” of Lipari, a kind of a natural fortress, used by populations settled down on the island to defend themselves from attacks and invasions. The museum is the evidence of all the cultures and populations which have settled the territory.
It is possible to admire the Bronze Era huts, on the overlapped levels, and exactly four of them; some of the Greek-Roman buildings and the urban plant of the 2nd B.C. The museum of Lipari, one of the principal historical and cultural attractions of the island, is divided into six large areas, which are: the pre-historic section, the epigraphic section, the classic section, the section of the minor islands, the volcanologic section, and the paleontological section.
Coastal Walks: Manoel Island, Malta (4K Video)
Manoel Island, formerly known as Bishop’s Island or the Isolotto, is a small island which forms part of the municipality of Gżira in Marsamxett Harbour, Malta. It is named after the Portuguese Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena, who built a fort on the island in the 1720s.
Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. It’s a nation known for historic sites related to a succession of rulers including the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French and British. It has numerous fortresses, megalithic temples and the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, a subterranean complex of halls and burial chambers dating to circa 4000 B.C.
Vacation Views: ‘Miramar Boutique Hotel, Corsica’
Perfectly located between Ajaccio and Bonifacio in the region of Propriano-Sartene-Campomoro, the Miramar Corsica, surrounded by a two-acre garden, is only minutes away from the unspoiled sandy beaches and crystal clear waters of Southern Corsica, its charming villages and fishing harbors.
Corsica, a mountainous Mediterranean island, presents a mix of stylish coastal towns, dense forest and craggy peaks (Monte Cinto is the highest). Nearly half the island falls within a park whose hiking trails include the challenging GR 20. Its beaches range from busy Pietracorbara to remote Saleccia and Rondinara. It’s been part of France since 1768, but retains a distinct Italian culture.
Coastal Walks: ‘Bat Yam’ – Mediterranean Sea, Israel
Bat Yam is a city located on Israel’s Mediterranean Sea coast, on the central coastal strip just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population of 160,000.
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