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Greek interior designer Pallas Kalamotusis fine-tuned an abandoned renovation on an 18th-century house on the island of Patmos, Greece. Working with Athens-based Studio Pale, Pallas, head of Studio ...

A tiny, mountainous speck in the Aegean Sea, the 13-square-mile island of Patmos is where, according to Christian tradition, St. John was exiled in A.D. 95 after being persecuted for his faith by the ...

Crete, Santorini, Mykonos… These are likely the first islands that spring to mind when you think of Greece. But in 2025, many of these idyllic destinations saw the effects of overtourism, from ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Landscape sketch showing a distant view of the rugged Greek island of Patmos as the sun sets over the Aegean Sea.

With its arid mountains, rocky coves and "cobalt-blue" seas, Patmos is "magnificent". It is also among the most "serene" of the Greek islands, said John Gimlette in The Guardian, thanks in part to its ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2018. It was updated and republished in March 2024 in tribute to its writer, John Malathronas, who died in February. Malathronas was a regular ...