Photo source: @Kostas Karamanlis More than 100 intercity KTEL buses have been added to the fleet of the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) and released on the streets of Athens in efforts to ease crowding on public transport and facilitate commuters in the coronavirus era. The majority of KTEL buses are running on regional lines […]
Central Greece, Nafpaktos. Photo source: Visit Greece / K. Kouzouni Greece’s alternative tourism forms and destinations were presented to leading tour operators and media representatives of the Swedish market, during an event that took place recently in Stockholm by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO). The head of GNTO’s office in Scandinavia Pavlos Mourmas
Photo Source: City of Athens The Municipality of Athens will create eight new taxi ranks in the Greek capital, in efforts to ease traffic congestion, facilitate commuters and taxi drivers. According to an announcement by the municipality, six taxi ranks were previously operating in central Athens. With the addition of eight new ones, taxi queues […]
A new application with information on the extended network of trails of the Greek island of Tinos has been released in four languages – English Greek, French and German. Availalbe for free for iOS and Android devices, the Tinos Trail app includes a list of 12 hiking routes and offers search options based on criteria […]
Photo Source: Municipality of Katerini – video The Municipality of Katerini in northern Greece is aiming to create a successful city brand to attract travelers in the post-Covid-19 era. The city’s new destination branding strategy was discussed during a recent meeting of the Municipality’s Committee for Tourism Development in the presence of Deputy Mayor for […]
Photo source: ETAD The bidding process for a concession for the historic Xenia hotel in Rodopi, Komotini, northeastern Greece, has launched via an e-auction by the Public Properties Company (ETAD in Greek). Located at 43 Sismanoglou Street, in Komotini’s city center, Xenia Komotini is situated some 600m from the city’s main square (Irini square) and […]
Travel editor Sarah Chevalley in Portaria on Mount Pelion. The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) presented the tourism offerings of Athens and Mount Pelion to French journalists who visited the two destinations earlier in October. During the past week, the organization hosted “Le Figaro Magazine” travel editor Sarah Chevalley and photographer Laurent Fabre, who
Photo Source: heraklion.gr A new multilingual tourism guide, focusing on the experiences travelers can live in Heraklion on Crete, will soon be available to visitors, according to the city’s municipality. Named “Heraklion, where Crete begins”, the new guide will aim to renew the city’s brand based on the municipality’s updated tourism marketing strategy. The new […]
Alexandroupolis Port (east view). Photo source: HRADF Four parties have expressed interest to acquire a majority stake of the “Alexandroupolis Port Authority SΑ”, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF or TAIPED) said on Friday. According to the fund, the following parties submitted an expression of interest for the acquisition of at least 67 percent […]
Thessaloniki.Travel, the official digital travel guide of the northern port city, is now available in the Serbian language. The website was translated into Serbian by the Tourist Organization of the Republic of Srpska, following a memorandum of cooperation signed with the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO) in 2019, aiming to facilitate inbound visitors and attract


















