Event News

Recognizing the crucial role of Greek shipping internationally and locally, financial daily Naftemporiki launches its first shipping forum on January 22 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens has announced a series of free guided tours for the exhibition “Domemicos Theotokopoulos before El Greco”, which was inaugurated last month.

Volunteer registration for the 4th Athens Half Marathon will be available online from January 12.

On February 1, wine lovers will have the chance to sample the finest during the Wines of North Greece first tasting event of the year at the Grande Bretagne Hotel in central Athens.

In a new project titled “Unseen Museum”, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens will bring to the fore artifacts and findings stored in its vaults that have never been exhibited before to the public.

100% Hotel Show, the Greek exhibition addressed especially to hoteliers, has been moved to February, due to Greece’s early general elections on 25 January 2015.

The European Commission is inviting tourism entrepreneurs to follow a series of live online events on digital tourism taking place this year.

Popular Art – Technima – Parousies, one of the country’s leading tourism trade fairs featuring folk art and souvenirs, kicks off on January 7 through to January 11 at the Metropolitan Expo near the Athens International Airport.

Greek gastronomy, the Mediterranean Diet and its products – olive oil, wines and masticha – will be the focus of the 2015 Med FoodTouristica show to be held on May 15-17 at the former Hellenikon airport.

Dozens of festive events ushering in the New Year are under way throughout Athens, on its squares and along its pedestrian walkways featuring everything from workshops and theater performances to carol singing and origami lessons.