February 16 – Tomorrow marks the celebration of ‘Shrove Tuesday’, better known in the UK as ‘Pancake Day’. It falls on the day before Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent for Western Christians) and is traditionally when observers participate in confession and absolution and finalising one’s Lenten sacrifice. However, it is also the day […]
Monday, February 16 – From this evening onward, but especially tomorrow, a new deterioration in the weather is expected to move in across the country from the northwest, with widespread rain and thunderstorms across much of the country. The most intense phenomena will occur again in Western Greece and the islands of the Eastern Aegean, […]
It’s carnival time on Santorini! The elements of the carnival across Greece, are the fun, the jokes and the disguises that are cause for feasting, wine drinking and teasing. Carnival time in Greece, known as ‘Apokries’, is a long-established tradition that is celebrated in many villages and towns across the country. The first day of […]
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A survey involving more than 27,000 respondents from 27 European countries, conducted by the European Environment Agency, found that EU citizens are increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change on their lives and security. The survey also found that many citizens are unprepared to deal with the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, […]
In recent years, the Greek islands have seen an ever-increasing number of ‘all-inclusive holidays’ being offered by the major tour operators. Whilst I understand the attraction of this format of holiday for some, such as families with young children, or those on a tight budget, they are sadly having a detrimental and irreversible effect on […]
Researchers have confirmed that record temperatures were recorded in the summer of 2025 in the seas around Greece, making it the hottest in forty years. The researchers, studying data from satellite observations from 1982 onwards, found that during the summer of 2025, the warmest conditions in the last forty years occurred across the entire Aegean, […]
Heathrow Airport, the largest in the UK, has announced that the 100ml limit on liquids allowed has been increased to 200ml, clear plastic bags being used for liquids has been dropped, and electronics such as laptops can also be left in luggage as its high-tech CT scanners are now operational. However, Heathrow is the only […]
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Our 2026 travel guidebooks, each updated for this year’s summer season, have been added to the stock lists of all major book retailers worldwide. In 2026, we are pleased to announce that we have also launched our guides for the first year in Kindle format, available directly from Amazon*. The […]
