The Discover Greece Team

You close your eyes and Greece’s ancient history starts a bacchanalian dance around you… The historic past of the land unfolds with every step you take. Leaves rustling, waves brushing a silky shore, the sounds of a forest and the soothing caress of a sea breeze; everything embraces the remnants of the past respectfully as ...

The Discover Greece Team

Do you follow us on Instagram? If not, click here, follow us and share with us your photos and adventures from Greece! Use the hashtag #DiscoverGreece and you may see your photo on our Blog My View of Greece! Today we start in the north, from beautiful Alexandroupoli and its lighthouse, followed by a tour ...

Yannis Simonides

Αctor, writer & producer

My name is Yannis Simonides and I am 69 years old. I was born in Istanbul, I grew up in Athens and I have been living and working in both Greece and the USA since 1965. As a citizen of the world, actor, writer and producer I love to promote and present my wares and those of ...

Yiannis Gavalas

I took my first steps on Irakleia. I was 9 months old. And for 22 years, I spent my Easter and summer holidays there. For me, Irakleia is spring, it’s summer, it’s … ‘I arrive on the island and it’s time to take off my watch, turn off the switch. I am free.’ Irakleia is ...

Vasilis Papatheodorou

I come from Ancient Mantineia, outside Tripolis. The best holiday I have ever had in Greece was in the summer of, I think, 2004. I lived permanently in America and had come with a Greek childhood friend. We went to Serifos and Sifnos. We were on the beach all day, enjoying the sun, the incredible ...