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TravelAwaits May.22.2021 One can’t help but wonder how the Holy Kipinas Monastery, which was chiseled out of a mountainside in the 13th century, came to be. The location is both awe-inspiring and spiritual in nature, providing exquisite solitude seemingly made for meditation and reflection. The History Of Holy Kipinas Monastery Holy Kipinas is located in the mountains above the gorge of the Kalarrytikos River in North Tzoumerka, a part of the Epirus region of northwestern Greece. The nearest ...

The Aoos migrates 4,000 miles to Greece from Africa. This beautiful migrating bird is threatened with extinction. Credit: Till Niermann  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 InternationalThe Asproparis, a bird migrating almost 4,000 miles from Africa to Greece, is threatened with extinction.The white vulture’s arrival heralds the end of winter and the arrival of spring in the…

Overall, the areas with the highest number of infections, per 100,000 people, include Western Greece, Attica, Thessaly in central Greece and the South Aegean.

A Tour of Nine Magnificent Museums Showcasing Greece’s Cultural Heritage ” width=”2560″> Creating a marble replica using a pointing device on a plaster model/Exhibition unit 3, marble carving. Credit:Museum of Marble Crafts, Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation Greece is full of museums that showcase the gems of Greece’s cultural heritage. From the Peloponnese in the south, to Evros in the north, the country is home to a network of nine thematic museums that highlight Greece’s uni...

The Valley of the Acheloos River. Credit: iAitoloakarnania.grWhen it comes to summer in Greece, everyone thinks of the turquoise waters and dazzling, sandy beaches of the Aegean or the Ionian Seas, right?What would you think if we told you that a river in the very heart of the Greek mainland has its own beautiful, pristine sandy…

16shares The port and town of Nafpaktos in Western Greece are included in the “Road to the West” cultural route . Photo Source: Municipality of Nafpaktos Five new cultural routes covering all periods of Greek history as it spans across the country are in the pipeline, said Culture Minister Lina Mendoni during a press conference on Monday. The project, which has been budgeted at 32 million euros, has been included in Greece’s recovery plan currently being assessed in Brussels. Once app...

Traditional cheeses from Epirus are first in the preferences of the consumers with a percentage of 94.3%, followed by dairy products with 69.4% and wines with 39.1%. The above results are included in the market research prepared by the Laboratory of Food Chemistry of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the Region of Epirus and concerns the traditional food of Epirus. The aim of the research is to make a first assessment of consumers’ views on these...

The last issue (May 6, 2021) of the most widely circulating French weekly features an impressive six-page tribute to “unexplored” Greek destinations under the title “Greece without the Cyclades (or almost)” (“La Grèce sans les Cyclades (ou presque)”) French political-economic magazine “Le Point”. According to a relevant announcement, the tribute was implemented with the decisive contribution of the Hellenic Tourism Organization’s (EOT) French Service and on the occasion of th...

The last issue (May 6, 2021) of the most widely circulating French weekly features an impressive six-page tribute to “unexplored” Greek destinations under the title “Greece without the Cyclades (or almost)” (“La Grèce sans les Cyclades (ou presque)”) French political-economic magazine “Le Point”. According to a relevant announcement, the tribute was implemented with the decisive contribution of the Hellenic Tourism Organization’s (EOT) French Service and on the occasion of th...