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Record In Greece

For the last three years the number of tourists in Greece has increased by 2 million per year.

Last year it was visited by 30 million, and this year it was expected to be visited by 32 million tourists.
It is a great success for the country that was before bankruptcy and exit from the EU.

Many doubted that Greece will reach the projected 32 million this year, but it seems is's going

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Kassandra in August

It is time for Kassandra. I realize that it is as beautiful as Sithonia, but the most beautiful beaches now belong to hotels and in this way became accessible to a small number of visitors. Although it is not forbidden to enter the hotel beach, only a few tourists feel comfortable putting their beach equipment between or in front of hotel lines. Every year we spend a lot of time

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Castri beach on Sithonia - escape from the crowd

Castri beach is only 3km from Nikiti and is a great place to escape from crowd. Especially small Castri beach.
It is not easy to find it because private homes have completely blocked access, but if you do a little effort, you will see a trail between two private yards leading to the beach.

There is no crowd in August, just some tourists. The sea is crystal clear because there are pebbles

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Funny article about Serbian tourists

Here's how a tourist divided Serbian tourists into groups. The division was made based on comments in the Facebook group Live from Greece.
The division caused hundreds and hundreds of comments, and it was also published in some dailies. The author of the division, Andrija Ristic, wrote that he belongs to the group Thassos.

"By reading posts and comments, I find that our tourists, according to the criterion of stagnation and

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Summer Holiday: By One Daddy

If you are tired of "service information" like is there Lidl, are mosquitoes there, where to go when the waves are big, here's one text for you, written at the beginning of 2017.
I'm sure many of you will recognize themselves in it ...

And so ... now it's official, this year we are not going on a vacation together with kids. After almost 24 years, Danijela Ristic and I are alone

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Paradise near Nei Pori

Every summer, a large number of Serbian tourists ride on vacation across the beautiful Greek beaches and mostly finish their journey in the northern part of Greece which is closest to us, some 150 to 200 kilometers from Evzoni, on Chalkidiki or in the Olympic region or on the nearest island, Thassos. The rest goes a little longer, reaching Parga, Corfu and Lefkada, and the bravest ones go to visit

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Celebration of the Virgin Mary in famous resorts

We mentioned these days that the Virgin Mary holiday is very significant in Greece. It is celebrated on August 15th and in many places in Greece then are organised "panigiri", something like a fair in Serbia.
The celebration of this holiday begins after the liturgy, and the churches dedicated to the Holy Mother of God also have a service for all present.
If you are in Greece on the 15th of August,

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First time in Greece

When I asked members of a group Live from Greece when was the first time you visited Greece, I received countless responses.

I've selected some of them for you, and the rest can be found here.

"Neoi Poroi, for the first time in 2014. Before that, as a little child, I was in Montenegro, but I hardly remember that period, and after, every piece of Greece was an experience itself and the

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