Travel Resources and Interesting Links

These are links to some websites and services that I have found helpful in the past or I have come across that look pretty useful or are just sites I really like.

Not all the Hotels, just the best for your money...

Beautiful beaches, islands, sand, mountains, great restaurants and a facinating history. Sounds like Greece? It is North Carolina one of the most interesting states in the USA.  

 Similar to my Athens Survival Guide, AParisGuide combines entertaining writing with great photography and lots of practical information for travelers.

Elegant Etruria: Etruria is the original name of this  magical land,  an hour north of Rome, where the traditions of ancient Italy  can still be experienced. For insider tips,  travel info, itineraries and special places to stay in Central Italy . American-Irish writer and historian Mary Jane Cryan has been living in Italy since 1965.  She has taught at international schools in Rome, Genoa and Moscow, American and Italian universities and directed the Elderhostel program in Rome. For 30+years her weekly columns on antiques, lifestyle and travel appeared in Italy’s English language press.  Over 2,500 articles have been published worldwide – from “Wanted in Rome” and "Moscow  Magazine" to the Italian glossy “Ville & Casali.”

High Asia Tours is a team of guides and managers for whom travel is a passion doing organized tours of Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India. Each of the founding members is qualified, trained, experienced and cultured in tourism. High Asia Tours is a small company, and their profit is equally small, therefore, they keep their prices as low as possible. They specialise in individual, small group or family trips; and in custom and special interest tours as well. They attend to every detail, and all  trips are put together by the experts of the region.

The Athens Survival Guide combines entertaining writing with great photography and lots of practical information for travelers. With restaurant reviews, nightlife, archaeological sites, hotel reviews and information on daytrips within and outside the city of Athens, Greece.

The Guide to Greek Food has Greek restaurant reviews, lots of delicious photos, articles on Greek cuisine, wine, ouzo and tells you how to order in restaurants, how to pronounce the names of dishes, recipes, the best Greek cookbooks and just about anything you want to know about Greek food.

Matt Barrett's music career began in the late sixties and continues to this day. Writing great pop-rock songs and recording them with powerful bands his website makes fun reading and has lots of songs to listen to as well.

The Poster-Guys in Chapel Hill, North Carolina are a professional flyer posting service that focus on college campuses and communities. They post neatly and considerately on public bulletin boards keeping the displays neat and updated. They are part of a network that covers the USA.

Cheap Flights at Sidestep, the Traveler's Search  Engine that finds airline tickets, cheap airline tickets, cheap airfare, discount hotels, car  rentals, travel deals, hotel reservations from multiple sites. An excellent resource that I use myself:  www.sidestep.com

This has to be the most thorough site for the island of Crete. Created by Yannis Samatas, Explore Crete is a great source of information on the island, historical, cultural, touristic and more.

Crete For Life is a charitable organization based in Greece. They raise money to bring children who are victims of war, chemical and natural disasters, on holiday to the island of Crete, where they hope to restore their health and their spirit. After the holiday, they continue helping these children back in their home country, aiming to improve their quality of life and their future prospects.

Tripslogs.com gives you a place to personalize your travel journal/blog. No more sending out mass emails clogged with pictures, simply import your address list and notify people automaticaly when you have updated your blog, picture, & videos. At tripslog.com they make it easy to share your travel memories.

Health Spa, Beauty Products
Ladies Health Spa, The Sanctuary in Covent Garden, London. Pamper yourself with beauty treatments and beauty products, exercise in our health club and unwind with our massage.

The most thorough history of Greece on the internet with hundreds of photos and even music. It begins with pre-history and continues to the present day.

GlobeRE.com for a Real Estate Expert Anywhere and Everywhere

NiceHostels.com
Book cheap accommodation. Browse our vast selection of hostels and hotels in the world's largest cities or top off-the-beaten track locations and reserve a room or bed in a minute.

Touristclick.com - A comprehensive travel resources, designed to be your one-stop destination for Travel service. Their editorial team makes great effort to evaluate the existence and accuracy of each web site.

Hellenic-American Democratic Association

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato, 427-347 BC

http://www.acropolis360.com is a pretty amazing site where you can actually get a 360 degree tour of the Acropolis along with some other archaeological sites in Athens. It is the next best thing to being there.