Awards CN Traveller UK Readers Place Greece @ the Top by GTP editing team 1 September 2016 by GTP editing team 1 September 2016 Greece has been named and voted as the best country in the world for 2016 by Condé Nast Traveller UK readers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Ancient Theatre of Delos Opens After 2,000 Years of Silence by GTP editing team 31 August 2016 by GTP editing team 31 August 2016 The ancient theatre on the island of Delos will open after two thousand years of silence to host a play that aims to raise awareness about the tragedy of refugees … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News ‘Santorini Experience 2016’ More Attractive Than Ever! by GTP editing team 29 August 2016 by GTP editing team 29 August 2016 Santorini – also referred to as “the best island in the world” by many established travel magazines and reviews of millions of travelers – will be a point of reference … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc In Memory of Konstantinos Mitsis by GTP editing team 28 August 2016 by GTP editing team 28 August 2016 Konstantinos Mitsis, the founder of Mitsis Hotels, passed away on the morning of Sunday, August 28. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Misc Greece Shines at Rio Olympics Despite Obstacles by GTP editing team 22 August 2016 by GTP editing team 22 August 2016 Amid the economic crisis and lacking government support, Greece participated in the Rio 2016 Olympics with the smallest delegation in the last two decades and managed through its athletes to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Oscar-winner Payne Named Honorary Citizen of Aigialeia in Greece by GTP editing team 22 August 2016 by GTP editing team 22 August 2016 US director Alexander Payne was named honorary citizen of Aigialeia last week during the annual Enoxenia 2016 wine festival, which is taking place August 17-28. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Special Hotel Discounts for Greek Travellers on Samos, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Leros by GTP editing team 18 August 2016 by GTP editing team 18 August 2016 The hotel associations of Samos, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Leros are joining the Tourism Ministry’s efforts to boost domestic tourism and are offering Greek travellers special discounts on room prices … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destination Specials Why September in Greece? The Best of All Worlds by Maria Paravantes 10 August 2016 by Maria Paravantes 10 August 2016 Joining the recently launched “September in Greece” project, a Destsetters initiative, the Greek Travel Pages (GTP) has nine spots for the ninth month of the year where it’s all happening … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary Greek Gastronomy Guide Joins Athens Airport to Promote the Finest by GTP editing team 10 August 2016 by GTP editing team 10 August 2016 The newly launched Greek Gastronomy Guide, a website in both Greek and English aiming to become a tool in the hands of the keen traveler who wants to know where … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Greece Eases Capital Controls, Now in Effect by GTP editing team 8 August 2016 by GTP editing team 8 August 2016 In efforts to boost confidence in the country’s banking system, pave the way for new deposits and allow leeway for business transactions abroad, the Greek government has further relaxed capital … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Surveys, Trends & Stats Swimming Waters Extra Clean at 97% of Greece’s Beaches by GTP editing team 4 August 2016 by GTP editing team 4 August 2016 The European Environment Agency inspected 92 percent of the country’s bathing beaches and found that Greek waters are of the highest quality for swimming, giving Greece an overall rating of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Wearing Only a Smile: Greece’s Best Nudist Beaches by GTP editing team 27 July 2016 by GTP editing team 27 July 2016 If swimming “au naturel” is your thing, then pack your bag and set off to some of the best nudist beaches across Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news ECOWEEK 2016: Giving an Identity to Agios Nikolaos Municipal Park by GTP editing team 20 July 2016 by GTP editing team 20 July 2016 Italian Architects Nasrin Mohiti Asli and Margherita Manfra took part in Crete’s recent ECOWEEK 2016 conference with a project that focused on giving an identity to the Agios Nikolaos Municipal … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Interviews Interview: Sabre Hellas’ Andreas Syrigos Tells Us All About Next-generation “Sabre Red Workspace” Solution by GTP editing team 19 July 2016 by GTP editing team 19 July 2016 Sabre Corporation, a global travel technology leader, recently introduced its new software solution “Sabre Red Workspace” to the worldwide travel industry. Sabre’s country director in Greece, Andreas Syrigos, lets us … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Ecoweek Crete Rethinks, Reinvents, Concludes with Results by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 by GTP editing team 11 July 2016 A total of eight workshops headed by architects, environmentalists and builders came to a close on Sunday, when the Ecoweek Crete 2016 program reached its end at Agios Nikolaos, Crete, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Interviews Interview: Runner Dean Karnazes invites all to join the ‘Lifestyle Movement’ named ‘Navarino Challenge’ in Greece by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 by GTP editing team 8 July 2016 Supporting the “Navarino Challenge” event for the fourth year in a row as ambassador, Greek American ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes this September will be in Messinia and Costa Navarino once … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News ‘If Others Care, Then You Too Will Care’, Ecoweek’s Head E. Messinas Says by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 Environmental “brainwash”, that, in two words, would best describe what Ecoweek is all about. The founder of the initiative, a very busy Elias Messinas, spoke to the Greek Travel Pages … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culinary ‘Greek Gastronomy Guide’ Marks Six Months of Taste by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 by GTP editing team 7 July 2016 It’s true… a person’s heart is through his stomach, and that’s what the Greek Gastronomy Guide is out to do: make you fall in love with Greece not through its … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Agios Nikolaos Mayor A. Zervos Says City Planning Means Listening to the Young by GTP editing team 5 July 2016 by GTP editing team 5 July 2016 In these rapidly changing times, with super speedy communication and even speedier needs, hearing out the younger generations can be the only way to create cities that are functional and … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Christine Lagarde: Greece Should Permanently Host the Olympic Games by GTP editing team 4 July 2016 by GTP editing team 4 July 2016 The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, recently agreed that the Olympic Games should be hosted permanently in Greece. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
