Tourism in Greece
Letter from the Aegean where humanity ends
Those ?child deaths? that occur in the Aegean Sea that have become almost ?routine,? blow after blow on our consciences.... Well, I received a letter right from there?
- Read more about Letter from the Aegean where humanity ends
- Log in to post comments
GQ British enjoys a long weekend in Athens
The GQ British website visited Athens, Greece and wrote about a weekend experience in the Greek capital.
- Read more about GQ British enjoys a long weekend in Athens
- Log in to post comments
Tourists will need to dig deeper into their pockets to visit iconic Greek sites
The Central Archaeological Council approved a proposal by the Ministry of Culture to increase admission prices for archaeological sites and museums in Greece as of January 1, 2016, based on each site’s numbers of visitors.
The highest entrance tickets will be at the iconic Parthenon at the Acropolis of Athens and the Knossos Palace on Crete.
Specifically:
Why is the White Tower of Thessaloniki white? (pics)
The White Tower in Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the Thessaloniki waterfront in macedonia, northern Greece. The tower stands on the site where an old Byzantine fortification once stood, according to texts from the 12th century.
Mouzalas: Countries should stop choosing which refugees they accept
The European Union must stop countries picking and choosing which refugees they accept in its relocation programme, otherwise it will turn into a shameful “human market”,Greece’s new migration minister Giannis Mouzals told Reuters.
75-year old missing French tourist found dead on Crete
The 75-year old missing French tourist was found dead on Sunday morning on Crete island.
The car he had rented was found on the beach Livari, southeast of Agios Nikolaos. His body was found in advanced sepsis in a cliff a few kilometers from where he had left his car.
The causes of his death have not been made known yet.
Halkidiki Basks receives UNESCO Award
Halkidiki stood out at this year’s World Tourism Expo – World Heritage Cities and Sites, which was held in Padova last month and received a special award for its prominent son, philosopher Aristotle.
- Read more about Halkidiki Basks receives UNESCO Award
- Log in to post comments
Athens destroyed: from neoclassical beauty to an ugly box city (video)
A short documentary of 20 mins duration shows what happened to the neoclassical houses that once dotted Athens. These architectural gems around the city slowly fell into decay, destroyed forever.
This short documentary by Nikos Grammatikopoulos, titled “Athens Before the City”, was created in 1980 and received the Critics Choice award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1980…
No place left to die on Greece's Lesbos for refugees lost at sea
He stood on the mud, crows cawing overhead, pointing at unmarked graves. "Here's a mother with her baby. And here's another young woman. Over there, that's a 60-year-old man."
Buried beneath low mounds of earth, facing Mecca, lay Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian refugees who drowned this summer in the Aegean Sea trying to reach Europe in flimsy inflatable boats.
3rd Little Paris of Athens… seeking France in Greece
The 3rd Little Paris of Athens multi-festival, that kicked off on Thursday, includes music, photo exhibits, street painting, cafe theater, lectures and more! It runs through to October 18 at various venues around the Athens center. The venues where the event takes place are loctaed on streets with French names.