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When one thinks about carnivals places like Rio and New Orleans immediately spring to mind. Places like Greece don’t. But here is a pretty well kept secret: not only does Greece have a carnival season, in a few towns and islands modern carnival festivities have been melded with local or ancient traditions to produce an unforgettable experience for those lucky and determined enough to be present. The island of Skyros in the Sporades is one such place.
Read - Carnival Time in Skyros!
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Following the success of the Athens hop-on hop-off tourist bus service, the Organisation of Urban Transportation of Thessaloniki (OASTH) in September 2009 introduced its own version of a sightseeing bus (the No 50, aka ‘Thessaloniki on the Go!’ or the ‘Cultural Route Bus’).
Thessaloniki Bus No. 50
October is an interesting month to be in Greece. The first two weeks of October may be considered the tail end of the tourist season. Most charter firms scale back their operations by the mid to end of October and resorts that are still open are relaxed and not at all crowded. Athens still gets a fair amount of tourists, although nothing like the summer months. October is usually a great time to see Athens’ outdoor sites when the weather is pleasantly warm and the museums are much nicer with the crowds gone. October is when the locals go to see the sites, this should tell you something.
Greece in October
Highways and main motorways in Greece have come a long way in the last ten years or so. What used to be a truly frightening trip out of Athens has to a large extent been replaced with a relatively sedate highway experience similar to that in most western European countries.
Driving in Greece
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