Destinations

The 2,000-year-old marble clocktower known as the “Aerides” (meaning winds) in the heart of Athens, in the Roman Agora just north of the Acropolis, will open to the public following extensive restoration works.

MasterChef Italia, the Italian version of the popular culinary talent show MasterChef, chose Santorini for an episode of its sixth season.

Eastern Halkidiki’s sailing, diving and cruising offerings are set to be promoted through the Dodeka initiative aimed at attracting tourism all year round to the region.

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 and accommodation packages.

With an August full moon from above to the tune of music from within, the famed Koules Fortress in the town of Heraklion, Crete, reopens its doors on August 18 after six years of restoration works.

The Greek island of Santorini is included on a list compiled by Business Insider that reveals 13 of the most stunning views in the world that are “worth the climb” .

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 in Greece.

Greece’s sea and sun, gastronomy, luxury, city breaks and island lifestyle will “travel” to 74 countries and tens of millions of homes around the world through the world’s leading international travel broadcaster, Travel Channel International.

Plans for the creation of a fully-fledged archaeological park aiming to both highlight and preserve Rhodes’ famed Acropolis are in the pipeline, according to the Region of the South Aegean.

The Panathenaic Stadium, the National Archaeological Museum and Ancient Olympia will appear on the Israeli version of the “Game Theory” documentary series.