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Green Tourism Festival at 2023 Kissamos Festival of Taste and Art

2023-08-15 by Argophilia Travel News

14th Festival of Taste and Art

On August 18 and 19, the Green Tourism Festival will be added as part of the annual Kissamos Taste & Art Festival week.

Tags: Crete culinary events, Crete festivals, culinary festivals, Greek festivals, Green Tourism Crete, Kissamos, Kissamos Festival of Taste and Art, summer festivals

Ano Asites “Village of Colors Festival” Begins August 23rd

2019-08-21 by Phil Butler

Ano Asites village

Coming up from the 23rd to the 29th of August, the Village of Colors Festival comes to Ano Asites in Heraklion Prefecture.

Tags: Ano Asites, Ano Asites Cultural Association, arts festival, Crete cultural events, Crete festivals, DKEI, Greek festivals, Heraklion events, Heraklion prefecture, Mathew Halpin, Minas Milliarakis, Municipality of Heraklion, Odysseas Grammatikakis, Silsil Ism, street art, Village of Color, Village of Color Festival

Xanthi Prepares for Record Carnival Crowd

2017-02-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Carnival of Xanthi

Tourist from the Balkans and beyond will flock to the historic Greek city of Xanthi by February’s end in order to observe the colorful festival there. Xanthi is called the “city of the thousand colors”, and the popular carnival in Old Town is ready to welcome record crowds in 2017.

Tags: Carnival Xanthi, Greek carnival, Greek events, Greek festivals, Xanthi, Xanthi festival

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