The bill, which passed parliament on Tuesday, opens up protected nature sites to oil exploration and construction projects, writes Anastasia Miari, in Athens.

The Venetian old town, normally crammed with cruise ship day-trippers, has been repatriated to cold coffee-sipping locals. Beaches and bays boasting the best water are free to swim in, without the threat of an incoming yacht.

An opening party for the building of a ‘holiday village’ in northern Corfu has been met with heavy resistance from residents of the island.

Empty sun loungers, closed sea-front tavernas, an absence of sleek and shiny white yachts at the marina: not all is as it should be this summer in Corfu.

On Corfu, residents are starting to wonder if tourism could be done differently

With its countless fine archaeological sites, Athens is the sort of city you need to peruse from a high perch. And if you can drink some delicious Greek coffee while taking in the view, even better.

Ancient archaeological sites, cultural celebrations and afternoons by the water make Athens a great family-friendly vacation spot.

No longer just a brief stop-off before hot-footing it to the Greek Islands, Athens is drawing in city break visitors and travellers keen for a taste of the chaos that makes this city so unique.

It is only 8am but already the heat in Havana’s old town is oppressive. I join the back of a queue of around 30 or 40 people outside a crumbling colonial townhouse, which is doubling as a makeshift butcher’s shop. 

It’s lunchtime in Moscow and the line for Stolovaya 57 is out the door — a 20-person long struggle for borscht, jellied pork, soft boiled vegetables and grated cabbage.

Don’t ship out to the islands straight away - the Greek capital has much to offer.