In late 2020, the UK-based charity Friends of Mount Athos celebrated its 30th anniversary with a magnificently produced hardcover coffee-table book published by Brepolis, and featuring the memoirs and photographs of numerous members. My contribution to this group effort was an essay entitled “Twenty Years of Gratitude: Life Since Athos.” Click here and scroll down […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 14, 2020 Olive oil is one of the most iconic […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 11, 2020 What would you do if you were the […]

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While the obsession with the ‘proper pint’ may seem modern, the Ancient Greeks also fixated on measuring their alcohol. Pythagoras, a great Samian mathematician (and, presumably, drinker), created an invention that ensured party hosts and publicans could not be deceived by guests aspiring to inebriation. His creation was dubbed the Dikiakoupa tou Pythagora (Just Cup […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 8, 2020 A Unique Concept for a Unique Destination Milia […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso August 4, 2020 How is new technology influencing tourism trends in […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 31, 2020 In this, the third part of our series, […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 25, 2020 In the second part of this series, I […]

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How has the COVID-19 crisis affected Greek tourism, and what are local tourism providers doing to recover from it? This series of exclusive interviews with specific Greek tourism entities gets to the heart of the key issues, as of mid-summer 2020. By Chris Deliso July 22, 2020 This series starts with a virtual visit to […]

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Born in Istanbul in 1935 to a sculptor father, the gifted Dimitar Kirov was painting by the age of seven. Still working and living today in Plovdiv’s old town, with Rosalia, his wife of 44 years – and one of modern Bulgaria’s greatest ballerinas – Dimitar may well be the spirit of old Plovdiv personified. […]

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