Destinations

American pop icon Madonna was so enchanted by her last visit to Ithaca in July that she decided to invest on the Ionian Island and buy property.

Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes has received the green light from the port authority of Skyros and will carry out the necessary procedures to obtain a license for the construction of a waterway at Linaria Port.

“The Athens Classic Marathon is the best advertisement for Greek tourism as it places Athens in the center of global public attention,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said on Monday, 23 September. Less than 50 days are left for the 31st Athens Classic Marathon to take place on Sunday 10 November 2013!

Greece is among the top 10 most hospitable tourism destinations in the world according to a survey conducted by the Hotels.com website on a sample of 27,000 travelers globally.

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev may allow Skorpios Island, which is owned by his daughter, to be used as a backdrop for “Nemesis,” a new movie on the life of late shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

The port authority of Skyros, the southernmost of the Sporades, recently held meetings with companies that responded to a tender for the construction and operation of a waterway at the island’s port.

Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle recently ran a news report on Mykonos, through which the TV station’s journalist presented the island as a “Greek success story.”

The City of Athens signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) during the second World Tourism Cities Expo held 11-14 September at Beijing’s Wangfujing Pedestrian Street.

Metro station “Syntagma” in Athens will be closed to the public as of 10am, Wednesday, 18 September, due to protest rallies planned for the city center.

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is planning to promote the Saronic Gulf as a single tourism destination to Greeks and international travelers in order to boost arrivals to its several islands such as Hydra, Poros, Aegina and Spetses.