Easter in Greece

Easter traditions and festivities in Greece

Easter in Greece is a beautiful festival. In fact, it’s more widely celebrated than [...]

Easter in Athens: celebrations and practical information

Easter is the most important festival of Eastern Christianity. The Greeks celebrate this festival [...]

Why Clean Monday or Pure Monday?

In Greece, Clean Monday, also called Pure Monday or “kathara deftera” in greek is a [...]

Patras Carnival

The Patras Carnival is one of Greece’s not-to-be-missed events. Little known abroad, the [...]

Public Holidays 2025 in Greece

Here are the holidays in Greece. Make a note of this before you plan your trip, because on these [...]

Dyeing Easter eggs red: solutions and tradition

At Easter in Greece, it’s customary to dye Easter eggs red. Red symbolizes the blood of [...]

Apokries: Carnival in Greece

Carnival in Greece is called Apokries. It begins three weeks before Lent, which lasts 40 days [...]

Easter in the Dodecanese islands: an original and surprising cuisine

The islands of the Dodecanese. They are called ” the twelve islands “(dodeca = twelve [...]

Skyros Carnival: Carnival, did you say Carnival?

One of our readers shares her experience of the Skyros carnival. It should be pointed out that this [...]

Flavours and traditions of Corfu, Easter Island

” We took a bath and rubbed ourselves with fine oil. Then, as the linen dried in the bright [...]