This captivating luxury resort hotel is situated on the legendary island of Crete. Each room has air conditioning veranda CD player IDD telephone satellite television with video channels mini-bar safe and Jacuzzi. Exclusive suites and villas have private decks leading to the sea and steam baths. In-house CDs and Video on demand in each room. Exclusive suites with private heated swimming pools in a secluded garden or on the waterfront. Royal suites with indooroutdoor pools gym room with trainer butler chef and pianist. Dining In:Dionyssos - Gourmet la carte restaurant. Argonaut - Seaside Restaurant for casual lunch and Italian dinner. Blue Lagoon-Waterfront Polynesian restaurant with sushi bar. Kafenion- Cretan-style caf with local specialties. Veghera- Unique jetty bar pool bar piano and harp bar.Recreation and Health:Two private beaches and marina. All water sports. Newly built Spa and fitness center heated seawater swimming pool floodlit clay tennis courts.Features:Amphitheater shopping center museum chapel. Children's playground. Baby-sitting. Medical and nutritional consultation. Conference and banquet facilities. In-room beauty treatments. Chauffeured limousine helicopter and Lear jet service. Yacht hire and boat trips to nearby islands.
Elounda Beach Hotel
All hail Helios the Sun God of Greece!
It was back in 2008 that EasyJet started up its cheap flights to Greece. There are some very competitive fares on offer to Crete, Corfu, Rhodes and Athens (among many others) at the moment. Greece is currently in a spot of well documented financial trouble, but then aren’t we all? However, one thing Greece is rich in is heritage and sunshine – that will never change. Earlier this month the Greeks decided to sell their sunshine!
Greece is a wonderful place to fit solar panels for your home, that’s for sure. If you have invested in Greek property in the past, or are considering it for the future, you won’t be short of self-generated fuels. However the recently revealed Greek “Helios Project” may well prove an answer to part of the country’s incredible euro debt mountain. Helios was an ancient sun god and it’s in his name that the country will be establishing an amazing number of solar panels across Greece – enough to create ten gigawatts of solar energy! [Read more...]
A Greek Priest, by Count Amadeo Preziosi
Hotel Nikopolis Thessaloniki
Hotel Nikopolis Thessaloniki is a 5 star Boutique City Resort built in an area of 25.000 sqm. The Hotel is situated 3 km from Makedonia airport and 20 minutes from Thessaloniki's city center. It's location at the heart of a wide and continuously growing district of commercial activity positions the Hotel as a destination for the business travelers. The high quality and flawless service the spacious and modern decorated areas and it's unique architecture features have gained the appreciation and trust of the demanding travelers who visit the city.The modern design of 99 luxurious rooms and suites decorated with unique pieces of furnitures and lights that carry the signature of the most well-known contemporary designers of the world.The Da Vinci Italian restaurant of Hotel Nikopolis Thessaloniki has 120 seats and offers authentic Italian flavors and a great variety of local and international wines. It operates for breakfast lunch dinner and Sunday brunch.The Galaxy Bar and the BarCode constitute a fresh entertaining proposal with exceptional music and outstanding service. Further more the Blue Bar is the meeting point during the summer months located next to the extraordinary big outdoor pool.For your relaxation and rejuvenation you can visit the unique Aqua Club Spa which offers personalized health and fitness services in contemporary and luxurious surroundings. It provides state of the art fitness center indoor heated pool Spa facilities which include sauna steam bath jacuzzi cold shower (shock) solarium spacious personal lockers and outdoor pool of 1.700 sqm.Choose from a variety of face and body treatments and massages for men and women with natural products of Elemis one of the most famous companies in the world specialized in body and facial treatments. For funs of tennis the hotel offers two high-end clay courts available throughout the day.Hotel Nikopolis provides guests with private parking options either free parking at an area outside the hotel or in interior and guarded parking area at an extra charge.
Greece – The Rough Guide To Rebetika
Reb?tika is probably the best known of the Greek folk music forms, the sound of the downtrodden and the underdogs (hence its comparisons to American blues, although musically there are no similarities). From its initial emergence in the early 19th century, it remained a force in the country until the 1950s, and was revived again in the 1970s, and continues to enjoy prestige. This compilation focuses heavily on the genre's leading lights from the first-half of the 20th century, making for a fascinating historical document that's both entertaining and educational. There's plenty of arresting material, such as Yiorgos Katsaros' Mes' Tou Manthou Ton Teke, or Marika Papagika's Galata Manes. While there are one or two names from the revival, such as Mario (who is actually a woman) the attention remains on the names from the past, and is all the better for it -- it's easy to obtain more recent tracks. The well-annotated booklet serves as a primer in reb?tika and its leading artists, explaining the music's wide roots. An excellent volume, and one that rewards many plays. ~ Chris Nickson