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Athenians Enjoy Unseasonably Warm Temperatures at the Beach

So what if the calendar shows November 1? The weather in Greece is still nice and warm, fooling tourists and locals into thinking it's still late summer! Many Athenians decided to enjoy the mid-autumn heat wave of the past few...

Massive Spider Web Covers An Entire Beach in Greece (photos)

An unprecedented and utterly weird phenomenon happened in the Greek town of Aitoliko: The locals woke up and saw an area of more than 300 meters covered completely by endless spider webs! This absurd scene happened on the beach of the...

Agios Emilianos: Peloponnese's Riviera Offers Stunning Resorts and Villas (video)

Many people know the famous Côte d'Azur in the French Riviera. But who knew that Greece’s Peloponnese has a pretty similar area with amazing turquoise waters, Mediterranean vegetation, super luxurious hotels, and amazing villas next to small ports full...

Is This the Best Beach in Greece? (video)

Take a look at this majestic beach in the Greek islet of Chryssi or Gaidouronisi (donkey island). Chryssi, protected as an "area of intense natural beauty", is an uninhabited Greek island approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Crete close to...

Mooove Over: Herd of Cows Invades Mykonos Beach (photos)

Hundreds of bathers on the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos gazed in astonishment as a herd of cows took over Kalo Livadi beach last week. The herd, which apparently escaped from its enclosure, mingled with bathers who kindly made space for...

Greek Island Beach Demands to See Bathers' Passports (photos)

A popular beach on the Greek island of Lesvos is refusing entry to bathers without a valid Schengen-area passport, in an apparent effort to bar migrants. Local site lesvosnews.net published photos from the Tsamakia organized beach, near Mytilene, showing a notice...

App Provides Countless Beaches to Pick from and Reserve a Lounge Chair

Summertime fun at the beach just got less stressful with the new expansion of the Plazz smart app (plazz.com) to include even more convenient additions for beach-goers to its "Sun & Beach" experience. Marketing Greece announced that the app is expanding...

How Safe Is Your Beach? Special App Tells all You Need to Know

A special application lets you find out how safe the beach where you intend to dive is. The free application, which can be downloaded in Greek and English, has been created in collaboration with the Safe Water Sports and...

Beach Rights: Umbrellas, Noise, Dogs and Sunbeds

Noise blares from a beachside bar as you fight your way to the seaside through a wall of seabeds and other obstacles. Tables are parked as close as possible to the waves. Meanwhile, you note that the other side...

Iconic Navagio Shipwreck of Zakynthos in Danger of Disappearing

The team of scientists involved in preservation work at the iconic shipwreck of Zakynthos whose bow rises from Navagio Bay say it is in danger of total disintegration. Thirty-six years after becoming the island's top tourist attraction, the wreck...