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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Explore the treasures
Explore the treasures
During your stay in Greece explore the treasures made by man and nature over the centuries. Discover 18 unique monuments and sites. Read more...
Winter Vacations
Welcome to Greece
Welcome to Greece
The festive winter veil covers the Greek mainland offering you charming destinations. Take your family and explore an awe-inspiring winter in Greece.
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Top 10 Greece
Download before your trip
Download before your trip
Here is a collection of our TOP 10 leaflets to assist your travel journey. Hold on to our travel tips and don't miss a thing while in Greece! Download here...
Winter Weekend Sunshine
Experience it in Greece
Experience it in Greece
The sun’s bright light tends to make us want to go out in the open air and enjoy an excursion to nearby destinations. Drink your coffee and take a stroll by the seashore. Let’s go…
Visit Greek Museums
Savour History
Savour History
Fancy a meal or a simple cup of coffee in places where past and present meet? Check out Athens and Thessaloniki's Museums, where you can “savour” history! Give it a try…
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Monuments and Museums
Plan Ahead
Plan Ahead
Are you planning on visiting the Acropolis, Knossos, Ancient Messene or any other archaeological site or museum in Greece? Book your tickets...
Upcoming events
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Phallephoria 2020
The ancestor of Comedy and the modern carnival events Phallephoria is a distinct cultural folk interactive event, taking place on Saturday 29 February 2020 in the historical center of Athens, for the 7th year in a row.
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Songs of Rebellion
Composer Brigitta Muntendorf and director Michael Hoppner create a contemporary melody of rebellion.
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Patras Carnival 2020
The Patras Carnival, the largest carnival event in Greece, fully acclaimed abroad, is the main cultural and tourist event of the city. (January 18th.-March 1st, 2020).
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Carnival in Athens 2020
For 17 days, 32 spots around Athens will be filled with more than 60 celebratory activities with free entrance for everyone.
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From Homer’s World Tinos and the Cyclades in the Mycenaean Age
The exhibition showcases the finds from the Mycenaean tholos tomb at Agia Thekla on Tinos, a rare funerary monument in the entire Aegean, which was excavated by Georgios Despinis in 1979.
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Macbeth
Shakespeare’s famously cursed play, a tale of violence, power, madness and the womb from which they spring forth, comes to the National Theatre of Greece in a stunning co-production with the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus.
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Avanti maestro in the manner of the rebetika
A musical journey of shadow-theatre figures and popular orchestra! Well-known shadow-puppeteer and director Elias Karellas returns to the Athens Concert Hall with a brand-new production for the entire family.
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Lynda Benglis
NEON is pleased to present Lynda Benglis: In the Realm of the Senses at the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens. The guest curator is the distinguished writer, critic and art historian, Dr. David Anfam.
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The Papess Ioanne
The Greek National Opera commissioned composer Yiorgos Vassilandonakis to write a new opera on the occasion of the organization’s 80th anniversary. The Papess Joanne comes to the Stavros Niarchos Hall 154 years after the release of the “antichristian and malevolent” novel of Emmanouel Rhoides.
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Τhe lost text at the Epigraphical Museum
Visual artist Nina Pappa presents her work titled “The Lost Text”, an interactive video walk through the Epigraphic Museum.
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The 11th International Poseidon Athens Half Marathon
The 11th International Poseidon Athens Half Marathon, the great athletic event aiming to raise awareness regarding diabetes and obesity, will be held on Sunday, April 26, 2020.
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CineDoc 2019
CineDoc organises regular screenings of award-winning documentaries across Greece from October to April.
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ADD Festival 2020
In May 2020 ADD, Athens’ biggest festival dedicated to contemporary electronic music, returns with a week long, multi-disciplinary program.
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Picasso Blue and Rose Period
An audiovisual journey to Pablo Picasso’s early career (1900–1907) is presented at the SNFCC (3/2/2020-31/5/2020).
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Toys toys toys
Athens Airport is hosting the exhibition "Toys-Toys-Toys!" from the collections of Benaki Museum ( 17/01/2020 - 28/06/2020).
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Greek Islands Main Cities Athens Thessaloniki Crete Cyclades Ionian Islands Dodecanese Peloponnese
Things to See & do
Museums Archaeological sites Religious tourism Sailing Wellness Touring Gastronomy
Museums Archaeological sites Religious tourism Sailing Wellness Touring Gastronomy
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