Destinations

The world’s largest hard-shelled turtle, the endangered loggerhead, also known as the Caretta caretta, is enjoying a new lease on life on the Greek island of Zakynthos, which is one of its main nesting grounds.

The tourism department of the Region of the South Aegean is hosting a press trip for American journalists on the islands of Rhodes and Kos.

Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with US explorer Josh Gates, host of Travel Channel’s hit TV series “Expedition Unknown”.

As part of its action plan to boost arrivals to Ios, the Greek island’s municipality is making approaches to the lucrative lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) travel market.

A recent survey of the 2,000-year-old Greek “Antikythera mechanism”, found on an ancient shipwreck by sponge divers in 1901 near the islet of Antikythera, has produced some 60 artifacts and revealed new functions, including the first hint that the device was used to make astrological predictions.

The coastal suburb of Glyfada, southern Athens, has launched its new rent-a-bike scheme titled “i-bike”.

From the wild terrain of Sfakia and the deep blue Lybian Sea to the footpaths of Chania, the Monastery of St John and the turquoise waters of the Balos Lagoon, Le Figaro journalist Maud Vidal-Naquet collected plenty of travel tid-bits to lure visitors to the Greek island of Crete.

Halkidiki leads the top 10 destinations preferred by the Greeks for the upcoming Holy Spirit Monday holiday, according to data from Trivago.

Besides its beautiful beaches and shores, the Greek island of Ios also boasts a wide variety of natural wonders which can now be visited through a newly established trekking network.

The shipwrecked MV Panagiotis ‘gracing’ the world famous Navagio Beach on the Greek isle of Zakynthos is at risk, a team of experts visiting the site said last week.