GNTO Promotes Alonissos and Astypalea to UK Market

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Alonissos Mayor Petros Vafinis with the head of the GNTO service in the UK and Ireland Eleni Skarveli. The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) presented the islands of Alonissos and Astypalea to the UK market during a recent event for the promotion of Greece’s destinations that took place in the Greek Ambassador’s residence in London. […]

Scandinavian Travel Market Gets to Know Eastern Halkidiki

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The Municipality of Aristotle in Eastern Halkidiki in February held a number of meetings in Copenhagen and Herning in Denmark, and in Malmö, Sweden, to promote the area’s tourism offerings to Scandinavian tourism professionals. The municipality’s aim was to introduce the destination’s luxury, culture and wine tourism options. In an announcement, the municipality said the

Alonissos Underwater Museum to Reopen for 2021 Summer Season

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Photo source: @Municipality of Alonissos Greece’s first underwater museum, located off the coast of Alonissos, is ready to reopen its doors for the summer season and guide visitors through its unique 5th century shipwreck. Following an agreement recently signed between the Culture Ministry, the Thessaly Region and the Alonissos Municipality, the museum will resume

National Geographic Gives 6 Countries a ‘Tour’ of Alonissos’ Underwater Museum

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The Peristera shipwreck. Photo source: @Municipality of Alonissos National Geographic is offering its readers in six countries a complete introduction to Greece’s first underwater museum, located near the island of Alonissos. The US online edition of National Geographic initially ran an extensive feature on the museum in December 2020 and then published translated versions

Greece’s First Underwater Museum on Alonissos Opens to Public

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Photo Source: Ministry of Culture The Alonissos Underwater Museum, the first such museum in Greece, opened to the public this week ready to offer divers the chance to explore the 5th-century shipwreck of Peristera through guided dives. The museum was inaugurated by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni together with Thessaly Regional Governor Kostas Agorastos, who

Underwater Treasures of Leros Highlighted in German Media

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Germany’s “Tauchen” travel magazine highlights Leros, a tiny Greek island in the Dodecanese, as a prime diving destination due to its underwater treasures and unique features. Timo Dersch, the magazine’s journalist, visited Leros last fall during a press trip organized by the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) office in Germany, with the support of the […]