Melitzazz Festival in Leonidio, Arcadia

Melitzazz: four days when Leonidio hands you its language, its aubergine and its music

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Fourteen years in, Arcadia's most generous festival is still free, still in the streets, and still built... Read More Melitzazz: four days when Leonidio hands you its language, its aubergine and its music

Working Remotely in Arcadia: A Few Unwritten Rules

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Arcadia isn’t a place used to digital nomads. It is, however, a hospitable place, where the village... Read More Working Remotely in Arcadia: A Few Unwritten Rules

For five centuries, poets and painters — from Virgil to Poussin — have used Arcadia as shorthand for the pastoral paradise: shepherds, springs, unhurried time.

Et in Arcadia Ego: Re-defining Paradise in the Heart of the Peloponnese

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Beyond the Myth: Finding Presence in the Mountains For centuries, the phrase “Et in Arcadia ego” has echoed... Read More Et in Arcadia Ego: Re-defining Paradise in the Heart of the Peloponnese

From Leonidio to Kosmas: An E-Bike Ascent into Arcadia’s Soul

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To truly understand Arcadia, one must experience how it rises. The journey from the coastal plain of Leonidio... Read More From Leonidio to Kosmas: An E-Bike Ascent into Arcadia’s Soul

making cheese in arcadia

Mountains, Meadows, and Milk: The Art of Cheese Making in Arcadia

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If you travel deep into the heart of the Peloponnese, away from the coastal resorts and into the rugged,... Read More Mountains, Meadows, and Milk: The Art of Cheese Making in Arcadia

The Lousios Gorge on the Menalon Trail, with cliff-hanging monasteries

Wandering the Lousios Gorge

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The river that bathed the newborn Zeus carved a gorge of cliff-face monasteries, watermills and the coldest... Read More Wandering the Lousios Gorge

Hiking the historical stone-paved mule tracks near the Menalon Trail

Hiking on Historical Mule Tracks

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Stone-paved kalderimia once connected every Arcadian village to its neighbours. Today they set the pace for... Read More Hiking on Historical Mule Tracks

Lost yourself around Megalopolis

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A slow afternoon around Megalopolis, Arcadia: Mount Lykaion light, ancient ruins, quiet villages and the... Read More Lost yourself around Megalopolis

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Arcadia Stories: travel tales of slow tourism in the heart of the Peloponnese — mountain villages, trails,... Read More Arcadia Stories