Visit Monte Circeo near Rome, identified since antiquity as Circe’s island of Aeaea: the …
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Italy
Li Galli: The Sirens’ Islands off the Amalfi Coast, and How to See Them
By Emily MacArthur 265 ViewsVisit the Sirens’ islands of Li Galli on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where Odysseus was …
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Sicily
Aeolian Islands Guide: Stromboli’s Eruptions, Vulcano and the Islands of the Wind God
By Emily MacArthur 255 ViewsVisit the Aeolian Islands, home of the Odyssey’s wind-god Aeolus: Stromboli, Vulcano and Lipari, …
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Sicily
Sicily’s Cyclops Coast: Etna, Aci Trezza and the Rocks Polyphemus Threw
By Emily MacArthur 312 ViewsVisit Sicily’s Cyclops Coast: where Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, the Faraglioni dei Ciclopi at Aci …
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Turkey
Troy in Turkey: What’s Actually Left of Homer’s City, and Which Layer Was the War
By Emily MacArthur 298 ViewsVisit Troy in Turkey, where Odysseus’s journey begins: the cited history of Hisarlik, what …
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Greece
Odyssey Locations You Can Actually Visit: Mapping Homer’s Route Across the Mediterranean
By Emily MacArthur 600 ViewsFollow in Odysseus’s footsteps across the Mediterranean: where scholars place every stop of Homer’s …
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United Kingdom
Tower of London: How to Beat the Crown Jewels Queue and See the Ceremony of the Keys
By Emily MacArthur 294 ViewsHow to visit the Tower of London: nearly 1,000 years of cited history, the …
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United Kingdom
Salisbury Cathedral: The Best-Preserved Magna Carta and Britain’s Tallest Spire
By Emily MacArthur 242 ViewsVisit Salisbury Cathedral and its original 1215 Magna Carta: the cited history, Britain’s tallest …
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United Kingdom
Avebury Stone Circle: The Free, Uncrowded Alternative to Stonehenge
By Emily MacArthur 252 ViewsVisit Avebury, the world’s largest stone circle: its cited Neolithic history, the wider landscape …
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United Kingdom
Bath’s Roman Baths: Curse Tablets, Torchlit Evenings and How to Skip the Queue
By Emily MacArthur 260 ViewsVisit the Roman Baths in Bath: the real, cited history of Aquae Sulis and …