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Lagerfeld’s Chanel Cruise 2018 Collection Brings Glorious Greece to Paris

With a fashion collection entitled “The Modernity of Antiquity”, star designer Karl Lagerfeld revived an ideal vision of ancient Greece.

Airotel Invites Guests to ‘Stay and Win’ a 65” Curved LG TV

Airotel is giving the guests of its hotels the chance to win a LG 65-inch TV worth 2,500 euros!

‘The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great’ Conquer Canada

Featuring over 500 ancient treasures, many of which exhibited for the first time outside Greece, “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” show, which opened last week at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, was warmly welcomed by a 1,000-plus audience.

Greece’s Parthenon And Delphi Among The World’s Most Greatest Ancient Settlements

The UK edition of the National Geographic Traveller magazine applauds the grandeur of the Parthenon and the Oracle of Delphi in Greece in a recently published feature entitled "Lost cities: The world’s greatest ancient settlements."

The Guardian Highlights The Best Of Athens, Greece, In New City Guide

"It would be criminal to come to Athens and miss the Acropolis but visitors who stick only to the city’s ancient past are missing out," The Guardian notes in its recently released online Athens city guide.

Robin Williams Was A Philhellene. His Words On Greece.

Robin Williams had expressed his appreciation for Greece in an interview back in 2011 and touched us all.

Acropolis Museum In Athens Turns Five Years Old

In celebration of its fifth birthday on Friday 20 June 2014, the Acropolis Museum in Athens will present the horsemen on the West Frieze of the Parthenon through three-dimensional digital images.

Free Admission At The Acropolis Museum On 25 March

The Acropolis Museum will offer free admission to the general public from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday 25 March, which is a national holiday celebrated annually in Greece.

Culture Ministry Targets Long Queues At Popular Greek Sites

The Greek Culture Ministry recently held a meeting with the Union of Cruise Ships Owners and Associated Members and exchanged ideas on how to deal with the congestion at popular Greek attractions due to large volumes of tourist flows this summer.

5 Greek Museums on the Google Art Project

Five Greek museums have already joined Google Art Project as partners: the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum, the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art and the Numismatic Museum, the last two being just recently added.

Greece Shines On Travel & Leisure List

Three Greek destinations were included on the list of “101 Places Every Traveler Should Know” published in the November issue of renowned US magazine Travel & Leisure.

Greek Destinations On “Sights Not To Be Missed” List

“It seems that there are few places in the world where time stands still—but this is one of those rare refuges,” the US monthly travel magazine Smithsonian said in its recent edition in regards to the Greek island of Santorini.

Dynamic Promotion of Greece in Russia

Tourism Development Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos recently visited Moscow where he attended the International Travel Fair Intourmarket and Moscow International Travel & Tourism exhibition (MITT). He then visited the exhibition "The Greek Tourist Poster; Time Travel with the...

New Acropolis Museum Opens For Visitors in 2007

Museum officials anticipate that the new Acropolis museum will be open to visitors in mid-to-late 2007. The new museum's 14,000 square-meter exhibition area will allow all the surviving antiquities from the Acropolis to be displayed together for the first time.

Museums Ready to Re-open for Summer

Work on the road and the site has made the Marathon archaeological site unrecognizable as it undergoes refurbishment. As for the museum within the site, scheduled to be ready in June, work has begun on the walkways and planting is in progress.

Another Step Back for Acropolis Museum Project

The Council of State reportedly said the supreme administrative court has rejected as illegal initial plans for the 94-million-euro glass and concrete New Acropolis Museum project.

New Acropolis Museum Ready For 2004 Olympic Games

Pressure will be exerted on Britain internationally to return the Elgin marble collection of sculptures taken from the Parthenon, albeit in the form of a "long-term loan," as the 2004 Olympics approach, said Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos last month.
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