Destinations

Bouboulina’s Museum on Spetses, Greece, will operate every day to as late as 8:30 pm during the peak summer months due to high visitation, according to the museum’s management.

A Mycenaean vaulted tomb has been discovered near Amfissa, central Greece, during an excavation project. The tomb has not been looted and the offerings found date its use from the 14th until the end of the 12th centuries BC.

American actor Tom Hanks was spotted on 27 July taking part in a local event in Greece during his vacation on Antiparos where he owns a summerhouse.

Hotel room occupancy in Athens, Greece, during the January-June period, increased from 55.2 percent last year to 68.3 percent this year, according to the Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hotel Association.

As of 24 July, the visitors of the Acropolis in Athens will be able to seek emergency medical assistance if needed during their tour of the archaeological site.

Ten Greek islands are among the most popular in the world for vacation this summer, according to a list compiled by hotel comparison website Trivago.

Tinos in Greece is expected to be one of the first of the Cyclades island group to welcome seaplanes, as waterway facilities are on their way towards construction at the island’s port.

The Greek Tourism Ministry is exploring ways to develop thematic forms of tourism in Greece’s northern city of Thessaloniki.

UK newspaper The Telegraph includes Koufonissia, in the Greek islands, among the best unsung beach holiday resorts in Europe.

Hossein Amini, the British director of the film “The Two Faces of January” that was shot in Greece and is currently playing in Greek theaters, gives us the backstory on his “love affair” with the country on the Visit Greece blog.