General Events & Happenings

A film crew from Italian TV station RAI 3 recently visited Monemvasia, in Greece’s southeastern Peloponnese, to shoot a documentary film about the destination.

Tour operators from Turkey recently attended a familiarization trip to the Sivota Diamond Spa Resort located in Thesprotia, Epirus, northwestern Greece.

“It is extremely important for our country that personalities who have contributed significantly to art and European culture, such as Jeremy Irons, visit Athens and Greece,” Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said today on the visit of the Oscar-winning British actor in Athens.

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons will attend tonight’s European premiere of his new film “Night Train to Lisbon” in Athens.

The Mount Athos Area Organization recently held a culinary tour to Carpathian cuisine to strengthen the already strong relations of the Romanian market with the Athos region.

Athens, Thessaloniki, Meteora and Chalkidiki were recently chosen to be featured on two Italian travel blogs and give readers all they need to know on the hotspots and experiences Greece has to offer to visitors.

A group of Indian travel agents were recently introduced to Chalkidiki by the area’s tourism organization within the framework of a familiarization trip to Thessaloniki organized by ASIT (Anatolia Splendid Incoming Travel) Greece and Turkish Airlines.

Car rental company Avis Hellas wished the best of luck to the players of the Greek basketball team right before they departed to Slovenia for Eurobasket 2013.

The annual “Ifestia” festival, which involves the representation of the eruption of the island’s renowned volcano, took place on Sunday 25 August and its unique spectacle dazzled thousands of visitors on the island.

The natural beauty of the lush Aristotelian Mountain and the golden beaches of Olympiada, located on the north-east point of Chalkidiki, were recorded by the cameras of Bulgarian prime time TV show “Zvezden’s Kitchen,” whose representatives visited the area 22-25 July.