Kostas Fylaktos

Travel Blogger

Somewhere to the east of the prefecture of Thessaloniki, there is a small river which starts life in Lake Volvi and soon finds its way to the beach of Vrasna, where it tumbles into the Strymonikos Gulf.  Going by the name of the Rihios, its journey to the sea only lasts for 8 km and ...

Nikolas Giannopoulos

Sommelier

My name is Nikolas Giannopoulos and I am a sommelier, as the French would have it. I was born in Athens and grew up in Nea Smirni and Rhodes. I would prefer it if being a sommelier was not regarded as a profession since for me, and most of my colleagues, it is a way ...

Giorgos Toulas

Journalist

It was back in 1992 that I first got wind, from Tasos Michaelidis, of some incredible musical goings-on; a truly intoxicating combination of starry nights and jazz music taking place on the first of Halkidiki’s famous three legs, an event destined to grow in stature in the years to come. The spark of an idea ...

Stavroula Kleidaria

Architect – Chief Editor of GLOW magazine

Ok, it is well known that Halkidiki is like no other. It is beautiful, it is close (to Thessaloniki), it has alternating images and surprises, spots we still haven’t discovered (no matter how many years we have been exploring it for), it offers excitement, it has been our first choice for years as well as ...

Melina Sidiropoulou

Journalist

In Halkidiki, a region blessed by nature, with olive trees, market gardens and orchards with fresh vegetables and fruit, wonderful fish – John Dory and sea bass, in particular -, cultured mussels, and prime meat from farms in Polygyros and Moudania, the only thing needed was for someone to be alert enough to recognize this quality ...