12 Nov 2012
A quiet moment at the Santa Maria Village hotel swimming pool September swims: For our fourth trip to Greece, in 2007, we decided to travel during the second half of September instead of taking our holiday in late May or early June as we usually do. We figured that, after a long hot summer, [...]
19 Jul 2012
A rainbow arcs above the Hotel Tagoo swimming pool and bar on May 18 2012 Holiday home away from home: In my five previous “Mykonos memories” posts, I have recounted how the scenery, weather, beaches, restaurants and the charming labyrinthine streets of Mykonos Town were highlights of my 2012 visit to the island in [...]
02 May 2012
Paros’s Yria Hotel has a beautiful big pool that’s perfect for swimming laps … … plus a comfy poolside terrace that’s perfect for lounging and relaxing Dreamy setting: Our only visit to Paros, so far, was back in June 2005, but I still recall how relaxed I got chilling out on the beautiful [...]
05 Apr 2012
The hotel restaurant building, plus rows of seaview lounge chairs and umbrellas, reflect in the almost-smooth-as-glass water of the main swimming pool at the Petasos Beach Resort and Spa at Platis Gialos beach on Mykonos Mountains along the west and north sides of Psarou Bay dominate views from the main Petasos Beach Resort swimming [...]
30 Sep 2011
This pic from the Naxos Imperial Resort & Spa website shows the distinct Figure 8 shape of the hotel’s swimming pool above Agios Prokopios beach Swim in circles: One of the big changes we noticed on Naxos during our May 2009 visit was a brand-new resort just a few steps down the road from [...]
01 Sep 2011
The bottom of the oval swimming pool at the Naxos Beach II Hotel is decorated with a large illustration of the Portara, the island’s most famous monument Good swims: Our all-time favourite swimming pool in the Greek Islands is the only one in which we actually got to spend quite a bit of time [...]