Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson experiences the jewel in the crown of a luxury Azamara Club Cruise through the Greek Isles and Turkish Coast, in the ruins of Ephesus.

Rod Emmerson experiences the time-honoured tradition of breaking plates on the Greek isle of Rhodes.

Hopping through the 200-island archipelago, Sankha Guha finds an enchanting region of Greece that offers a chance of beating the crowds.

Youth unemployment in Greece has soared to a record 64.9 per cent as the country's downward spiral continues almost unchecked.

The Greeks invented the most enduring, most popular, most commercially sophisticated and prescient system of governance ever devised, but the nation that perfected democracy seems to be struggling to preserve its economy.

Julia Shallcrass discovers a love for cruising around the Greek Isles on a 12-night voyage aboard the Crown Princess.

Justine Tyerman explores Crete and Spinalonga Island.

On a jetty alongside the town beach a loud phone call disturbs the peace of a handful of Spetses residents lying in the sun before taking their daily swim - one free pleasure still available to all.

The tiny Greek island of Symi remains steeped in tradition, discovers Lois Green.