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Dream Blue Travel Agency Starts Up On Amorgos Despite Pandemic

2021-02-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Amorgos Island

Amorgos Island has a new travel agency. Dream Blue is a company offering thematic tours and a variety of adventures on Amorgos.

Tags: Amorgos Island, Cyclades, Despina Giannakopoulou, Dream Blue, Greece tours, Greece vacations, Greek Isles, Naxos, Vigla Hotel

“Greece is Paradise!” Matthew McConaughey [Video]

2018-09-20 by Phil Butler

Matthew McConaughey

For people who wonder why Greece is one of the leading travel destinations year after year, Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey offers some clues.

Tags: Antiparos, Cyclades, Greece, Greek Isles, Greek vacation, Jimmy Fallon, Matthew McConaughey, The Tonight Show, Woody Harrelson

Ten Things You Must See and Do on Serifos Island

2018-08-05 by Phil Butler

Serifos

If you fantasize of a virtually untouched Cycladic paradise, one of Greece’s most beautiful and authentic destinations awaits you. Serifos Island, the legendary island of the Medusa is just a short ferry ride from bustling Athens, but Greece’s best-kept secret may as well be lightyears removed.

Tags: Agios Konstantinos, Cyclades, Discover Serifos, Galani Village, Medusa, Medusa island, Monastery of Taxiarches, Psili Ammos Beach, Serifos, Serifos Folk Museum, Serifos Island, TRIPIN Adventures

Lost Lady of Sikinos Found by Archaeologists

2018-07-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sikinos

Greek Archaeologists have unearthed a mind-boggling discovery at the Episkopi excavation site in the island of Sikinos. Archaeologists discovered an ancient unlooted tomb of a prominent woman adorned with unbelievable treasures and jewelry, according to news from the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Tags: Ancient Greece, antiquity, arhcaeologoy, Cyclades, Diocese of Sikinos, Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, Episkopi Monument, Greek archaeology, Greek culture, NeikO, Sikinos, Νεικώ

Grace Hotels – Echoes of Great Greek Getaways

2012-10-03 by Phil Butler

Grace Santorini

Today’s hotel spotlight is on the newest of the new Greek getaway possible, a Grace Hotel that has yet to open. Being developed on the Isle Kea, known locally as Tzia, the Grace Kea Hotel and Residences will be a boutique paradise affair quite unlike any other. Slated for 32 rooms and two restaurants, this Island accommodation promises to be a new breed of elegance. Let’s look at what we can expect.

Tags: Cyclades, Grace Hotels, Grace Santorini, Greece hotels, Greek Isles, Kastellakia Bay, Kea Island, Tzia

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Heraklion commits 854,000 euros to pothole repairs and road safety upgrades, promising faster interventions and safer streets—if the plan finally works.

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Agios Nikolaos Restores the Yellow Line as Red and Green Routes Pause

2025-11-14 By Arthur Butler

Agios Nikolaos reinstates the Yellow Line from 17 November 2025 while the Red and Green Lines pause.

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The Mediterranean’s Last Quiet Bay

2025-11-14 By Iorgos Pappas

Across the Mediterranean, small family bays — once the heart of coastal life — are disappearing at a rate that would shock anyone paying attention. Development plans, marina expansions, luxury berths, and “blue investment initiatives” have turned once unique and unspoiled coves into concrete grids. But on Crete’s south coast, a tiny, unnamed bay has […]

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How to Park in Heraklion Like a Boss

2025-11-14 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Parking in Heraklion is not driving. It is anthropology. It doesn’t submit to normal rules you learned in driving school. Tourists arrive in Heraklion imagining parking will work like in the rest of Europe. It does not. Heraklion has its own ecosystem — part tradition, part improvisation, part ancient Cretan instinct for chaos. If you […]

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