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| Total Unique Visitors: 271925 |
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| Destination Greece |
| 2011-05-04 13:39:00 |
Art Athina. Art Athina was established by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association to promote and develop contemporary art in Greece and beyond. At Faliro Pavilion. For more details contact info@olympicproperties.gr or +30 210 9250010.Athens In Bloom. Every year, Greece surrenders to the arms of spring. Floral displays are set up in the heart of Athens and a series of celebrations take place in Syndagma Square, the National Garden and many Athenian neighborhoods.May 1-15: Chalkidiki Sokratia Festival — Folk festival. Larisa — Achillia — Literature, theater, folklore, music, dancing fest.May 2: Katy Perry — The California Dreams Tour. After touring around Europe and the UK, American singer Katy Perry brings her sugary pop sounds to Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Expect all the hits fr...
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| Going Greek |
| 2009-11-04 08:11:00 |
Most of the European airlines serving South Africa offer connecting flights to Athens, as do the airlines from the Middle East (Emirates, Etihad and Qatar). You will get the best fares when the airlines are offering specials on the SA-Europe leg of the journey. Your best bet is to find a good travel agent who will check all the carriers for special fares. You can also check the British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways sites for Internet-only specials. The budget carrier easyJet offers low-cost fares from London and Paris to Athens, so you could combine an easyJet ticket with a discounted fare from South Africa to London or Paris.
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| Greek travel and safety tips |
| 2009-09-06 00:34:00 |
Although the clear blue water and whitewashed buildings give one a sense of tranquility, there are dangers to be avoided in certain locations and certain times of year. Greece is a very safe country for tourists, but it's best to be aware of the hotspots that exist for both travelers and locals. Places that might prove to be unsafe for American travelers include football (soccer) games where the rivalry between fans of the two teams is at a peak. Greeks take their football very seriously. It's not uncommon for the fans of the losing team to pull up stadium seats, throw them onto the playing field, set fires, and in general, behave worse than a 3 year old who has been denied a toy in the supermarket. Innocent spectators have been killed and injured in this sort of riotous behavior at games and in the vicinity of the stadium.
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| The Island of Santorini, Greece |
| 2009-08-05 17:50:00 |
Greece without Santorini is like a Greek salad without Kalamata olives – it just doesn’t taste the same. Santorini’s breathtaking Caldera, a sea-filled crater, and its vineyards and unbeatable nightlife make it a popular vacation destination. Hit the beaches or just explore. An island rich in ancient treasures, Santorini’s ruins from the Minoan period at Akrotiri and the wall paintings of Thera reveal one of the most fascinating prehistoric settlements of the Aegean. I toured the wineries and art galleries and bought an official hand-painted “Exact Copy” of a 7th-century B.C. pot with octopus design.
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| Opening of new museum in Acropolis, Cvetkovic in Athens |
| 2009-06-20 09:22:00 |
Big celebration is being held in Athens regarding the opening of a new museum in Acropolis, where many European officials have been invited, including Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. He will travel to Greece after the invitation of its Prime minister Kostas Karamanlis, and the delegation will also feature ministers of foreign affairs and culture, i.e. Vuk Jeremic and Nebojsa Bradic, respectively. During the visit, the Serbian Prime Minister will have talks with his host Karamanlis, as well as Cypriot President Demetris Christophias and Turkish Prime minister Tayip Erdogan. [ Back ]
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| Greece: the inside track |
| 2009-05-22 11:54:00 |
Robin Gauldie, author of Thomas Cook guides to Mainland Greece and Greek Islands; Charles Arnold, author of Mediterranean Islands; Chris Deliso, co-author of Lonely Planet's Greece guidebook; Andy Bostock, author of the Bradt Guide to the Greek Peloponnese (out early 2010); Jane Foster, freelance writer based in Athens; Katerina
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| The Island Where People Live Longer |
| 2009-05-10 17:44:00 |
Making it to 90 years old is awe-inspiring in much of the world. But on a tiny Greek island in the North Aegean Sea, nonagenarians barely merit a second glance. The island of Icaria could be the newest of the world's so-called blue zones — places where residents have unusually long life spans.Dan Buettner has crossed the globe many times over the years in search of blue zones, and he recently teamed up with AARP and National Geographic to study Icaria.
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| Escape to a Greek island villa for just half the price |
| 2009-04-30 03:19:00 |
The start of the holiday season in the Greek islands is always the time for the best deals and this year is no exception, with Ionian Aegean Holidays offering up to 50 per cent off villas on Cephalonia and 40 per cent on Skopelos, where much of Mamma Mia! was filmed.This means that a week from Saturday at the three-bedroom Villa Spiros, with a private pool, on Cephalonia, costs from £301 a person when four share and £430 if only two stay.A week from May 9 at Villa Chloe, also with three bedrooms and a pool, is £349 based on six sharing. Prices include flights from Gatwick (or Manchester with a £25 supplement), car hire and a welcome hamper.
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| Fourni: the Greek islands you didn't know |
| 2009-04-22 06:12:00 |
Like your geography lessons simple? Okay. Between Turkey and the Greek island of Ikaria (Icarus, sun, problem with wings, fatal crash) is a little archipelago of 12 islands known as Fourni. The archipelago’s main island is called Fourni, and this island’s capital is known as, er, Fourni.The name might make you think of fornication — the island does have more than 30 stunning beaches; some of them deserted and suitable for that sort of caper — but, according to a 16th-century Venetian geographer called Bordone, it derives from fornelli, meaning small ovens.Small ovens, not because the place gets bloody hot in summer (which it does), but because the port (that’s the port of Fourni) is concave and reminded someone of a small oven.So what kind of people live in a small oven, where everything is called Fourni? Strange people, you might not be surprised to hear.
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| 2009 Tribecca Film Festival Goes Greek |
| 2009-04-18 13:54:00 |
The Tribeca Film Festival today announced that My Life in Ruins, directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mike Reiss, will have a special presentation screening as the closing night film of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by founding sponsor American Express. My Life in Ruins, a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, stars Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, María Ádanez, Sheila Bernette, María Botto, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis, Ralph Nossek, Bernice Stegers, and Harland Williams, and will open nationwide on June 5, 2009.Several of the cast members will attend the special screening to be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at BMCC TPAC in lower Manhattan. The Festival runs from April 22 to May 3, 2009.“This year’s Festival has a number of fun and light-hearted films for our audience to enjoy. We are delighted to bring them another crowd-pleasing film, My Life in Ruins, to celebrate our closing night,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival.
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