
Stay Safe: What to Do During a Storm on Your Greek Vacation
The storm on vacation can suddenly endanger your safety. For example, strong winds, storms, and sudden dust devils are common occurrences on popular beaches in Greece. Here are clear and useful instructions on how to protect yourself during a storm at sea.
Follow emergency alerts (112)
The Greek state sends emergency messages through the 112 system to the phones of all citizens and tourists. If you receive such a message, immediately
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New Traffic Halkidiki App – Track Traffic Congestion from the Border to Halkidiki in Real Time
On the way to Halkidiki or on the way back during the summer season, drivers often face serious issues such as traffic jams, delays, and congestions, especially at key points such as border crossings and main roads. Hundreds of thousands of tourists travel daily to their favorite destinations in Halkidiki, which can lead to significant traffic problems.
**Discover how the new application Traffic Halkidiki can assist in monitoring traffic in real-time,
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Beaches in Greece for people with disabilities
Many people in wheelchairs find organizing a vacation to be a true challenge because they have difficulty obtaining accurate information about accommodation and beaches adapted for people with disabilities.
The following text, taken from Marko Veličković's blog Samo kolica i put, describes the organization of vacations from the personal experience of a person with disabilities and illustrates the difficulties that a person in a wheelchair faces when choosing a travel destination.
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The Dance of Zalongo - flight over the rocks
On this day, 214 years ago, about 50 women, 13 men and children committed suicide jumping off a rock near the town of Zalongo.
On 12 December, an agreement was signed between the local population and Ali Pasha, in which one part concerned the safe evacuation of women and children from Souli.
Given that Ali Pasha failed to comply with the agreement but ordered the execution of Souli people, women and children

Karuolia on Athos
In the most isolated and hardest accessible part of the Mount Athos, called Karulia, in cottage made on vertical cliffs, in the recess and clefts of the rock, they live an ascetic life, monks, anchorite. The monks from the most abundant cells are walking on cliffs with the help of chains which are tied to the walls, and before that, their food was delivered only with the help of the
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Mesta, a medieval castle-village on Chios
The island of Hios has been mentioned several times and it is truly unique in Greece and the world. Among other things, there is a medieval village on the island, called Mesta. It was built by the Venetians, and numerous narrow, blind alleyways like mazes used to serve to mislead and confuse pirates. In these streets there are the houses of the inhabitants, which are also connected to each other.
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Honey from Thassos Island
I always prefer to purchase high-quality domestic products rather than from stores, but finding a responsible producer is sometimes very challenging.
I believe there is no tourist who has visited Thassos and has not bought at least one jar of honey for which the island is famous. Vesna Nikolic, along with her Greek family on Thassos, produces high-quality honey and olive oil.
If you visit Thassos, make sure to stop by and
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Thassos discount
For all our people who refer to us Nikana.gr, or our FB group Live from Greece, we have arranged discounts in restaurants and cafés in Thasos. Of course, download the thumbnail with the discount list to show if needed or to remind yourself which facilities you have discounts in.
*Note: Giros El Greco is no longer on the list. We apologise to anyone who may have had any inconvenience in this
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