This Is Greece

In Thessaloniki, Michael unfolds the history of northern Greece. A Macedonian princess, the Ottoman Turks, Roman emperors - many have left their mark on this bustling modern city. We then travel to the ancient port city of Kavala, then Ancient Phillipi and Meteora - home of six Orthodox monasteries.

We then are in Athens. No city sums up more the wonderfully textured history of Greece than its modern capital, where now more than half Greece’s population lives. It abounds in ancient ruins from the marvel of the Acropolis and the Parthenon to the Hadrianic water pipe system.

We return to Ancient Corinth and the fortress atop Acrocorinth overlooking the ancient city ruins. No site is more stunning in Greece than the proud walls of this Byzantine and Venetian fortress sitting astride the towering hulk of this Corinthian acropolis.

Millions of Greek and foreign visitors come to the Cyclades every year to enjoy the dazzling light, the idyllic beaches with their crystal blue waters, in the quest for paradise on earth.

We start our final episode on the island of Rhodes, the main island of the Dodecanese region of 12 islands leading up the coast of ancient Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. The island of Rhodes has seen it all.