Monasteries, churches and island towns of Greece: Meteora, the Cave of the Apocalypse on Patmos, the monasteries of Crete and the Cyclades of Amorgos, Andros, Folegandros and Syros.
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On the Akrotiri peninsula near Chania, the monastery of the Holy Trinity combines Venetian-influenced architecture with a working agricultural estate. Its monks still produce olive oil and wine from the surrounding land.
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Built inland and out of sight of the sea, the Chora of Amorgos is a compact maze of whitewashed houses and chapels beneath a rock crowned by a fortress, with a line of stone windmills standing on the ridge above.
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Unusually well watered for a Cycladic island, Andros combines terraced valleys and running streams with a maritime history written into its mansions, its museums and the stone paths that cross it.
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On a plateau south of Rethymno, Arkadi is known for two things: the Venetian Renaissance facade of its church, and the events of 1866, when the monastery became the emblem of the Cretan struggle against Ottoman rule.
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Perched on the rim of a sheer cliff, the Chora of Folegandros is built around a Kastro quarter whose outer houses form a continuous defensive wall. Below the squares, the sea drops away without transition.
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Dedicated to the Annunciation, the Evangelistria is one of those Greek churches that anchors the life of its town: a place of feast days and quiet weekday visits, of icons, oil lamps and long-kept devotional habits.
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Standing on the quayside of Chania's Venetian harbour, the Mosque of the Janissaries is the earliest Ottoman building on Crete. Its low domes and arcaded porch mark the moment the island changed hands.
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Dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, this metropolitan church holds the central place in its town's religious life. Its interior, its icons and its calendar of feasts structure the year for the community.
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In the neoclassical port city of Ermoupoli, the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin is the principal Orthodox sanctuary of Syros. It is known above all for an early icon attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
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On the slope between the harbour and the hilltop monastery, a small grotto is venerated as the place where John received the visions of the Book of Revelation. It lies at the heart of the World Heritage site of Patmos.
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Built into a vertical rock face on the east coast of Amorgos, the monastery of Hozoviotissa is a narrow white band of masonry above the sea. A steep stone path is still the only way to reach its door.
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Standing among dry-stone terraces near ancient Arkesine, this well-preserved tower is one of the most substantial ancient structures on Amorgos, built of large fitted blocks with a commanding view of the sea.
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