Cultural Anthropologist
and Travel Writer
Monique Skidmore
Monique Skidmore is a cultural anthropologist, a globally renowned expert on Myanmar (Burma), a prolific author of academic books and articles, and the Founder of Take Me To Greece.
Monique divides her time between Greece, Italy, Cyprus, and Melbourne.
She has many years of experience traveling around all of the world’s continents except Antarctica, but now travels much of each year around the Mediterranean (because there are so many historical sites here!)
Where I’ve Traveled in Greece
MAINLAND GREECE – including Northern Greece (including Vergina, Thessaloniki, Pella, Delphi, Meteora) the Peloponnese (including Olympia, Corinth, Mycenae, Tiryns, Nafplio, Epidaurus), Attica (including Athens, Eleusis/Elefsina, Rafina, Greek Riviera).
GREEK ISLANDS – including Aegina, Hydra, Spetses, Skopelos, Tinos, Mykonos, Milos, Paros, Antiparos, Naxos, Andros, Folegandros, Amorgos, Sifnos, Delos, Santorini, Anafi, Ios, Small Cyclades, Despotika, Crete, Spinalonga, Rhodes, Kos, Samos, Kastellorizo, Samothraki, Thasos, Corfu, Paxos/Paxoi, Ithaca, Zakynthos.
You can read more about Monique on Google Scholar and Wikipedia.
Awards, Books & Media
I’ve won awards for my writing and I’ve been featured on some of the world’s biggest travel and news sites including Newsweek, Time, CNN, BBC, ABC, PBS, and Green Global Travel.
You can read more about me on Wikipedia and some of my books and media commentaries are below. I am also an Honorary Professor in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University.
TV Appearances
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