Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries deposited today at the Bank of Greece the amount of Euro 150,000 to the account of the Special Relief Fund for the benefit of the victims affected by the recent fires in Greece.
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Here you can seek and find some of the best Greek hotels from regions all around Greece. This catalogue gives you the opportunity, of visiting on line the hotel read a small description and more over you could lead yourself in it. Read the rest of this entry »
The Sea and the Greek Islands
It is the sea which determines the islands, and the thing which distinguishes one island or group of islands from another is the quality of the sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Food and Drink
The first objective of this chapter is to refute the criticism so often heard of Greek island food - that it is monotonous, dull and of poor quality Read the rest of this entry »
Saron was a legendary king of Troezen, the most important of the early cities on the substantial peninsula which divides the Gulf of Argos from the Saronic Gulf. Read the rest of this entry »
PRESS RELEASE
FIVE YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF F/B BLUE STAR PAROS
ON THE CYCLADES ROUTE
Blue Star Ferries is pleased to announce the completion of five years of continuous and successful presence with its fast, modern car-passenger ferry BLUE STAR PAROS Read the rest of this entry »
Minois village ,Paros ,first class traditional houses stricly respects the local character as well as the wonderful scenery. Settle into the comfort of our apartments with facilities to fullfill most expectations and enjoy your holidays! Read the rest of this entry »
Santorin
One comes to Santorin through a great circular bay whose shores are formed by Santorin itself and by the islands of Therasia and Aspronisi. The bay is a volcano’s heart, and the water which glows like a sapphire beneath a boat’s keel sinks down a thousand feet to the bottom of the ancient crater. Read the rest of this entry »
The most northerly of the group is Patmos, and apart from Rhodes it is the most regularly visited by cruise liners. The island where St John the Divine (Agios Ioannis Theologos) wrote or dictated the Apocalypse is to the modern world what Delos was to the ancient the most sacred island in the sea. Read the rest of this entry »
The Dodecanese, the Twelve Islands, lie down the western coast of Asia Minor like a cable linking Samos to Rhodes. The Turks always referred to them as ‘The Privileged Islands’, Read the rest of this entry »
for Phourni, an intriguing group of islands between Ikaria and Samos. The pas¬sage takes about an hour, and the same boat will bring you back in the afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Ikaria is a strange island. Its long and rugged mountain backbone leaves little room for life along the south coast, though towards its northern end the mountains withdraw just enough to admit the small harbour of Agios Kirikos, Read the rest of this entry »
Samos lies nearest of all the Greek islands to the continent of Asia, being separated from it by a strait less than two miles wide. It is seen at its grandest if you come by sea through the channel between Ikaria and Phourni. Read the rest of this entry »
The town of Chios makes no great impression when first seen from the sea. It has for so long been of commercial importance that it has assumed the nondescript appearance of a busy port in any part of the world - though not nearly such a busy one as it was fifty years ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Lesvos is the most northerly of the eastern Sporades, and one of the largest islands in the Aegean. It is separated from Turkey by the narrow Mytilene channel to the east and by the Muselim channel to the north, Read the rest of this entry »
Lemnos is one of the most strategically placed of the Greek islands. Lying off the entrance to the Dardanelles, it played an important part in wars as far apart as the siege of Troy and the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. Read the rest of this entry »
Samothrace is the most mysterious of the islands in the northern sea. For a thousand years or more it has been considered almost inaccessible, and so preserved from the ships of the traders and the war galleys of the invader. Read the rest of this entry »
Thasos,
Northernmost of all the Aegean islands, Thasos has a beauty which eclipses many of the better known ones. It does have some remarkable ancient remains, Read the rest of this entry »
The Sporades, the ’scattered islands’ of the Archipelago, fall into two main groups, the northern Sporades lying a little to the north-east of Euboea and the eastern Sporades off the western shores of Asia Minor. Read the rest of this entry »
Euboea (in modern Greek ‘Evia’) can be reached from several places on the mainland, but before deciding your route it is wise to be sure exactly where you want to go. The largest Aegean island of all, bar Crete, Read the rest of this entry »