Europeans, mainly French offer their suport to Greeks by submitting their applications to obtain Greek citizenship. This movement, known as the "Movement of Nantes," was launched after the Cannes Summit with the slogan "I am myself a Greek".
Read more...The thick snow has completely covered the Centaurs’ footprints on forested slopes of Mount Pilion.
Guard of the secluded and unapproachable region of Mani, the city of Gytheio comprises the last bastion of the evergreen landscapes.
As close as it gets! Just an hour away from the bustling city of Athens, Kea is a wondeful island featuring a unique history, architecture, culture and natural beauty.
\ Nisyros is a Greek island that will convey you to the myths, volcanic mountains and a unique wave of good aura and high energy. Nisyros is located in the southern Aegean and is one of the Dodecanese islands.
A tiny island of immense natural beauty, Koufonisi, is the ultimate summer destination for those who seek quiet days and nights. An exotic paradise, surrounded by turquoise crystal-clear waters and soft sandy beaches, this island enthralls all nature-lovers who flock there every summer.
People love it or hate it. This supposedly has to do with the magnetic fields that are active in the island, due to its massive iron reserves. Filled with iron and minerals, Serifos either attracts, or drives you away. But once a fatal attraction is established, Iron Island will blow you away…!
The water gushes out the marble faucet hastily, bearing nothing but gifts and knowledge, all gathered from the depths of Earth.
Well, there are pine forests, spruce forests and surprisingly there are… petrified forests!
There is no way one can miss Kyllini. Driving on the national road and heading south, its castle suddenly pops right in front of you, disrupting the flat fields of Elis.
Ioannina is the capital and largest city of Epirus and Ioannina prefecture with aproximately 70,203 inhabitants. Ioannina could be characterized as a “blessed” place with towering mountains and rushing rivers.
Somewhere between the emerald green islets, the steep skerries, the small sandy voes, the orgasmic vegetation and the blue lagoons, stands Parga, a town nestled in the shores of the Ionian Sea.
In the furthermost corner of Greece, just a mile away from the aquatic border of river Evros, sits the town of Soufli. Nestled in the top of Ai-Lias hill, Soufli gazes straight into the East.
The sublime pirate-proof homes, still stand under the unbearable weight of gigantic rocks, as if an imaginary hand holds everything magically in place, maintaining the most inexplicable equilibriums.
Springing from the depths of the Earth, rivers and lakes were thought as the roads leading to the Underworld. The souls of the dead would take those roads in order to descend to the Kingdom of Hades. Crossing the Acherousia Lake, the souls would pass from the World of the Living to the Kingdom of the Dead. The suggestive canyon of the river and the still and smelly waters of the lake triggered the imagination of the people so to perceive Acheron and Acherousia as the entrance to the Underworld.
Corals, stars, flying saucers, parasols and Chinese hats, all make a spectacular entry each fall in the woody slopes of Mount Iti. They scatter colors and charm all around, starring in fairytales, culinary adventures and superb visual experiences. They stretch their glorious kingdom throughout the forest, silently taking part in the circle of life. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the notorious fungi, better known as mushrooms!
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris
