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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. Let yourselves be seduced by discovering 18 unique monuments and sites. Read more...
Laid Back Islands
Ultimate Relaxation
Ultimate Relaxation
Escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, by visiting the peaceful Ikaria, Kythnos, Alonnisos, Ithaka and Patmos Islands; perfect choices to unwind. Off we go…
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. Keep in mind our useful travel tips and rest assured you won't miss a thing while visiting different destinations in Greece! Download here...
Traditional Cuisine
Treasured Flavours
Treasured Flavours
Greek cuisine has rich, authentic flavours and aromas that represent the country’s age-old cultural unity. Inventiveness and pure ingredients are some of its secrets. Let’s taste them…
Blue Flag beaches & marinas 2017
The big blue
The big blue
Greece, out of a list of 47 countries, ranked number two on the Blue Flag quality awards with 486 beaches. The region of Halkidiki is the gold winner with 71 flags. Let’s take a dive!
24 hrs in Athens
What an Experience
What an Experience
If you happen to be in Athens for a single day but yet wish to see the city, you’ll have to plan it out right. Here are some suggestions for what not to miss. Let’s take the tour!
Upcoming events
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23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival
Kalamata, the city of dance, is set to host its 23rd annual festival from July 14 to 23, 2017.
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2017 Jazz in July Festival
Jazz in July Festival, will be hosted once again at the picturesque village of Vamos in Chania from July, 1 to July, 23, 2017.
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54th Aegean Sailing Rally
The Aegean Sailing Rally, the oldest and most prestigious sailing event in the Greek seas, takes place for the 54th year from July 14, 2016 to July 24, 2017.
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2nd Amari Green Festival
The Amari Green Festival is back again this year from July, 21 to July, 25 2017 at Amari Village presenting 40 events, 80 hours full of programme, 400 people from Greece and abroad.
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International Festival of the Aegean 2017
The International Festival of the Aegean under the direction of the internationally acclaimed conductor Peter Tiboris, takes place for the 13nd consecutive year, on Syros Island.
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Pavlos Samios at Kefalonia
The solo exhibition of Pavlos Samios “The breeze of the Sea” will be held on July,12 to August, 5, 2017 on the beautiful island of Kefalonia.
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100 posters for Crete
A one of a kind exhibition will be held from July 27, to August 18 at the stunning Firkas fortress, in the heart of the old harbour of Chania, on Crete.
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Aegean Regatta 2017
The Aegean Regatta, the leading offshore sailing race in the Aegean Sea, is back once again from August, 19 to August 26, 2017, traveling to the beautiful islands of Patmos, Astypalaia, Nisyros and Rhodes.
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Voyage exhibition at Herakleidon Museum
Herakleidon Museum presents the temporary exhibition “Voyage- Greek Shipbuilding and Seafaring from Antiquity to Modern Times” from October 1, 2016 to August 27, 2017.
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7th Athens Open Air Film Festival
The Athens Open Air Film Festival takes place for the 7th consecutive year with more than 20 hand-picked projections in the capital’s most prominent neighborhoods, converting Athens into a luminous film oasis.
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Divine Dialogues: Cy Twombly and Greek Antiquity
The Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens (MCA) announces the exhibition “Divine Dialogues: Cy Twombly and Greek Antiquity”, from 25 May to 3 September.
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Portrayals of History
The exhibition “Portrayals of History” will be hosted at Thessaloniki Museum of Photography from April, 6 to September 10, 2017.
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Exhibition “The garden sees”
This summer, the Athens Concert Hall presents the unique exhibition entitled “The Garden sees “ in his beautiful Garden and the so-called Service Yard from July, 6 to September 17, 2017.
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Inspire Project 2017
Τhe Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art will host from July 13, to September 17, 2017 the INSPIRE PROJECT 2017 A DEED WITHOUT A NAME art exhibition.
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With the Colours of the Word and the Word of Colours
For the summer of 2017, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation is presenting a tribute to the distinguished poet and painter Nikos Engonopoulos.
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Maria Callas: The myth lives on
In tribute to the absolute Diva of the Opera, Maria Callas, the B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation presents a unique exhibition with more than two hundred personal belongings of Maria Callas.
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Odysseys
The National Archaeological Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary since its foundation with the exhibition “Odysseys”. Until the October of 2017.
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A World of εmotions
The path-breaking exhibition “A World of εmotions: Ancient Greece, 700BC – 200AD” will take place from 18 July to 19 November 2017 at the Acropolis Museum.
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Greek Islands Main Cities Athens Thessaloniki Crete Cyclades Ionian Islands Dodecanese Peloponnese
Things to See & do
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Museums Archaeological sites Religious tourism Sailing Wellness Touring Gastronomy
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