Destinations news

The Municipality of Athens is inviting residents and visitors to experience its “Gallery Walk” events that are taking place in various locations around the city during May 12-13.

The Acropolis Museum in Athens is organizing a number of events for its visitors to mark the celebrations for this year’s European Night of Museums and International Museum Day.

A specially appointed working group will soon formulate a master plan for the development of municipalities located in the mountainous regions of Greece.

The Hellenic Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness that aims to promote Greek culture with a focus on the plant-based Mediterranean Diet has launched in Greece.

Cyprus has designed a new tourism strategy for the post-Covid-19 era that will focus on thematic experiences to attract travelers during all seasons.

Athens is making a big comeback as a tourism destination this year with scheduled flights from its main source markets expected to show double-digit growth in summer 2022.

The Greek Culture Ministry has launched works to make the Lindos Acropolis on Rhodes accessible to persons with disability.

The promotional video “Peloponnese: Greece Beyond the Obvious” won a gold trophy at the 2022 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards in the “Corporate Image/Tourism” category.

The fountain on Omonia Square in the center of Athens lit up on Monday night in the colors of the national flag of Ukraine.

The revamp works at Syntagma, the Greek capital’s central square, are expected to be completed in the coming weeks, according to Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis.

Seven beaches in Greece are included among the best in Europe on a list released by UK daily newspaper The Guardian.

Greece is among the world’s top countries for adventure travel, ranking 12th on a list recently released by Superdry.

Six Greek cities including Athens, are among the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, according to an announcement …

Greece this year is expecting a strong increase in the number of Romanian travelers who are showing an interest in destinations including Halkidiki, Pieria, the Ionian islands, Evia and Thassos.

The archaeological site of Nemea in the Peloponnese has been awarded the European Heritage Label by the European Commission.

Greece may see an expansion of existing US airline routes for 2022 and new direct connections to/from American cities such as Miami and Dallas next year.

Although Greece has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions for domestic and international flights, the mask mandate for indoor areas of airports and while on flights is still in force.

Greece’s achievements in sustainability were presented to travel agents in the UK and Ireland by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

Unknown history and culture stories of the Greek capital city will be unveiled through five exciting walking routes that will be held this month by the municipality’s Athens Culture Net.

The Greek National Tourism Organization introduced the tourism offerings of Thessaloniki and Halkidiki to Swedish travel agents in Göteborg and Stockholm.