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Some stories have a happy endings

One late evening, somewhere in the mountains above Nidri, in a darkness, several employees of Nikana found a puppy. It was obvious that it was lost and left to itself, far from the first houses, so they could not leave it and just pass. They put him in the car and took him to Nikiana where they were accommodated. They left it in the yard of the villa, where it

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Record number of tourists in Greece in 2017

More than 30 million tourists visited Greece in 2017, breaking the record in the history of greek tourism.

Greece has been known as a tourist destination since ancient Greece, and mass tourism began to develop in the sixties of the last century.

In 2008, Greece was visited by 17 million tourists and each year several million more, in order to have almost doubled number in less than 10 years.

In 2005, China declared

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City of Dreams - Santa Claus Village in Drama

During the Christmas holidays, Drama and City of Dreams - Santa Claus Village, are the most popular destinations in northern Greece.

From December 4th to January 7th, every year thousands of visitors from all parts of Greece visit the City of Dreams in Drama. Every corner of the townscape, the square, the garden, and the whole city smell like Christmas cakes, hot wine and cinnamon ...

This year, the renewed Christmas theme

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Arnaia Village

On Christmas Eve in the city of Arnea in Chalkidiki is traditionaly made a Christmas cake that measures 400kg.The main ingredients of the cake are honey and nuts, and preparations have started since early in the morning. It was baked in a 4m2 stump. It was ready for several hours before the Christmas liturgy, cut off and divided to the people on the main square in this beautiful place. This

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Syros Island

Like every year, on December 26 (the day after Christmas), Saint Stephen is celebrated in Greece.

On the island of Syros, however, this saint is celebrated in a unique way, in the cave, in the rock, right by the sea.

Dozens of people come to the chapel on liturgy by boats or over the mountain.

A fisherman named Stephen, hardly survived when a huge octopus pulled him to the bottom of the sea.

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Tour around Kavala

Author: Ivana Stanojević

Most of you have visited Kavala on your way to Thassos island or beaches around this city. My favourite greek cities are Nafplio, Volos and Kavala. This small excursion was more of a historical and educational character, so we spent the most of the time in historical sites which are so interesting even for the kids from eight in the morning, when we departed from Thessaloniki and

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Visit to Peloponnese and Atika

Author: Ivana Petrović

For Peloponnese and Attica 10 days are not enough if you want to see everything what this part of Greece has to offer. I hope that for me this was just the beginning of discovering new localities, archeological sites, cities, places... What I managed to visit is:

- Lutraki, located in the Corinthian Bay (4-5km far from Corinth Channel), at the foothill of Mount Geranium. The city has thermal

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