Rhodes

The passenger traffic of Greek airports in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 6,6% compared to the corresponding period of 2016, reaching a total of 6 million passengers.

The number of inbound tourists from China to Greece in the summer season of 2017 is expected to rise significantly, according to data. The projection is confirmed by a notable increase in tax free sales in Greece in the first 3-month period of 2017 compared to 2016. A mere 150,000 Chinese tourists visited Greece last year, a number that is estimated to be much higher this year.

Turkish citizens residing in Greece will go to polling stations set up in Athens, Thessaloniki, Komotini and Rhodes to cast their votes Saturday and Sunday, on the April 16 referendum to take place in Turkey. Voting will commence in the four Turkish Consulates in the designated cities and will commence at 9am and end 9pm on each day.

Among the many theories about which civilization first sailed to the Americas and discovered them, there is also the theory that the ancient Phoenicians were the first.

A moderate undersea quake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, occurred south of Rhodes shortly before 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.

The quake's epicenter was located some 100 kilometers south of Rhodes town at a depth of 10 kilometers below the seabed.

British Airways has launched direct summer flights to the Greek holiday destination of Skiathos, the island jewel featured in the smash-hit 2008 film "Mamma Mia!"

Athens, Heraklion and Rhodes are among Euromonitor International’s annual World Top 100 City Destinations in 2015. Euromonitor International is the world’s leading provider for global business intelligence and strategic market analysis. We have more than 40 years of experience publishing international market reports, business reference books and online databases on consumer markets.

British Daily Mail online sings the praises of the Greek islands of Rhodes and neighbouring Tilos as the perfect romantic getaways in Autumn.

Expanding its 2017 summer season flight itinerary, British Airways (BA) has included two direct flights from Heathrow Airport in London to Zakynthos.

Pera Museum's "Félix Ziem: Wanderer on the Sea of Light" exhibition presents the works of one most original landscape painters of the 19th century: Félix Ziem.

The exhibition focuses on Ziem as an artist who left his mark on 19th century painting and who is mostly known for his paintings of Istanbul and Venice, where the city and the sea are intertwined.