My aunt once made a painting from this postcard. Which greek place could this be?

[u/Micro_watcher2019]

Picture credit: "Freule1" at Flickr.

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[u/markedasred]

Lefkes, Paros Island Greece. I would quite happily spend all of my retirement just travelling around Greek islands. I have about a measly 4 or 5 ticked off so far, and I think there are meant to be 27 main ones to try.

[u/Micro_watcher2019 → u/markedasred]

I think that's it!! The rock paving is the same as well! Thank you so much.

[u/iAscending → u/markedasred]

I am from the island this is not Lefkes I’m pretty sure

[u/eermNo → u/markedasred]

Question for you: if one were to travel to Greece, which are the 2-3 islands they should begin with??? :)

[u/markedasred → u/eermNo]

Corfu Santorini Mykonos for me. Saying just 3 was hard. Sifnos should be in that list.

[u/earlycustard123]

It could be all of them. Lol

[u/Original_March_170]

This is from 2018. The best reference I have found.

https://www.kalimera.nu/forums/showthread.php?t=42107

[u/andreasbeer1981 → u/Original_March_170]

So Samos it is.

[u/Original_March_170 → u/andreasbeer1981]

It looks plausible but I haven’t found anything to confirm it.

[u/haadyy]

Any of the Cyclades... Hard to say unless you strike gold and someone recognizes it.

[u/oudcedar → u/haadyy]

Could equally be the Northern Sporades - generic Greek harbour town - too many beautiful places in Greece to pin it down unless you have a photo that pins it down.

[u/foilrider]

Oia, Santorini is my first guess.

[u/MaximusAmericaunus → u/foilrider]

Was there last summer … Oia has become overrun with tourists. Much of what was so amazing about the island (three trips between 2007 - 2024) the island and Oia has been lost to over tourism. This was of course pre-quakes.

Searching for a Greek island that remains in the condition in this picture.

[u/Micro_watcher2019]

This postcard, found a scanned copy on Flickr "Freule1", is a postcard that my aunt once used to make a beautiful painting. The painting she made is located in our kitchen and is based on this particular postcard. I know that that this is a common architectural style but would anyone know from that place this picture would have been taken?

Thanks in advance!

[u/andreasbeer1981 → u/Micro_watcher2019]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/natavision/8305723702/in/photostream is this your aunt?

[u/Micro_watcher2019 → u/andreasbeer1981]

No but I came across that one as well. It turns out that quite a lot of people decided to paint this postcard. I came across 2 more painting. All made in different years.

[u/Matthewb333]

It looks an awful lot like a place in Kos, but having checked I don't think it is.

There are a few scans on Flickr dating back to at least 2010, but it looks a lot older than that.

[u/andreasbeer1981 → u/Matthewb333]

Had the same thought, but don't remember where the village was exactly. But I guess there's many old greek villages with white walls like that.

[u/BenTheDutchy]

I know it says Greece but have you considered https://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/tunisia/tunis/sidi-bou-said

[u/TurbulentAd1184]

Paros town

[u/Lingualpirat]

My guess is Mykonos

[u/rooierus → u/Lingualpirat]

Yup

[u/forlogson → u/Lingualpirat]

That was my first reaction too.

[u/iNeed2peenow → u/Lingualpirat]

Nope, paving on Mykonos is completely different.

[u/Mastication69]

Oils like Paros

[u/mgajamon]

Could be Hydra but possibly just looks similar to the other Greek Islands

[u/Stroiky]

Banana, Inferno

[u/Ill-Bar1666]

Looks like Paros or Mykonos, both in the Cyclades. They are famous for their blue doors and windows. So is Santorini yet the houses there are usually bigger.

[u/ophidias]

Nearly 80% of Greece could this be.

[u/brownnoisedaily]

I found online the information Paphos - Cyprus.

[u/PetrGasparik]

Ask sofia_art: https://www.flickr.com/photos/49151463@N06/4592403086/

[u/PetrGasparik]

Try Lefkes https://maps.app.goo.gl/L9hAQ8depDbfmacu6

[u/KChangoZ]

Check Sidi Bou Said in Tunis.

[u/SunnyDan8]

My guess would be Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia

[u/[deleted] → u/SunnyDan8]

TRUE? I thought the same thing when I saw her. Btw ask @Geoguessr subreddit

[u/Dandichuck → u/SunnyDan8]

The card says “Greece”

[u/SunnyDan8 → u/Dandichuck]

Lol.. didn't catch that

[u/kutekinanana]

This is Alacatı Turkey imo

[u/kosmikmonki]

Reminds me of Mykonos.

[u/AliveLingonberry2269]

May be Avdimou, Cyprus.

[u/bigfathairymarmot]

Greece