Month: April 2026

The complete editorial guide to Mykonos 2026: the morning ferry to sacred Delos and the Athenian purification of 426 BCE, the south-coast lounger strip and the working Cycladic village underneath, the 1542 Tourliani Monastery, the 22 October 1822 defence of the island under Lieutenant General Manto Mavrogenous, the Mykonos Vase and the earliest known depiction of the Trojan Horse, Pierro’s bar and the LGBTQ inheritance, the 2024 Tourism Police MyCoast app and the new beach-bar regulations, Kiki’s Tavern at Agios Sostis, Fokos, Houlakia, Kounelas and the surviving Old Port fishermen’s tavernas, and the honest €60-per-day budget. The Four Seasons Mykonos opens late summer 2026. Verified April 2026.

The complete editorial guide to Corfu 2026: the UNESCO Old Town and its three Venetian-British fortresses, the four annual processions of Saint Spyridon, the Holy Saturday botides ritual, the June 1944 deportation of the Corfiot Jews and the Scuola Greca synagogue that survived, the Achilleion of Empress Elisabeth and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mount Pantokrator and Old Perithia, Paleokastritsa and Angelokastro, Vido island and the Serbian mausoleum of 1916, kumquat liqueur and tsitsibira, pastitsada and sofrito, the new Conrad Corfu opening 2026 with chef Alexandros Tsiotinis. Where to actually eat and stay; what’s new for 2026; honest budget breakdown. Verified April 2026.

The complete editorial guide to La Gomera 2026: Garajonay laurel forest and the 1487-metre summit, the November 1488 rebellion at the Cueva de Iballa, Silbo Gomero — the whistled language taught in primary schools since 1999, the Mirador de Abrante glass walkway above Agulo, the El Cedro waterfall hike, Roque Agando, Vallehermoso and the palm-syrup country, Casa Efigenia, Valle Gran Rey’s counterculture coast, and the Torre del Conde of 1477. Where to actually eat and stay; what’s new for 2026; honest budget breakdown. Verified April 2026.

The complete editorial guide to La Palma 2026: Tajogaite volcano, Caldera de Taburiente, Roque de los Muchachos and the Gran Telescopio Canarias, laurisilva forest at Cubo de la Galga and Los Tilos, Santa Cruz colonial old town, Fuencaliente wine country, salt pans and Salinas, the post-2021 recovery of Puerto Naos, what’s new for 2026 and where to actually eat and stay. Every price and detail verified April 2026.