Event News It’s All So Sweet… @ Athens’ 8th Greek Honey Festival by GTP editing team 2 December 2016 written by GTP editing team 2 December 2016 0 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 37 Just in time for the holiday season with all its honey-based sweets, the 8th Honey & Bee Products Festival kicks off today through to December 4 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Neo Faliro. The annual event casts the spotlight on the world lauded Greek honey, its byproducts and its uses, bringing more than 250 honey producers from across Greece and its islands, experts, chefs, amateurs, and connoisseurs together for three days of events including seminars, honey tasting happenings, children’s shows, cooking, pastry-making and bee-keeping demonstrations as well as workshops. The event this year will introduce visitors for the first time to rare varieties of honey produced in Greece. The aim of the largest industry event is to promote local honey production and honey bee products, their nutritional and health benefits as well as their considerable trade/export potential. Consumers, meanwhile, will have the chance to sample and buy honey and products such as traditional pasteli or honey-soaked sweets, Cretan spirit raki with honey (rakomelo), honey-based lotions and many more traditionally produced items. Participants include companies active in production, processing and standardization of honey, bee and wax products enterprises, beekeeping, packaging and standardization equipment manufacturers, cooperatives producing honey and hive products. For the kiddies, special activities focusing on the world of bees and their magic will be taking place throughout the event. Opening hours: today – 4pm-9pm; Saturday – 10am-9pm; Sunday – 10am-8pm. For more info, press here. Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post Greek Tourism Revenue Shortfall Halts in September next post Pioneering Greeks: Niki Koutsianas, President of APIVITA Natural Cosmetics You may also like Athens International Airport Expands its Artistic Landscape with ANADYSSIS II 3 February 2025 CONVIN Wins Silver at Event Awards 2025 for Community Engagement & Awareness 31 January 2025 Parthenon Sculptures: Stephen Fry Calls for their Return to Greece 30 January 2025 Greek Government Focuses on Investments, Exports to Drive Economic Growth 29 January 2025 GNTO: Austrian Bookings Surge for Ionian Islands in 2025 29 January 2025 US Market ‘Gets a Taste’ of Ionian Islands’ Culinary Offerings 29 January 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ