Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor's Note: This story was originally published in 2018. It was updated and republished in March 2024 in tribute to its writer, ...

Crete, Santorini, Mykonos… These are likely the first islands that spring to mind when you think of Greece. But in 2025, many of these idyllic destinations saw the effects of overtourism, from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yet for those of us who have been lucky enough to step foot on Patmos, part of the Dodeconese archipelago, off the west coast of ...

Discover the stunning island landscapes of Patmos Greece from above while exploring its beautiful coastline dramatic scenery clear waters and picturesque surroundings from a unique aerial perspective ...

I am standing on the deck of the ferry boat Patmos Star, watching the fabled holy island of Patmos come into view. We are on the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. This was the island where St. John ...

PATMOS, Greece — It's 3:45 a.m. on a Saturday and I am outside the Holy Monastery of St. John the Divine, wondering if my invitation to join the monks in an overnight prayer service will be honored.

PATMOS, Greece -- When John wrote the final book of the New Testament, he bestowed a gift on the Greek tourism board, mentioning, early on, that he'd received his apocalyptic vision while "on the ...

Most tourists who visit beautiful, unspoilt Patmos come back year after year. And they are still coming, for this is an island seemingly immune to the economic crisis, as Matthew Kneale discovered on ...

Marc Dubin has been writing about Greece for more than three decades, Cyprus in excess of two. He is the author of several books including the Insight and Rough Guides to Greece, the Greek Islands, ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2018. It was updated and republished in March 2024 in tribute to its writer, John Malathronas, who died in February. Malathronas was a regular ...