Aiming to support events and activities that promote Greece’s tourism product and highlight its growth potential, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) this month has put two major tourism events in Athens and Thessaloniki under its auspices. TCB Crossroads – Thessaloniki On April 5 the GNTO supported the “TCB Crossroads” MICE event held by the […]
Greece’s northern port city of Thessaloniki is among Central Macedonia’s filming locations of “The Bricklayer”, a new Hollywood production that began shooting in mid-March, starring Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev. “The Bricklayer” is the third production of Millennium Media taking place in Thessaloniki after “The Enforcer (Barracuda)” and the “Expendables 4”. On the set in
Executive room Photo: Vagelis Paterakis / © xenodocheio Milos CNN Travel has included two Greek hotels on its list with the best boutique hotels opening in Europe in 2022. The list features the Xenodocheio Milos in Athens and the ON Residence in Thessaloniki. “While the pandemic may have put paid to many travel plans over […]
The Region of Central Macedonia recently presented its tourism offerings to travel professionals and potential visitors from the markets of Denmark, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland the Czech Republic and Italy. February and March saw the region take part in six important exhibitions of the tourism sector: the Ferie For Alle 2022 in Herning, Denmark; the Romanian
Greek songwriter and bouzouki player Vassilis Tsitsanis. He was widely regarded as one of the founders of modern rebetiko and laiko music. The ‘zeibekiko’ dance and the popular musical instruments ‘bouzouki’, ‘tzouras’ and ‘baglamas’ have have been included on Greece’s National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the Greek Culture Ministry recently announced. “The zeibekiko
Greece and the United States will hold joint initiatives in the field of culture in accordance to a memorandum of understanding signed in 2021. During a recent visit to Washington, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced a number of actions for the promotion of Greek culture after holding discussions with the Assistant Secretary of State for […]
Church of the Wisdom of God (Aghia Sophia). Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry has secured funds of 11.6 million euros for the protection and preservation of significant monuments that are part of the country’s Cultural Routes program in Northern Greece. Allocated from the resources of the Recovery Fund, the funds will go […]
Fraport Greece, the managing company of 14 regional airports in the country, announced airlines’ plans to launch at least 16 new flights to Thessaloniki in 2022. Fraport Greece Executive Director of Commercial and Business Development George Vilos announced the news this week during a working meeting with officials from the Central Macedonia Region and the […]
The Municipality of Thessaloniki has opened its first “pocket park”, a small green area, in the fifth municipal district located south of the city center. Pocket parks are urban open spaces on a small scale that have the potential to provide relief from the city and contribute positively to the urban microclimate. Thessaloniki’s first pocket […]
Photo source: @3-5 Pigadia The 3-5 Pigadia Ski Center, a popular winter hotspot in Naoussa, northern Greece, opened its doors during the weekend and welcomed its first skiers of the winter season. Following necessary maintenance works by the ski resort’s new management company, Oreinos Tourismos, skiers now have access to the three sliding lifts (S1, S2, […]

















