In efforts to improve the standard of living in the Greek capital and address climate change, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said this week that he was considering reinstating the “daktylios” odd/even traffic regulation system. Dubbing the decades-old system the “Green Daktylios”, the mayor announced the idea during the “Citizen Sustain: Building a Better Urban
Photo source: @VisitSifnos A Belgian travel TV show titled “Viva la feta” has just started filming on Sifnos, the municipality of the Greek island recently announced on social media. “Through the show and our collaboration with the Greek National Tourism Organization service in The Netherlands, we plan to convey a message to millions of potential […]
The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO) celebrated World Tourism Day (WTD) 2021 by honoring its “next door heroes” – the people striving to ensure that Thessaloniki remains a hospitable and safe tourism destination. Under the theme “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”, this year’s World Tourism Day aimed to look beyond tourism statistics and acknowledge that, behind […]
The Aristotle Municipality in Halkidiki, northern Greece, and the Freiburg Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, have agreed on the establishment of a wine network between the two cities. A bilateral agreement was signed by Aristotle Municipality Stylianos Valianos and his German counterpart Stefan Breiter during a recent event that took place in a vineyard in Megali
An impression of the “Grand Walk” project. The “Megalos Peripatos” or “Grand Walk” – a 6.8km pedestrian walkway aiming to unify Athens’ archaeological sites and landmarks and create bicycle lanes, has failed to win over the Greek capital’s residents, a survey released this week found. Carried out by the Panteion University of Athens and the Aristotle
A number of neighborhoods in Athens are getting new sidewalks as part of the municipality’s efforts to improve the everyday life of residents, enhance safety and ensure better accessibility for people with disabilities. Under a budget of 24 million euros, the municipality is going ahead with a two-year plan that includes the creation of 410 […]
The German agents visited Rethymno on Crete. Twelve German travel agents toured Crete earlier this month and departed with the “best of impressions”, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) said on Monday. The travel agents participated in a week-long familiarization (fam) trip organized by the GNTO’s office in Germany and had the chance to experience […]
Thessaloniki’s 15 World Heritage Sites are highlighted in a special advertisement published by the Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO) in the April issue of “World Heritage”, an official UNESCO publication. The quarterly printed and online review features in-depth articles on cultural and natural World Heritage sites. It is published in English, French and Spanish.
The Cultural Institute of Messinia has invited 21 historic municipalities in the Peloponnese to take part in a project for the creation of a park dedicated to the 1821 Greek Revolution. Planned to be created in the settlement of Kato Ambelokipi in the Municipality of Pylos-Nestoros – an area that hosted the first war conflict […]
The Greek island of Milos is the setting of a new brand campaign launched in the summer by French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton. Captured by the lens of photographer Viviane Sassen, the photos of Louis Vuitton’s new campaign feature a company of schoolchildren playing on some of Milos’ most iconic beaches against a […]


















