By Alison Gregor This three-story villa with a large courtyard is in the Old Town of Rethymno, on the northern coast of Crete, the largest and most populous of the Greek islands. Rethymno ...

An insider guide to enjoying this iconic Greek island, its dazzling sunsets, clifftop villages and all-encompassing volcano ...

A contemporary New Zealand house discretely peeks out from the low bushes and sandbanks on this rugged island beach. The ...

With its staggering natural beauty, storybook history, and elegant villas, Lake Como is a place that fully embodies la dolce vita. The best Airbnbs in the area can streamline a sun-soaked trip of easy ...

Of all the places I visited on my most recent trip to the French Riviera, Villefranche-sur-Mer was the place, more than ...

Renovation of the Jiakaxia Ancient Courtyard in Barkhor Street — In Lhasa, the area around Barkhor Street, centered ...

When ancient Greek geographer Pausanias sat down under the shade of a giant vine, he was unaware that it was probably the ...

Located near Auxerre, the grand estate once possessed an exorbitant level of wealth, with thermal baths and heated floors ...

Archaeologists in France have unearthed one of the largest Roman-era villas ever found in the country, the Institut National ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

French archaeologists have uncovered a Roman villa that once included gardens, thermal baths, and underfloor heating.

In ancient Greece, Olympic victors were crowned with olive branches, while Homer referred to the antioxidant-rich juice as “liquid gold” in his epic poems. Today, Greece remains one of the ...