"The number of Turks vacationing on the Greek Islands has increased by 100 percent" since the visa scheme began, according to Hamit Kuk of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies. "Turks flocked there during the Eid al-Adha festival in mid-June because it was more affordable," Kuk said,...
If you are visiting in June, be sure to attend the Taormina Film Festival. Teatro Greco is a short walk outside the city. It is open every day during the summer and has restricted hours in the winter. There is a small admission fee. Nearby find a selection of lively bars that share ...
The Buddha was born when the Full Moon was in Taurus (Vesak.) The Buddha’s birthday is celebrated at the Vesak Festival which in 2024 will be celebrated on the day of the Full Moon May 23 based on the Vedic lunar calendar. Vesak day honours the day of the birth, the enlightenment,an...
I don’t know why exactly, but my natural tendency was to give it a wide berth, to be near it, but only orbiting it. I avoided the tourist assault upon the great ‘Lion Gate’, and the blazing heat that one experiences when visiting it in high summer. I felt like returning to Myce...
“Laconizer,” or admirer of Spartan values, in Athenianhistory. Theseus had a special significance not only for Cimon but for the Athenian empire in general. It was Theseus who, according to themyth, had founded the great Ionian festival atDeloscalled theDelia, which Athens was to revive ...
Easter is also associated with the Jewish festival of Passover, or Pesach. The term "paschal", meaning "of Easter", is derived from the name of the Jewish festival, as are the names of Easter in some foreign languages. In Greek, Easter is called Pascha, meaning passover: It is the ...
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“Day of Music” requires 4 days to celebrate. We’re looking forward seeing how this goes. The schedule makes it sound as if some of the acts will perform on the beach but that’s hard for me to picture. The first day concludes with a concert of traditional music in the plateia ...
Once, during an important religious festival, the hetaera Phryne decided to swim naked in the sea. The famous painter Apelles was so overwhelmed by the exquisite sight that he drew the most famous (now lost) painting of the Ancient World: “Aphrodite Rising from the Sea.” Many artists have...
Professor Roberts, who had known Mosley for many years, and said she had seen him at the Hay Festival just two weeks ago, wrote on X: "The fragility of life is so shocking... I can't believe he's gone." Born in 1957 in Calcutta, India, Mosley studied politics, philosophy ...