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Piraeus is the port city of Athens and is just a short metro ride away from the city center. For most, it’s just a place to get on and off one of the many cruise ships or ferries that stop there. 

Chios has some of the most beautiful, crystal clear, pristine beaches in Greece. If you’re lucky you can have a beach all to yourself. I haven’t been to ALL of the beaches on the island – there are far too many – but I will tell you about the ones I have been to:

Florya is a neighborhood in Istanbul with a nice quiet seaside park area and a beach. It’s one of the few beaches in Istanbul I would actually feel comfortable swimming at. There are a couple highlights worth visiting if you have extra time, but no must-sees.

Tyra and I booked a day trip from Sharm el-Sheikh to visit the Colored Canyon, a spectacular natural canyon with high walls north of the city of Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula. When we were picked up from our hotel, we were driven about an hour away and turned left at the junction to Nuweiba, away from the city. I asked the guide why we didn’t go towards Nuweiba and he told me to relax.