My Guide Book of Greek Revelations ; Travel On Sunday Oona King Unveils Ten Golden Rules for Enjoying the Country That Is Her Holiday Home From Home

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FOR more than a decade I've visited Greece and stayed near the spot where Saint John exiled by the Roman Empire in 95 AD had revelations in a cave. Not a surprise when you check out his view from Patmos, an island still run by the monastery. John's pad is called the 'Cave of the Apocalypse' not the same as Apocalypse Now; here it's the Greek word meaning the revelation of information withheld from the masses. If you want to avoid mass tourism, take a leaf out of John's book and spend some of your holiday beyond the package-industry scrum.

I'm not saying you should avoid the crowds by avoiding the sights far from it. I strongly encourage you to follow the hordes to the Acropolis. But the trick is to balance inyourface tourism with out- of-the-way tourism, while remaining aware of the pitfalls.

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My Guide Book of Greek Revelations ; Travel On Sunday Oona King Unveils Ten Golden Rules for Enjoying the Country That Is Her Holiday Home From Home

St John ventured off the beaten track and was thrown into a vat of boiling oil. Happily, he emerged unscathed and got cracking on his prophecies, known as the Book Of Revelations. During a recent mini-break to Greece I compiled my own Top 10 revelations for British holidaymakers looking to strike that balance between the masses and the hermits.

Let's start with getting there.

REVELATION 1

SAVING time and money by taking a charter flight in the middle of the night is a false economy.

IT'S far better to pay extra for a daytime flight so you don't spend the first three day...

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