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Celebrity Apex Sails On Maiden Voyage from Greece

2021-06-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Apex

Celebrity Apex has set sail from Athens on its maiden voyage for the summer season with passengers headed on Aegean adventures.

Tags: 2021 cruises, Aegean Sea, Celebrity Apex, Celebrity Cruises, cruise 2021, cruise news, cruise ships, greece cruises, Royal Caribbean

5 Videos To Make You Yearn for a Greek Vacation in 2020

2020-07-16 by Phil Butler

Lefkada Island

A selection of videos that will make the purist want to visit Greece all the more given the world is t a standstill and beaches are deserted.

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Ancient Aegean Shipwrecks Give Up Secrets From the Time of Cleopatra

2019-08-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands

Five archaeological shipwrecks from the 3rd Century BC has been found beneath the sea off tiny Levitha Island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean Sea, Aegean Shipwrecks, Ancient Greece, ancient shipwreck, Dr. Georgios Koutsouflakis, Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, Greece shipwrecks, Greek treasures, Levitha Island

Does Greece Have a “Mickey Mouse” Sustainable Tourism Policy?

2018-10-03 by Phil Butler

Today, as we look at the progress Greece has made toward a truly sustainable form of tourism.

Tags: Aegean Sea, Aegean sustainability, Agenda 21, Dr Ioannis Pappas, GNWTO, Greece tourism ministry, Greece travel, Local Agenda 21, sustainability, sustainable tourism, tourism studies, TUI, TUI Group, University of the Aegean, UNWTO

In Search of Original Greece: Folegandros Island

2017-09-21 by Phil Butler

Folegandros island

Travel experts claim Folegandros is the last bastion of what the true Greece looked like decades ago. The 32 sq. km. island near Santorini is home to about 650 permanent residents, and it’s a spot the big cruise ships just pass on by on the way to more highly publicized Greek isles. possibly the last untouched […]

Tags: Aegean, Aegean Sea, Agali Bay, Blue Sand Boutique Hotel and Suites, Folegandros, Greek Islands, Islands, Karavostasi, Santorini

Mykonos: Home of Hedonism and Beauty on the Aegean

2011-05-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Mykonos by Seaside

Good things come in small packages, and nowhere is that more obvious than on the tiny Greek island of Mykonos. All 100 square kilometers of it are alive with a spirit unrivaled in the world.

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