Greece snow

Winter Hits Greece In the Heart of Spring

Greeks woke up to cloudy skies and unseasonably frigid weather on Monday, with rain, storms, chilly winds and even snow in parts of northern Greece. The cold snap is expected to last for at least two days, according to...

Greece’s Ski Resorts Welcome Record Visitors Amid Heavy Snow

  An exceptional winter tourism season is underway in Greece, as the country's ski resorts are filled with both snow and visitors due to this winter's favorable weather conditions. A record number of people have been flocking to the ski resort...

Big Chill Envelops Greece in Mid-March

Greece's big chill continues on Friday as the country is under a cold snap with temperatures far below freezing Celsius, according to the Meteo weather service. Extremely low temperatures and deep frost were recorded on Friday morning, especially in the...

Snowy Greece Magic Captured from Space

Snow that now covers Greece was captured by the European Space Agency's (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer from the International Space Station in early February. Maurer took this bird’s eye view of the town of Chalkida, along the Euboean Gulf. He...

Greek Army Deployed to Rescue Thousands of Drivers in Athens

The Greek Army has been deployed on the Attiki Odos, the major highway of Athens, in order to help free the thousands of motorists who have been stuck in their cars for hours due to heavy snow. The mission to...

Rare Sight as Mykonos and all Cyclades are Covered by Snow

Mykonos woke up on Sunday covered in snow, a rare event on the cosmopolitan Greek island. Locals say that the last time this amount of snow fell on Cyclades was decades ago. Locals captured the fairytale scenes as snow covered the...