Tonight archeological sites all over Greece, will remain open to the public, to experience the full moon and the moon eclipse under the Greek sky. The moon eclipse will start at 22:36 and end at 01:43 local time. Not to be missed if you’re looking for a lifetime experience.
Recent incidents in Europe’s sun-soaked resorts show that the days of tolerance towards the waves of drunken, bad behaving tourists have long gone. As a worrying number of British visitors are being arrested or hurt in alcohol-fueled melees, the U.K. government published a report, advising citizens to sign for a travel insurance coverage when traveling [...]
The total of 70 crews (60 in ORC category and 10 in IRC) from 7 countries have, till now, signed for participation at the international sailing race for offshore boats Aegean Regatta 2008, which will be held from August 16th through 23rd, 2008 in the southeastern Aegean sea, Greece. Coordinator of the race is the [...]
During the later 16th century, great battles took place for mastery of the Mediterranean that was at the time the center of the economy and the civilization. A few decades before, the Ottomans had taken over Constantinople and what was left of the Byzantine (or Eastern Roman) empire. Under a set of capable sultans, they [...]
Recent statistics show that 345.855 visitors arrived to the island Rhodes during the month of July 2008 (291.280 foreign and 53.855 domestic arrivals). Most visitors came from Britain with a small increase compared to same month of last year (1,17%) and Germany (0.77% increase). At the same time the statistics show a marked fall in [...]
During the month of July 2008 120.899 passengers travelled through the harbor of Rhodes, not including domestic arrivals and departures. Compared to the same month in 2007, there was an increase of 3.500 passengers. In more detail, there were 102 cruise ships that reached Rhodes with 93.496 passengers on board while about 25.000 passengers travelled [...]
The recent wildfires in Rhodes showed to the local people how much, the national and the international media, are hungry for disasters. When Rhodes made the headlines in major newspapers, tv news and news sites the exaggeration went beyond any expectation.
Koskinou(Κοσκινού) with a population of 3.224 is a beautiful village, built atop of a hill overlooking the east coast of Rhodes. Although it is one of the most developed residential areas on the island, the village center is protected and still maintains its traditional architecture with narrow streets and beautiful small houses decorated with bright, [...]
The Municipality of Afantou(postal code 85105) extends on a land area of 109.750 km², on the north-eastern coast of the island of Rhodes. The village of Kalithies with a population of 5.861 is the seat of the Municipality that includes several other villages and resorts like Koskinou(pop. 3.224), Faliraki and Psinthos. Its total population is [...]
The Municipality of Afantou(postal code 85103) extends on a land area of 115.375 km², on the eastern coast of the island of Rhodes. The village of Afantou with a population of 5,494 is the seat of the Municipality that includes several other villages and resorts. The municipality is divided in 3 districts Afantou, Kolymbia(pop. [...]
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