Gabriel Goldberg — contributor at Metis Maven. European editorial platform for travel, mobility and style.
Ten minutes from Knokke, just across the Dutch border, Fieret's Vishandel has occupied Kaai 18-20 in Sluis since 1994 — and has been in the trade since 1948. Three generations, a family of Scheveninge
Christopher Nolan's film is not a documentary: it is a door. Behind it lies a ten-year siege far more carnal than Hollywood suggests, a Briseis reduced to slavery, a forgotten Telegony where the son k
Christopher Nolan shot his 2026 Odyssey across five countries — Morocco, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Iceland — and not in the real Ithaca. Here, with pictures, is each filming location, what it stands fo
One summer spent crossing the entire Ionian Sea: ten stops, ten stories, one shared Venetian geography. From Corfu to Zante via Parga, Paxos, Lefkada, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Kastos and Meganisi — here is
The final stop of a long Ionian loop: Zante — capital of Zakynthos — was known to the Venetians as 'Fior di Levante', the Flower of the Levant. Rebuilt identically after the 1953 earthquake, it lines
Assos is the ultimate Ionian postcard: a peninsula crowned by a 1593 Venetian fortress, a pastel village hugging a turquoise cove, and along the way — from Agia Effimia — the vertigo beach of Myrtos.
Kastos is 5 km² of maquis, 35 year-round souls, one lane and one of the best vibes in the Ionian Sea. Discover the self-service Vasko café, the windmill turned cocktail bar, the jewellery boutique, th
Lefkada, the only Ionian island connected to mainland Greece by a bridge, is an ideal family base to explore the Ionian Sea. But the real surprise of the day was Palairos, a small fishing village faci
Two islands just a few miles from Lefkada, two worlds apart: Kalamos, an authentic Greek village of 600 souls where time has stopped; Vathy on Meganisi, a naturally deep port turned superyacht terrace
Hard to arrive in Ithaca without thinking of Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus and Homer. Especially since historians and professional sailors have tested the harbours of the Odyssey and concluded that t