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  Created by the Corinthia Hotel Association, this free audio driving guide is unique in the sense that it is a self-funded bottom-up project by the local hoteliers themselves! The idea behind the project was for hotel owners to share their favorite destinations in the......

If you love hiking, here is a hike well worth doing! It runs along the rocky northern coast of Corinthia, offering beautiful views of the Gulf of Corinth and the mountains of the Peloponnese, including the fortress of Ancient Corinth! This trail, called Sterna-Heraion, is......

Technically speaking this post should be in the “News” section of our website, but as it has taken me almost a year to write it, it would seem a bit outdated! So, the news which can not be called “news” anymore is that in September......

Eating is a big part of traveling, it goes without saying. But as we do not all search for the same type of accommodation when  we travel, so too we do not search for the same kind of dining-out experience. My particular love is for......

This free audio walking tour of Sykia will take us on an easy and pleasant walk around the seaside village of Sykia, where we will have the chance to listen to descriptions and stories of its most interesting buildings and landmarks. We know very little about......

Baby Waterfalls around Daphne’s Club   The summer of 2023 has been a pretty hot one, leaving me with an irresistible urge to flee to the coolness of mountain forests and the freshness of mountain rivers. To my great luck, friends and colleagues living and......

“Nerotrives”, literally meaning “water scrubbers”, are probably as old as humanity. They consist of a source of powerful falling water and a wooden cone-like receptacle, deep enough to create a spin. Very near our hotel, in the mountain village of Manna, we have two such......

Η Αθηνά, η Μαρκέλα και η Δανάη είχαν μείνει να κοιτάζουν έκπληκτες από το μπαλκόνι τους. Έβλεπαν πραγματικά πυραμίδες; Πραγματικές πυραμίδες; Μα αυτό δεν ήταν δυνατόν! “Μαμά, μαμά έλα να δεις! Έχει πυραμίδες!” Τί έκαναν εκεί οι πυραμίδες; Πώς βρέθηκαν στη μικρή Συκιά; Ποιός τις......

Ελλάδα…Ασφαλώς  Τι περιμένετε αλήθεια από το φετινό καλοκαίρι; Αναρωτιέστε πώς θα είναι οι διακοπές σας δεδομένων των περιοριστικών μέτρων; Πώς θα ξενοιάσουν τα παιδιά που έχουν κλειστεί τόσο καιρό στο σπίτι και πώς θα μπορέσουν να δουν τους κοντινούς τους φίλους; Εσείς πώς άραγε θα......

I was intrigued by the concept of railbiking long before I tried it. It was probably the combination of cycling, which I love doing (as long as it is at an even altitude and not uphill!) and trains, which is my favourite mode of transport......

June 22nd, 2014 It was a long time since I had gone walking in a mountain walking, let alone done something adventurous, so when friend Nikos Aivatzidis suggested a walk inside the Fonissa Gorge I was more than eager to follow. Nikos is an experienced mountain leader......

July 4th, 2014 I was feeling really bored that day and felt like going somewhere. The idea of a trip up the mountain and a dip in a mountain lake presented itself to me among the many options and it seemed the most appropriate escape......

August 13th, 2014 Scuba diving was a revelation I was not expecting… Gazing at the silver bubbles of the other divers floating towards the surface I was sorry not to be a poet or a writer of talent to find the right words to express......

September 1st, 2014 After scuba diving, canyoning was a revelation of an altogether different order. I realised two things: Firstly, that I get myself into small or big adventures far too thoughtlessly (and usually alone on top of that). Only when the security belt was......

May 30th, 2011 Almost a year has passed and much has happened since. Most notably I was pregnant and gave birth in February to a baby daughter. This in order to explain that taking to the mountains and the gorges of the Peloponnese will be......

August 28th, 2010 The Greek version of Gibraltar (but medieval) There is the combination of ancient stones and thyme. And there is the combination of Byzantine rocks and fig trees. With the eternal blue of the Aegean as a background. And Monemvasia in the foreground.......

Dear fellow travellers, I absolutely love traveling! And one of the most important aspects of visiting a new area is the accommodation it provides. And not simply because I also love sleeping and therefore enjoy a comfortable room 🙂 More importantly, the place where one......

June 26th, 2008 I was feeling rather down this whole week and felt an urgent need to escape Sykia, if only for a couple of hours, and give free reign to my slightly adventurous side… So I decided to go in search of the “Pitsa......

July 4th, 2008 As you must know from this website, Daphne’s Club is near everything that is important in Greece! It is therefore also close to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, where world-class plays are staged every summer. I chose Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days”,......

March 26th, 2009 One of the things one comes to appreciate when traveling in Greece is the extent of variety in the landscape. What one may not however realise unless he or she is an outdoors’ person is the extent of different activities that one......

May 9th, 2009 In our contemporary luxury-hungry society much ado is made of the rejuvenating power of pampering oneself with westernised oriental therapies, shopping therapies and exotic trips. Much less is said however of the amazingly rejuvenating power of a simple one-hour stroll in nature......

December 13th, 2009 Or how a mountain trip turned into a near disaster! It all started on a Sunday morning, following a Saturday night with too much Greek cognac… The conversation had revolved around culture, cultural excursions, cultural hotels, promoting culture… It was only natural......

June 4th, 2010 On a cloudy June evening I set out to visit Nafpaktos, a small and picturesque port on the opposite side of the Gulf of Corinth, some 100 km or so from Daphne’s Club. My curiosity had been awoken by the story of......