Spa holidays give you the chance to enjoy some quality time with your beloved ones, revitalize your senses, free your soul and experience the most relaxing moments while on vacation. So if you are seeking for the perfect place to treat yourself to a series of beauty therapies and wellness treatments but also to relieve anxiety, stress and muscular pain then plan a visit to a spa center in a mesmerizing landscape amidst the sea and sky that will certainly offer you more than a holiday…
The candidacy of Syros-Cyclades for the European Capital of Culture 2021 is an evidence that Syros is an island of exceptional cultural heritage and tradition, an island where cultural life and progression are of a great potential.
“Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Continuing the summer travel guide to the best Greek Islands, Cycladia uncovers the rest of Greece’s hidden gems and preferred destinations.
Golden, white, exotic and tranquil, lacy and secluded, fully organized or remote, the beaches of Greece have conquered the world. Greece ranked 3rd out of 50 countries for the most ‘Blue Flag’ Beaches worldwide counting 395 beaches and 9 marinas in total for 2015.
The long weekend of Clean Monday is just around the corner and it’s time for you to enjoy the company of your loved ones and get away from your everyday routine. Either you choose to stay in the heart of Athens, take a road trip to the most beautiful places of central Greece or head for the mountains you will probably run into some of the most spectacular events of the carnival.
It’s almost Christmas but you’ve been so occupied with your everyday routine that you have completely forgotten how it feels to count down to the holidays. The only thing that slightly makes you feel like Christmas is the sound of the Christmas carols and the numerous Santas you encounter in shopping centers on your way home from work.
Whit Monday also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit is a national holiday for most Greeks as well as for many other countries worldwide. It is a chance for all to salute the summer and take off for the first weekend summer break of the season.
Some believe that the signs of the zodiac can give us insightful predictions concerning our everyday life, our social, economic and relationship status as well as the future.
Easter in Greece is celebrated with deeply rooted customs and traditions. From the beginning of the Passion Week to the feast of Easter Sunday we have followed the festivities, the local recipes and cultural norms taking place throughout the country during this season.
Once upon a time there was a land, blessed with the gifts of nature, springs, streams, rivers and sea, lush forests, imposing mountains and fertile valleys; a land waking from its long history and the struggles of its past…
From Noah’s farm to the Last Supper and the ancient Greek symposiums, grape has been regarded as the gift of life, a life blossoming in the Greek lands in abundance since antiquity. With more than 300 indigenous grape varieties grown in the country, Greece is par excellence a country of long winemaking tradition.
The Greek summer is cherished every year by all social media users. If one browses the hashtag #greeksummer or #greekislands and the “like” on the various online platforms, they will have a sip of the heady Greek summer by users that were already seduced by what Greece has to offer during summertime!
Ancient Greek gods and goddesses would have never imagined that they might be an inspiration for some of the very famous and much praised fashion designers some millennia later.
The healing powers of the earth have blessed its surface and endowed Greece with mineral springs and geothermal natural baths known for their healing properties.
