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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,...

The Acheloos River, or as it is alternatively known, the Achelous, is an approximately 140-mile long river which empties into the Ionian Sea.

Thousands of Greeks took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather of this Orthodox Easter weekend and rushed to their nearby beaches.

Greece has been experiencing some of its highest January temperatures of the last 50 years since Friday, with people rushing to beaches to enjoy the unseasonably sunny weather. Temperatures climbed to 21 degrees Celsius in central parts of the Greek...

One of the most popular beaches near Athens has been transformed by the local authority to ensure appropriate social distancing, as required by the new rules in these coronavirus times. The council of Glyfada, south of Athens, has moved their...

A beach bar in Santorini has become the first in Greece to install plexiglas around their sunbeds in order to protect beachgoers from coronavirus infection. “Demilmar,” located at the famous black sand beach of Perissa, came up with this boldly...

Gála Beach is a largely unknown beach on Greece's Ano Koufonissi island in the Aegean Sea. Many people know the three islands known as Koufonissia (Ano Koufonissi, Kato Koufonissi and Keros) for their spectacular beaches and their untouched natural character,...

Serifos' Vagia beach will become Greece's first smoke-free beach, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Athanassios K. Laskarides Foundation and the Municipality of Serifos. The breakthrough initiative aims to copy successful attempts first made in France and...

Greek authorities on Sunday gave the green light to the reopening of the stunningly beautiful beach of Navagio on Zakynthos after the introduction of new security measures, following last summer’s rockfall. The new security measures were worked out by Efthimios...

A plan to manage visitor safety will be put into place for Greece's iconic Navagio Beach on the island of Zante in response to last summer's landslide which occurred on the beach. Efthimios Lekkas, the president Greece's Geology and Geo-environmental Department,...