The island of Rhodes has everything a visitor could want — dazzling ancient and medieval ruins, great food, spectacular beaches, and the hottest nightlife outside of Athens — the one drawback being that everyone knows it.Source:frommers.com
In its new Athens location, with a menu that adds tasty meat dishes to its signature seafood, Varoulko continues to win plaudits. Everything here is so good that many Athenians believe chef/owner Lefteris Lazarou serves not only the finest seafood in Athens, but some of the best food in all of Greece.Source:frommers.com
A seminar about SPA and wellness tourism from the countries of the Central European Initiative will be held in Bulgaria, starting from today until April 28. Deputy chairman of the State Agency for Tourism Svetoslav Novakov has explained that the forum is held within the framework of the Bulgarian presidency of the Central European Initiative. 11 officials from Austria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Macedonia will arrive today.
Amr Abdel-Ghaffar, Regional Representative of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) for Eastern Europe and the Middle East as well as Joachim Lieber, secretary general of the European Spas Association will be among the participants.Source:focus-fen.net
Just three years after the Olympics, Athens has established itself as a key city break destination and is now gearing up for the world’s leading travel and tourism show dedicated to the city break sector.
Reed Travel Exhibition’s, City Break 2007, will see Europe’s leading buyers and suppliers of city breaks descend on the former Olympic host city for an intensive three-day workshop.
According to IPK’s World Travel Monitor, city based tourism accounts for almost 40% of total European outbound trips. In light of this, Athens is making the most of its post Olympic tourism potential and is promoting the European capital as a year round city break destination. Hotels and airlines are teaming up to create enticing packages highlighting the capital’s iconic cultural offerings alongside more contemporary pursuits such as art festivals, casinos, fashionable restaurants, chic bars and glamorous shopping.Source:traveldailynews.com
Talented chefs and successful restaurateurs from the world’s food Meccas have entered the kitchens in Athens and changed the Greek food setting into one that can compete with many European metropolises. The result is hundreds of excellent restaurants with chefs, menus and wait-staffs that impress even the well-travelled gourmand. Culinary aficionados are encouraged to delight their palates in the myriad of sophisticated gourmet restaurants in Athens that boast tastes and designs inspired from many cultures. Many can be found in Psirri, Kolonaki, Mets, Pagrati, Gazi, Koukaki and in most of the leading hotels. Εvery type of fine cuisine can be found and enjoyed in Athens: from Ιtalian, French, American, and fusion to nouveau, East Asian, Middle-Eastern and Greek. It is worth noting that in Athens, fine dining also includes many enticing bar-restaurants, with live and DJ-based music, that take on a more “club feel” as the night progresses.Source:athenstourism.gr