Product Description

A breathtakingly beautiful virtual tour shot in high definition from a helicopter-mounted camera. Lifting off from Athens, you embark on a modern odyssey as varied and dramatic as Greek history, exploring exotic islands scattered like stones in the brilliant blue Aegean, ancient ruins, verdant hills, rocky coastlines, and timeless traditions. The dramatic view is enhanced by a soundtrack of traditional and modern Greek music and a narrative that celebrates Greek history and mythology. With nearly an hour of bonus footage not seen on public television.
Includes these programs:
Visions of Greece--Travel from Corfu to Crete, Meteora to Mikonos, the Peloponnese, Rhodes, Santorini, Thessaloniki, and many other glorious destinations along the way.
Visions of Greece: Off the Beaten Path--Features the unusual, the unexpected, and the incomparable. See the smoldering crater of the Nissiros volcano, ancient marketplaces, hilltop towns, old fishing villages, and much more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14975 in DVD
• Brand: Acorn
• Released on: 2004-07-06
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 167 minutes

Amazon.com
Using the same high-definition photography and smooth, airborne camerawork that yielded popular aerial tours of British Columbia and Ireland on PBS, Visions of Greece is a gorgeous and haunting overview of mainland Greece and, more exotically, the Greek Isles. Between the two programs on this disc, the title show and its sequel, Visions of Greece: Off the Beaten Path, it's easy to find this Cradle of Civilization--birthplace of democracy, classical arts, and the jury system--not only inspiring but staggeringly beautiful. Take in a gull's eye view of the startling Temple of Poseidon, high above the blue-blue Aegean Sea. Swoop over the white beaches and famous windmills on Mikonos island, see the marble lions overlooking the site of Apollo's mythic birth on Delos, and be amazed by the First Circle of the Royal Tombs, the reputed home (and possible tomb) of Agamemnon and his family from hell. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

A wonderful, visual tour of a classic country!
This video is a delightful visual journey through one of the magical lands of history. Wonderful images and tasteful music accompany a tour through some of the most beautiful spots in Greece. It views Greece from perhaps the best perspective, from the air. The tape is well edited, flows with great art, and provokes memories of a classic land. If you are planning a trip to Greece, this is a great motivator. If you are planning a return, it brings back wonderful memories of a timeless and beautiful land.

Reviewed by David Lundberg, author of Olympic Wandering: Time Travel Through Greece

Outstanding Views of Greece
Travelogues are outdated in an era of frequent, fast and relatively inexpensive travel. But if you want to see a new, extraordinary vision of one of the most photographed countries in the world, you will be entralled with this spectacular DVD, Visions of Greece.

This beautiful DVD is filled with sensational aerial video of Greece's well-known antiquities, frequented tourist islands plus the lesser traveled areas of the country, delivered with an intelligent, and often poetic narrative by a distinctive Greek voice.

Over the years, I have made over a dozen journeys, pilgrimages, and hedonistic trips to this glorious country, and seen far more of its beauty than most travelers. Yet seeing this DVD inspired me to plan a return, to experience Greece as we both are now.

This DVD would make an excellent gift or a treasured reminder of the glories of this extraordinary country.

Fantastic photography, fine editing, great music, and distinctive narration all create one of the best travel DVDs I have ever seen.

EXCELLENT aerial footages of Greece
More than 3 hours you see excellent aerial footages of Greece!
Be aware that the DVD shows the footages in widescreen 16:9.
Sometimes they show the name of the place below in the
footage for some seconds. The picture quality is excellent!
It's a MUST for every collector of aerial geography.