he coast around Halkidiki is close to 500 kilometres in length. It is home to countless superb beaches, almost all of them blue flag winners. The area also has other hidden gems for you to discover.

Yahoo, 20 Mar. 2013: The Greek island Ikaria first made national news when The New York Times published an article about its inhabitants called “The Place Where People Forget to Die.” One percent of Ikaria’s inhabitants live well into their 90s (as compared to the rest of Europe’s .01 percent), and they tend to stay sharp and healthy until the very end.

Greece is offering tourists a unique travel experience, with its beautiful land and rich cultural heritage, said interim Culture and Tourism minister Tatiana Karapanagioti, following a meeting with Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos, on May 22.

The serene island of Sifnos found its way to National Geographic’s Top Ten Islands. In its luxury edition Journeys of a lifetime-500 of the World’s Greatest Trips, the leading nature and travel magazine, gives Sifnos the 9th spot in the Islands Under the Sun category, with the note "if you find yourselves there, you’ll know there’s no other place of equal beauty in the whole world."