A routine patrol in the Ionian Sea led Italian authorities to a remarkable discovery: a late Roman merchant shipwreck still carrying its cargo of amphorae.

For many locals, the town of Aitoliko lying on an island between two lagoons in western Greece is their little version of Venice.

The Ionian League, was a confederation of twelve Ionian Greek city-states located along the coast of Asia Minor.

Its founder, Graham Simpson, and his wife Yianna, opened their first holiday villa business, Simply Crete, way back in 1978.