Greece: a memorable occasion for everyone
With the average UK wedding costing about £18,000, it’s not surprising that more people are opting to tie the knot overseas.
Greece has a huge range of accommodation and flights to suit all tastes and getting married there is far less bureaucratic than many other shorthaul destinations, such as Italy and Spain. Weddings for UK residents [...]
Do visit these ten top Greek spots
Oia, Santorini island > Straight out of the style magazines, this rebuilt clifftop village has fabulous hotels, stylish shops, restaurants and bars and is worth visiting just for the fantastic sunset over the sea-filled caldera.
Monemvasia, East Peloponnese > Medieval walls surround a honeycomb of ruins and narrow lanes, the remains of a Venetian fortified city, it’s [...]
Reinventing Greece for holidaymakers
Long ensconced in its sun-and-sea identity, the country is trying its best to cultivate other qualities to keep attracting tourists.
Greek tourism authorities, as well as the government, are trying to cultivate other forms of tourism in Greece to keep vacationers interested. Greece has relied for years on its sandy beaches as the landscape for its tourist [...]
Looking for holiday accommodation in Greece?
Well, don’t look further. Here’s a website that enables cheaper accommodation bookings for holiday makers who visit the Greek islands.
The new Visit-GreekIslands.com website enables users to bypass travel agents and contact hotel and accommodation owners directly, thus avoiding the extra costs of commission.
Backed by promotion on leading international and Greek portals and websites Visit-GreekIslands.com is [...]
Greece is a great value holiday destination
When comparing a shopping basket of 13 holiday items such as a meal at a restaurant, a bottle of sunscreen, a postcard and stamp for the UK, a camera film and a bottle of coke, the price of these items came to Stg£82.65 [or 118.83 euros].
The same items cost significantly more in other European countries [...]
Visiting Greece? Check these bargain offers
Neilson, www.neilson.co.uk offers some great reductions at its Mediterranean beach clubs. A week on a club-board basis at the four-star-plus Aeolian Village, on Lesvos island, flying from Gatwick is a real bargain.
Mark Warner, www.markwarner.co.uk has also special deals at its beach clubs in Greece.
In Paxos island, a self-catering week at Villa Eleonora, flying from Gatwick, is a lot down than what you may think [...]
Five romantic places to visit in Greece
There are many romantic places all over Greece, but it depends what turns you on. Here’s our recommended list >
Somewhere remote like the Prespes Lakes in Northern Greece, are incredibly beautiful and peaceful, so if you like nature and quiet then you’ll find a stroll around there very romantic indeed.
Personally I like quiet places, where there’s [...]
How first time travelers can avoid Greek Odyssey
A friend of mine who is living in Canada, is going to visit Greece for the first time in his life. So, the other day he sent me an e-mail asking me to advice him how to avoid a possible Odyssey while on his journey.
With its hundreds of islands and centuries of history, Greece can [...]
Safety on Crete’s Samaria Gorge
Tourists hiking through the Samaria Gorge, one of the island’s main tourist attractions, may be given hard hats to protect them from falling rocks.
Safety measures may be adopted according to an announcement by the Head of the Forestry Service, which is responsible for looking after the National Park in Southwest Crete, where the 18-kilometer-long gorge lies.
Forestry Service’s [...]
Turtles in Trouble > a film targeting holidaymakers
A short animated film about endangered Mediterranean marine turtles has been released since 2007, in time to catch holidaymakers heading for a sunny break on the beaches of Zakynthos, Crete and Cyprus.
The film titled “Turtles in Trouble”, produced by the UK’s Marine Conservation Society and the Travel Foundation, in cooperation with Medasset Greece, highlights the threat [...]
