While we were on the island of Santorini in Gerece we took a cruise to the volcano in the center of the island’s crescent shape (see Touring Santorini’s Volcano – Santorini, Greece [...]

The picture for this month’s wallpaper is from Italy from the town of Oia on the island of Santorini in Greece. Regular width (1600 x 1200) / without calendar Widescreen (1920 × [...]

This month on the Amateur Traveler facebook fan page I am having a photo contest with the theme “Shadows”. This picture “In the Shadow of the Cross” is from Sherry Ott and [...]

Chania is a beautiful city on the island of Crete in Greece whose tourism brochure undoubtedly uses terms like “sun-drenched”. It may be cliché but it is also true. We visited Chania [...]

On the edge of the old town in Chania on the island of Crete is a large indoor market (or Agora) which is popular with locals and fun for tourists, especially photographers. [...]

There is something irresistible about water in fountains to children. I think we adults probably feel the same way but are too constrained by what is right and proper to jump into [...]

This former mosque which sits on the harbor in Chania testifies to the Muslim influence on the island during its rule by the Ottoman empire. This particular mosque was built by the [...]

The Venetians left Chania on the island of Crete some time ago but they left a beautiful harbor in this picturesque town on the north coast of Create. The base of the [...]

One thing that the recent video episode of the Amateur Traveler, Travel to Chania, Crete (Greece), did not show was this nearby cemetery to the British and Anzacs soldiers who died on [...]

Visit Chania on the island of Crete in Greece with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows the beautiful harbor of Chania which dates back to when Venice rules this part of Crete. [...]