As panic set in, I turned to Simpson, a Greek travel specialist, who suggested Ithaca. This small, classic Greek island might underplay its hand in the “best of” lists, but has a starring role ...

The Trojan wars had ended. Odysseus, Greek hero and the King of Ithaca, was desperate to return home to his wife, Penelope, and their son Telemachus, who he had not seen for ten long years.