Event News

For three days, scooters and motorcycles will take center stage at the Technopolis cultural complex in Gazi, Athens, at the 2nd Scooter Festival.

Amphitrion Group of Companies will give Greek travel agents the grand tour of the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship that will be docked in Piraeus Port on 4 October.

A great sailing Regatta, the 34th Ariane’s Cup, will take place 5-9 October in Greece by Istion Yachting.

The best of Greece – tourism, gastronomy and culture – will be hosted under one roof next year in Sweden at the first dedicated travel and taste fair for Greece “Grekland Panorama.”

New geographical, marketing and technological horizons for the luxury and cultural travel sector will be presented at the Mediterranean Luxury Travel Summit 2013 to be held next week in Athens, Greece.

In line with the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, World Tourism Day 2013 is being held under the theme Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future.

The Acropolis Museum is celebrating World Tourism Day today, Friday, 27 September, with gallery talks about the museum masterpieces. Free admission for all visitors between 7 pm and 10 pm.

Greek and foreign ultramarathoners will follow the footsteps of ancient Athenian long distance runner Pheidippides and cross 246 kilometers from Athens to Sparta during the 31st SPARTATHLON ultramarathon race to be held 27-28 September.

Athens – the birthplace of the marathon race – is getting ready to host a major new international event this November on the sidelines of this year’s Athens Classic Marathon.

The Greek Gourmet Chef in Poland, Theofilos Vafidis, will hold a series of fascinating daily tasting events and cooking demonstrations from the culinary side of Greece at the TT Warsaw exhibition in November.