The importance of initiatives to advance tourism growth and cruise travel to Greece and Europe was at the center of a day event held at the European Parliament on Monday.
Five-thousand years of Greek tales celebrating kings, scholars, poets, and philosophers emerge through 550 ancient treasures in the “The Greeks - Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” show, which opens on June 1 at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC, and runs through to...
The Glyfada Golf Course in Athens recently hosted a stage of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup 2016, one of the sport’s biggest and most exciting amateur tournaments.
Inspired by Greek hero Odysseus and his travels and travails, cultural project “Meeting the Odyssey” sets out for its last tour this summer to visit Greece between June 3 and August 9.
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) will underline Dubai's pioneering experience in the transition to a leading global maritime hub during its participation in the upcoming Posidonia 2016 to be held in Athens from June 6 to 10 at the Athens Metropolitan Expo.
The annual Athens Festival and its “cultural counterpart”, the Epidaurus Festival, are off to a fresh start this year with a new director and some 80 productions for all tastes to hit the stage come June.
It’s all about eating, meeting and fun at the Athens Street Food Festival which kicks off on Friday and runs through to May 29 at the old depot (Pireos & Emrou sts) in Gazi.
The European Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ECTAA) will meet in the European Green Capital 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Wednesday, May 25, for its semi-annual meeting.
Wine lovers and bon viveurs will have the chance to indulge on May 28-29, when wineries and vineyards across Greece open their doors to the public for an intoxicating wine and dine experience.
Responsible Travel on Wednesday released the select 75 organisations longlisted for the 2016 World Responsible Tourism Awards to be announced at WTM London.
Shipwrecks, diving and marine history will be the focus of an international conference to take place on the Cycladic island of Kea on September 30-October 2.
A cartoon exhibition that aimed to show the reality of the refugee crisis took place this month in the multipurpose hall of the Syntagma metro station in Athens.
A number of Cirrus aircraft will fly to Kalamata's military airport on May 26 to attend the city's first aviation tourism event, held on the occasion of the 14th International Conference of Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) to take place in Messinia, the Peloponnese,...
The age-old Greek favorite retsina wine came into the spotlight last week during a special event at the Varoulko Seaside restaurant with the Kechris Domaine celebrating a decade of one of its prized products.
Marking 2,400 years since the birth of Greek philosopher Aristotle, the Hellenic Post (ELTA) is issuing a commemorative set of stamps paying tribute to one of the world’s greatest thinkers to be presented during the “Aristotle 2400 Years” world congress which kicks off on Monday...
The development of religious and pilgrimage tourism is factored as a priority in Greece's tourism strategy, Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura said while opening the Greek-Russian Religious and Pilgrimage Tourism Conference in Lagonissi on Friday.
