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Every guide tagged old town for a trip to Greece.

Whitewashed houses below the sheer rock face of Monemvasia with the sea beside them, Greece

Sights & history Updated 6 September 2026

Monemvasia, the Hidden Rock Town

A Byzantine town tucked behind an enormous rock in the sea, invisible until you walk around it. Stone lanes with no cars, hotels inside the walls, and one of the most atmospheric places on the Greek mainland.

Whitewashed houses stacked on the hillside below the acropolis at Lindos on Rhodes, Greece

Islands & regions Updated 29 July 2026

Rhodes Guide: The Medieval City, Lindos and the Coasts

The largest island of the Dodecanese: a walled medieval city you can sleep inside, the whitewashed village under an acropolis, two very different coasts, and a long season.