Two new videos that promote the civilization, history, hospitality and merits of all Cretans have been created by the Region of Crete, to achieve the best possible joint tourism promotion of Crete through the campaign Incredible Crete: Surprisingly Yours! The two new videos under the titles Incredible History and Incredible Hospitality are directed by the [...]
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Turkish Airlines Promote Greek Tourism
Travel agents from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and Azerbaijan traveled to Athens via Istanbul and visited Mykonos. Turkish Airlines, in cooperation with the travel agency MidEast International tours, who celebrated 30 years of operation, invited tourist agents to Greece in an effort to stimulate the new season. The General Manager of Turkish [...]
Choose your Greek Dream Island for this Summer
It’s hard to find a perfect recipe for the best possible summer island vacation in Greece. The country offers thousands of smaller or bigger islands where you can enjoy the warm weather, crystal clear beaches, delicious food and engage in various activities. Perhaps there are more ways to explore, live and experience any of the [...]
Visitors Flock to Mount Athos
Devout atmosphere, problems due to the financial crisis, as well as free of charge accommodation and nutrition, have led thousands of citizens to spend their Easter holidays on Mount Athos. In Karyes, the administrative center for the monastic republic of Mount Athos, the phones keep on ringing even on Holy Saturday and the monks answer [...]
Ano Poroia Village, a Small Constantinople
Ano Poroia is a village located in Macedonia, Greece, with unique Macedonian architecture. It is hidden in perennial plane trees and crystal waters and embraces mountain Belles, keeping it safe as a treasure that has not been touched by time. The history of the village began during the Turkish occupation when Turkish beys had their [...]
Athens Airport On Awards List
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos is once again in the short list of the Routes Airport Marketing Awards Europe 2013, voted for and judged by the airline network planning community. Athens International Airport has been chosen to be included in the short list for best tactic, design and realization of financial motives’ and support’s programs [...]
Greek Couple Will Roam Africa on Motorbikes
Twenty-nine-year-old Ilias Vrohidis along with his 33-year-old girlfriend Christina Pefani are going to travel around Africa and the Middle East on their motorbikes for about two years, having just a backpack with only the necessary- a pair of trousers, a shirt, a tent, sleeping bags, gas cooking canisters and a pot to heat food. On [...]
Greece’s Less Popular Islands Still Alluring
The Greek islands have long been a symbol of beauty, sunny summer vacations and relaxation. With more than 3,000 islands in total and only 130 estimated to be inhabited, it would take approximately 80 years to visit all of them bigger and smaller islands and spend a week in each one of them. The natural [...]
Rhodes Top European Holiday Destination
Rhodes remains the favorite European holiday destination, the website TripAdvisor’s recent survey showed. Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, is also the fifth most popular holiday destination worldwide, according to the same survey. Historically, Rhodes is famous for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the [...]
Turkish Airlines Plans Heraklion-Istanbul Link
Turkish Airlines, expanding its presence as Europe’s number one airline, is talking with officials on Crete about a direct flight from Heraklion to Istanbul. A delegation of Turkish Airlines visited the Regional Governor of Crete Stavros Arnaoutakis on March 28. The subject of the meeting was the connection of Crete and Istanbul with a direct [...]
Santorini 5th Best Island In World
Santorini, with its black volcanic-soil beaches, whitewashed houses and astonishing view, has been raked number five in the list of top 10 islands in the world by the web site TripAdvisor. Number one was Ambergris Cay, Belize’s largest island, a popular destination for scuba divers. Other top vote getters were St. John’s in the U.S. [...]
Pilgrims Retrace Apostle Paul’s Journey
Six hundred Greek-American and American pilgrims will sail this autumn in Apostle Paul’s footsteps setting out from Lavrio, with intermediate stops in Patmos, Kousadasi, Istanbul, Kavala and Thessaloniki. The details of this pilgrimage voyage are being examined by a private company that has consulted with the Synod office of pilgrimage tours of the Holy Synod [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Greece Celebrates International Museum Day on May 18 May 18, 2013
- Edessa Cherries, Wine For Gastronomy Fair May 17, 2013
- Greek Choreographers Festival In Thessaloniki May 17, 2013
- Taxidi Exhibit 2013 Opens in Cyprus May 16, 2013
