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The Best Swimming Pools at Santorini Hotels

The island of Santorini in Greece has some of the best swimming pools the world over to offer as long as you know where to look.

Did Ancient Greeks Enjoy Swimming and Going to the Beach?

Every summer, Greeks flock to the beaches of the Aegean and Ionian seas to swim and get a tan. But did the ancient Greeks enjoy the beach?

Greek Swimming Waters Among Top Three Cleanest in Europe

Some of the best swimming waters in Europe can be found in Greece, according to data recently released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). In order to determine the quality of swimming waters across the European Union, Albania, and Switzerland,...

Member of Greek Olympic Artistic Swimming Team Has Coronavirus

A member of the Greek artistic swimming team at the Tokyo Olympics tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday. The finals of the team artistic swimming event will take place on Friday, August 6. The Greek team will likely participate,...

Greece is Home to Some of the Best Swimming Waters in Europe

Greece is home to some of the cleanest, highest quality swimming waters in all of the European Union, according to data from the EEA.

Greece Offers 497 Blue Flag Beaches and Pristine Swimming Waters for Summer 2020

What would the Greek Summer be without its innumerable pristine beaches and their crystal-clear, azure swimming waters? As the country opens up to tourists after the coronavirus lockdown it is worth remembering that Greece is the number two country worldwide...

Swimming Marathon For Kids with Special Needs Planned Off Crete

Α Cretan athlete has vowed to swim around 25km off the coast of northern Crete in a fundraising effort for a school dedicated to young kids and adults with special needs. Kostas Varouchakis, well known for his philanthropic and social...

Greek Swimming Waters Among Top Five Cleanest in Europe

The EU environment agency, or EEA, released a report on Monday which declares that Greece is among the top five European nations in terms of the cleanliness of its swimming waters, while Cyprus is at the very top of...

Coronavirus Lockdown: Greece Bans Swimming, Fishing, Water Sports

Authorities in Greece have banned swimming, fishing and water sports as the country toughens up its already severe restrictions of movement to combat the spread of coronavirus. According to public broadcaster ERT, the Ministry of Shipping and Islands Policy has...

Greece's Andreas Vazaios Breaks Greek and European Swimming Records

Greek swimmer Andreas Vazaios won the gold medal on Friday night in the 200-meter Independent Medley at the 25th European Swimming Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. The Greek athlete achieved the perfect performance, breaking the European record. Vazeos finished in 1:50.85, breaking...

Greek Athlete Spiros Gianniotis to be Inducted Into Swimming Hall of Fame in 2020

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced on Saturday that Greek swimmer Spiros Gianniotis will be inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2020. Gianniotis will become the second Greek swimmer to be a member of the Hall...

Greece's Michalentzakis Wins Gold in World Para Swimming Championships

Greece's Paralympic swimmer Demosthenes (Dimos) Michalentzakis won the gold medal in the ''S8'' freestyle final on Monday evening during London's World Para Swimming Championships 2019. The 20-year old Greek Paralympic champion from Alexandroupolis managed to finish first with 57.69 seconds,...

Greece's Kristian Gkolomeev Wins Silver Medal in World Swimming Championships

Kristian Gkolomeev won the silver medal in the 50m freestyle finals in South Korea, where the World Swimming Championships are taking place. Gkolomeev came second, following Caeleb Dressel from the US who finished first. Gkolomeev shared the silver medal with Brazil's...

Turkey Posts Video of Dolphins Swimming Alongside Vessels to Refute Danger

The Turkish military on Tuesday denied accusations from a Greek marine conservation group that its naval exercises have been behind a recent spike in the number of dolphin deaths in Greece. On Tuesday, the military uploaded on Twitter a video...

How A Brave Mum Survived the Greek Inferno Swimming With 7 Kids

A new testimony of bravery during the catastrophe that hit the resort of Mati, east of Athens on Monday has come into light. Author Elisavet Papadopoulou described in a Facebook post how she and a female friend were enjoying her...