More than one in four hotels in Greece have embraced the “Greek Breakfast,” an initiative connecting the tourism industry to the hospitality sector.

The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) describes the new program’s purpose in the following way: “to help connect the gastronomical wealth of the country with the Greek hotel guest experience.

“Greek Breakfast” promotes the regional culinary heritage of Greece in a program formulated to highlight local specialties and products. It is an innovative and highly-structured program requiring strict adherence to well-defined specifications by participating hotels to ensure quality and authenticity,” writes the HCH.

Speaking to Greece Is, the HCH explained that participating hotels are required to serve specific ingredients or dishes that originate exclusively from – and thus represent – the region where a hotel is located. These ingredients/recipes are listed for every region of Greece by the HCH and their inclusion in the breakfast menu must be strictly adhered to, while there are also optional dishes/ingredients that can be added to a breakfast menu.

Apart from regional products and recipes, hotels around the country that are participating in the program must all include inherently Greek products in their menu, such as rusks, olive oil, olives, yogurt, honey, and fresh, locally-grown fruit as the basis of the “Greek Breakfast.”

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Cyprus has opened its first underwater archaeological park, offering visitors a glimpse of history at one of the eastern Mediterranean’s best preserved ancient harbors.

The now-submerged harbor lying off the ancient city-kingdom of Amathus was constructed between 312/311 BC and 294 BC when Cyprus was the focus of conflict between the two successors of Alexander the Great. It was probably constructed as a naval base because of its narrow entrance, though experts say its combined commercial use cannot be dismissed either.

Over the centuries, it has developed into a natural reef where marine life thrives.

Originally published on: ekathimerini.com

Grace Hotel, a member of the Auberge Resorts Collection, was awarded the title of No 1 Best Resort Hotel in Greece at the prestigious Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2022.

It was also runner-up for Best Hotel in Europe and Best Hotel in the World. These important distinctions for the 20-room luxury boutique hotel in Imerovigli on the southern Aegean island, “reflect the effort of the entire hotel team and are a special reward,” said Giorgos Avgoustis, general manager of Grace Hotel.

The complex also hosts the Varoulko Santorini restaurant, where Michelin-starred chef Lefteris Lazarou presents a menu of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine.

Originally published on: greekcitytimes.com

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. These were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before the Olympic gods and long before the birth of mortals.

They were not all immortal. Some died after living for centuries. Still, they existed in a magical world between mortals and gods. Nymphs were generally harmless, too, but not always.

For a man, encountering a nymph while alone might put him in a precarious situation. The term nymphomania is derived from the word nymph. It means uncontrollable desire in a woman and stems from a belief that some nymphs would bewitch innocent young men, becoming their lovers and never releasing them.

Nymphs were everywhere in ancient Greece

These graceful young girls not only populated waters but were found throughout nature. For instance, every tree in every sacred grove was believed to owe its life source to the nymph who lived there.

Wherever Greeks ventured into nature, they were conscious of these beings. Villagers were aware that they were watched, measured, and evaluated by intelligent beings who were wild and unpredictable.

Usually, nymphs were invisible, but thousands of Greeks in ancient times reported seeing them. Nymphs seemed to be everywhere in ancient Greece. They presided over all natural phenomena, including clouds, caves, meadows, and the rocky beaches found all over Greece.

As nature spirits, they were associated with several of the Olympic gods, including Zeus, Hermes, Artemis, Poseidon, Demeter, and Dionysos.

The most famous of Artemis’ nymphs were the Pleiades, seven sisters who were immortalized by Zeus when he turned them into the Pleiades constellation. The Pleiades were originally mountain nymphs, but there were many families.

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Alexandros Hand Made Chocolate is a fast-growing Greek company, producing fine quality chocolate products, with a history of 17 years. Constantly, investing in education and the pursuit of exceptional raw materials, the company has developed unique expertise in the industry, offering a wide range of original recipes that broaden the taste horizons of chocolate enthusiasts.

Following a specialized education in the field of chocolate confectionery and haute cuisine in Italy and France, Alexandros Dimitriou returned to Greece with a vision to highlight the complexity of chocolate flavors and aromas, by applying his studies, thus founding Alexandros Hand Made Chocolate in 1999.

With an uncompromising passion for high-quality results and a restless instinct for creation, Alexandros Hand Made Chocolate – a company developed with its own funds– is now a European standards industry producing and packaging chocolate products, with state-of-the-art equipment and employing highly trained staff. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that since 2002 the company has applied the process control system HACCP and is certified according to the ISO 22000 standards of quality assurance for all the stages of production.

The mission of Alexandros Hand Made Chocolate is to create high-quality products and develop original and unique quality recipes with complex yet balanced flavors. In pursuing this objective, Alexandros Hand Made Chocolate has developed high expertise, mastering the art of chocolate, thus becoming one of the top European companies in its industry.

Athens Photo Festival is a leading international festival dedicated to photography and visual culture. Through its programming, the Festival is committed to offering a diverse and inclusive international platform, for the exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and engagement with photography in all its forms.

Honoring the Festival’s 35th anniversary throughout 2022, our program provides a critical context where the impact of the ever-changing visual culture can be raised and discussed. The Festival will bring together emerging and established artists and photographers from around the world, through its exhibitions and events, with the aim to reflect the diversity of photography of our time.

FokiaNou Art Space is pleased to present "Flower Power", a group exhibition arising from an open call, curated by Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox. 

From early botanical illustrations to the works of Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keefe, Thanos Tsingos, Warhol, and Mapplethorpe, almost all artists have been influenced by flowers. The seasonal cycle of flowers can symbolize beauty, hope, life, and can act as a metaphor for human struggle. Flowers have a therapeutic effect, involving all the senses. In this open call, FokiaNou Art Space invited artists to submit work that uses flowers as subject matter, taking a variety of approaches, whether realist or unconventional, in any medium.

 

Participating artists: Blanka Amezkua, Ines Benaki, Mary Cox, Stavroula Chantzi, Dimitra Gounari, Jane Grover, Vasiliki Kanellou, Lydia Kontiza, Nina Kotamanidou, Dorina Malliou, Eirini Morou, Despina Pantazi, Geeta Roopnarine, Christina-Sylvia Simantira, Nikos Sialakas, Marios Trichas, Piyi Wong, Kiveli Zachariou.

Hours: Thursday – Saturday 18.00-21.00 During the last week, 25-27/7, Monday–Wednesday 18.00-21.00

FokiaNou Art Space is an artist-run project space in the intimacy of a small apartment in an old building in the center of Athens. The space encourages collaborative creative efforts between Greek and foreign artists, thereby promoting and supporting the local art community. The space hosts exhibitions, workshops and projects under the direction of two artists, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris. www.fokianou247.gr

Saturday 16 of July, Nina kraviz the techno scene phenomenon, remixer, and label owner of Trip & Galaxid, with the totally influential attitude, for a unique performance at Bolivar, Along with Nina, Mikee and Manolaco b2b Stefano Di Miceli. 

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