Boasting high booking rates, the long weekend ending on Clean Monday (the start of Orthodox Lent) and the subsequent long weekend for Greek Independence Day on March 25th are serving as a “dress rehearsal” for many Greek tourism destinations.
Tag: Galaxidi
Galaxidi was once a significant maritime city with a big fleet, shipyard and regular boat…
Although celebrated throughout Greece, nobody celebrates ‘Clean Monday’ quite like the residents of Galaxidi who hold an annual ‘flour war’ or alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging), whereby all and sundry flock to the streets armed with sacks of ‘ammunition’ such as colourfully dyed flour, soot and confetti.
Because of its stunning archaeological site where the world’s most famous Oracle foretold fortunes great…
Although celebrated throughout Greece, nobody celebrates ‘Clean Monday’ quite like the residents of Galaxidi who hold an annual ‘flour war’ or alevromoutzouromata (flour smudging), whereby all and sundry flock to the streets armed with sacks of ‘ammunition’ such as colourfully dyed flour, soot and confetti.
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at noon on Friday at 10:33 in Galaxidi. According to…
British daily newspaper The Guardian recently published a list of their ’10 best crowd-free Greek…