Cycladic Spaces is for Australians who want the Greece that Greeks live in.
For Aussies heading over for a Euro summer, and for the Greek diaspora planning the trip back to the village. We write about where to eat, drink, swim and stay, season by season, from villages where the café owner knows everyone’s order to cities that don’t slow down in August.
And we write about the people who make those places worth the trip. The yiayiá still making the bread by hand. The family who’ve run the same taverna for 40 years. The potter, the fisherman, the hotelier who sweats the details.
What we won’t send you to? A short-stay rental pricing locals out of their own island, a pool on a rock rationing water by July, or a €40 plate built for the camera. Greece has plenty of that already.
We’d rather you went slower. Stayed longer. Spent your money where it keeps a village going, and came home with a story instead of a highlight reel.
Our founder
Cycladic Spaces was founded by Tina Benias, an Australian-born Greek writer, editor and marketer with a lifelong connection to Greece. Raised between two cultures, and eventually two continents, Tina has spent over a decade living, working and travelling throughout Greece.
Her background includes global hotel marketing, and experience running luxury villas and a boutique hotel on a quiet Greek island. She’s helped travellers check in, check out, plan trips, and plenty in between. Now she’s helping them arrive in Greece a little more prepared and a lot more inspired.
As Editor-in-Chief, Tina brings years of Australian travel know-how and Greek hospitality to the page. Her writing comes from living it, so you get both what to see and how to feel at home while you see it.
The purpose of Cycladic Spaces is to dig deeper into Greek culture, past the Instagram highlights, and show travellers a slower way to experience Greece. One that respects its people, places and pace. More sustainable for the Greeks who live there, and more rewarding for the travellers who visit.