Julia bradbury explores the hidden side of the dazzling, sun drenched greek islands. Julia has a special affinity with the greek isles having a greek mother, and that heritage has always been a big part of her life. Yet despite enjoying her summer holidays on the islands she doesn’t know much about the real greece. In this series she uncovers the hidden side of well known islands like corfu, crete and santorini as well as uncovering some lesser known island gems like symi, thirassia and skopelos, location for global smash mamma mia, island hopping her way to her ultimate destination, chios – the island of her heritage. She goes off the well trodden tourist track to discover secret beaches, exquisite coves and unspoilt countryside, immersing herself in the islands’ age old traditions and sampling some of the best food and drink they have to offer to provide a vivid and surprising insight into some of our most popular holiday destinations.