Greece

The sixth "Matala Festival 2016" will open on June 17-19 at Matala, Crete, Greece, and will offer unique moments to the visitors. It is a journey through time with a lot of music and other events, which will be...

Matala Beach Festival, the reuniting point for hippies from all over the world could also be described as the Burning Man of Europe, except this festival takes place on a gorgeous beach (Matala) on the Greek island of Crete. During the...

Matala in southern Crete is a region that became popular in the 60's and the 70's as the temporary home for a stream of travelers who followed the traces of a particular hippie-trail. They lived in ancient caves, next to...

Curtains closed on the 3-day long Matala Festival 2012 held in the Municipality of Phaistos in Crete. The successful hippies’ reunion was much bigger than last year and featured two musical scenes along with many prominent Greek artists. Visitors travelled...

The Matala Festival is a 3-day music festival with beach parties right in front of the famous caves with music from the ‘60s and ‘70s, the sound and music of the legendary woodstock festival, an attractive program with all...

Do you know Matala? Because hippies love it and that's the perfect reason why Crete plans the Matala Festival 2! The myth of Matala appears to be alive and it is expected that the famous caves will be full again. In the 60's...

It is that time of year again when people from all over join together in celebration of the biggest free summer beach festival in Europe - the Matala Beach Festival 2018! Concerts on Matala Beach are nothing new. In fact,...

Over the weekend the Matala Beach Festival 2016 took place in Matala on the Greek island of Crete. The attendance truly exceeded expectations and provided Matala with many tourists as visitors packed onto the beach and the camping grounds filled with...

Matala Beach Festival will take place in an atmosphere full of music and fun in Matala, Crete, from Friday, June 19, to Sunday, June 21, with the participation of many Greek and foreign artists. The festival will also include creative activities...

The curtain opened on June 22 for the Matala Festival for a third consecutive year, with a spectacular celebration. Visitors from around the world and from many parts of the country flocked to the reference point of the 1960's...

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the National Tourism Organization of Greece, the International Matala Beach Festival 2013 will be held from June 21 to 24, organized by the municipality of Phaistos. Anastasios Liakos and Mayor of...

Greece has always been associated with summer, amazing beaches and crystal clear waters. Still, many people opt to travel to other countries during the summer months in order to attend one of the numerous music festivals that take place across...

Europe’s leading travel group TUI is praising Matala, in the municipality of Faistos, Crete, as one of the most important tourist attractions found on the Greek island. In its webpage, TUI Travel presents Matala as the second most important place...

Fifty years later, Matala is revived! The "Flower Children" set a meeting place again at their famed haunt to remember the carefree times of the 60s and 70s and their youthful adventures. In a resort in Iraklion, Crete with...

Greece was and still is a magnet for famous rock stars such as the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie,  and countless others. The Beatles arrived incognito on their holiday to Arachova back in July 1967 and were photographed...