Destinations news

The Makedonia Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki has joined the WorldHotels Luxury collection as the brand’s first hotel in Greece.

The Greek island of Skopelos, the filming location of “Mamma Mia!”, is among the top 10 movie destinations in the world that people want to visit, according to a study.

Greece vies to include Crete’s Minoan palatial centers on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The University of Western Macedonia will host its first ever TEDx event in May at its new campus in Kozani.

One of Greece’s most popular beaches, Navagio on the island of Zakynthos, is being closed off to the public this summer due to safety risk.

The Patra Waterway, to connect mainland Greece with the Ionian and Saronic islands via seaplane flights, enters next stage.

The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization promoted the northern Greek city’s tourism product to major players of the travel industry at the ITB Berlin 2023 expo in Germany.

Aria Hotels announced growth with the addition of 20 properties to its portfolio of destinations in Greece.

Maritime industry professionals on April 1 will gather at the historic golf course of Athens to take part in the Glyfada Maritime Pro-Am tournament.

The loss of the Russian market and fewer cruise passenger arrivals kept Greek tourism revenues below 2019 levels in 2022.

The Greek island of Chios has secured half a million euros in funding for international tourism promotion.

Greek authorities have unveiled plans for the new Athens Archaeological Museum at Plato’s Academy.

Hellenic Train has announced that a number of routes carried out by its trains will be handled by buses.

Cyprus Airways has launched its winter 2023/24 schedule and waived booking fees across all flights and destinations for a limited period.

Thessaloniki’s mayor honored Greece’s rescuers who were on the front lines of the response to the train accident in Tempi and the earthquake in Turkey.

The first “Greek Revolution Park” will soon open in Kato Ambelokipi, Messinia, featuring 21 stories related to the 1821 Greek Revolution.

Greece was the only EU country to see 2022 flight activity exceed pre-Covid 2019 levels, according to Eurostat.

Rafina Port, the second largest in the Attica Region, is soon to be upgraded in order to safely meet increasing tourism demands.

A new metropolitan park at Faliro Delta is expected to be one of Europe’s largest and a major project towards Attica’s green transition.

The Region of Crete agreed with UNESCO and Google to further promote Crete’s four UNESCO sites during a meeting at the ITB Berlin 2023 travel expo.