Greece

With the coming of winter soon, it will be time for hopeful travelers to face one of the most pleasant dilemmas in planning next year's vacation: Should I visit the islands of the Ionian Sea or the Aegean? It is...

Hollywood actor James Franco, aged 43, was spotted on the Greek island of Mykonos with his 28-year-old girlfriend Isabel Pakzad earlier this week. The pair enjoyed the day lounging at Branco Beach, where fans snapped a picture of Franco and...

The summer vacation season is looking up for Greece, it appears, as travel giant TUI says that advance bookings for Greek vacations have performed well despite the current travel restrictions. In fact, Greece might see the first UK holidaymakers as...

American supermodel and actress Kate Upton has been enjoying a Greek holiday, soaking up the sun and visiting ancient sites, including the Parthenon in Athens. Upton shared several photos from her vacation over the weekend, including one in which the...

Last last month Hollywood actor Kate Hudson — who’s expecting her third child — shared a photo snapped on the Greek island of Skiathos, showing off her baby bump. While much of the media followed the Almost Famous and Mother's Day star,...

A young couple on their first foreign trip together found themselves being sent home from Greece 30 minutes after landing because they mislaid their passports on the way. The U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported on Tuesday that 27-year-old Lewis Mundy...

The former ruler of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa, has been spotted strolling the streets of Nafpaktos in western Greece where he is vacationing. Hamad, one of the richest people on the planet, was seen walking with his entourage to a fish...

Over 27 million tourists visited Greece in 2017, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) figures. Tourist traffic increased by 9.7 percent, reaching 27.194 million visitors against 24.799 million visitors in 2016. Specifically, visitor flows through airports increased by 9.9 percent, while...

Jet2holidays.com and Atomik surveyed 1,000 children aged between 7 and 13 years of age about their favorite vacation preferences. Greece ranked 4th among preferences featured among the top 5 destinations along with Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. Almost half (45 percent) wanted...

The Greek National Tourism Organisation (EOT) is running a campaign "Now is the time" from August 22 until September 23 as part of its program to extend the tourist season. "For the selection and the promotion of the actions of...

A Syrian refugee, named Mohamed, was rescued by a group of Greek vacationers on their way home from an excursion to the Greek isle of Pserimos, near Kos, after being stranded at sea for 13 hours, wearing only a life vest. At first,...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco and his wife Princess Lalla Salma travelled to Greece and spent about 5 million euros for their 7-day vacation in the Ilia region, on the western coast of Peloponnese. The King of Morocco arrived last Wednesday, accompanied by his wife, two children,...

Rita Wilson, wife of famous Hollywood star Tom Hanks and an actress herself is proud of her Greek roots. So it was no surprise that Tom and Rita were seen enjoying the sun and the beautiful beaches during their vacation in Greece. The couple,...

Foreign investors are still looking for vacation homes in Greece’s most famous travel destinations. In fact, it appears that the demand for such real estate transactions has increased, even though there haven’t been enough sales of such properties so...

A holiday to the Greek Islands can be so many different things: adventure, a beach break, a trip back in time, or a week-long party.