Greece
Traditional Greece
If you’re searching for the perfect destination for a relaxing holiday, Kefalonia’s Karavados Beach Hotel is the destination you are looking for. The family run hotel prides itself in keeping in with traditional Greek hospitality and has become a firm favourite with British holiday makers, who have enjoyed this beautiful Greek island and will continue to do so.
Greece wins Sunday Times readers’ votes
The Greek National Tourism Organisation has announced that Greece was voted runner up in The Sunday Times Travel Magazine’s “Readers’ Awards 2008” on the Best European Country category. Greece is placed as Best European holiday destination, second only to Italy.
Sailing in the Greek Ionian Sea
Join a social flotilla cruising the Greek Ionian islands with Sunvil Sailing departing Sunday 22 June from London Gatwick priced at £459 for one week or £729 for a fortnight with optional tuition for beginners. The price includes return flights from Gatwick, transfers and live aboard accommodation.
Brit's discover one of Greece's hidden gems
The hospitality of Kefalonia has been well known since the time of the ancient writer Homer. One family run hotel in particular today prides itself on continuing this tradition and has become a firm favourite with the Brit's holidaying to this beautiful Greek island.
Kylie’s world tours opens in Paris this May
Playing to well over half a million people, the tour is her biggest ever and has cost over £10 million to stage! Kylie Minogue returns to her true home – the live stage - when she opens her greatest ever tour KylieX2008 in Paris on May 6th.
Mövenpick opens first hotel in Greece
The time has come: the first Mövenpick Hotel in Greece is due to open in the next few days. Following major renovation and extension over the last two years, the upscale Mövenpick Resort & Thalasso Crete is now ready to welcome its first guests and to offer them an exquisite combination of typical Greek hospitality and the traditional Swiss passion for efficiency, reliability, punctuality and precision.
Learn to sail this summer in Greece
Sunvil Sailing is offering a week’s live-aboard flotilla holiday, with learn-to-sail tuition for novices, departing 11 and 18 May from Lefkas island in the Greek Ionian Sea at just £179 per person excluding flights and transfers. For those preferring to take Sunvil’s all-inclusive package the price rises to £539 with return flights from London Gatwick and transfers in Greece.
A week of food and wine culture in Greece
Dates have already been confirmed for 2008’s Sani Gourmet Food Festival, the annual culinary event held at the Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Greece. The festival is to be held from 17th – 24th May 2008 and, if last year was anything to go by, the event looks set to be an un-missable occasion for food and wine-lovers everywhere.
Bareboat sailing in Turkey and Croatia
New for 2008 Sunvil Sailing will be offering bareboat charter in Turkey and Greece for those with sailing experience from April to November in addition to its operation in Greece. There is also the option of a second week at a hotel in both the new destinations.
Learn to sail in Greece with Sunvil
Sunvil Sailing run yachting holidays off Lefkas island in the Greek Ionian Sea with a choice of accommodation either on board the boat or shore-based in a hotel, villa or apartment.
Walking wonderland in Greece
For those that enjoy scenic walks through spectacular mountain landscapes or aspire to walk the world’s deepest gorge, popular European destinations such as the Pyrenees in France or the Dolomites in Italy might spring to mind – but all this is available in a country better known for its islands and beaches – Greece.