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Carnival in Rhodes

Carnival in Rhodes brings beads of assorted colors, outrageous costumes, garb and all out fun. The festivity culminates on last weekend of Apòkreo in the streets of the Medieval Town with street theatre, pantomime, juggling, sleight of hand tricks, stilt…

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Tsiknopempti, the Greek Mardi Gras

Tsiknopempti is is a part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival. Similar to the Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. According to the Greek Orthodox tradition, it is celebrated on the Thursday before Ash Monday which marks the start of the Greek Orthodox Lent. This year…

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Costumes of Rhodes island

Rhodes is a beautiful island in the Dodecanese island complex in Greece, in the Southeastern part of the Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands and is also the island group’s historical capital. The name of the…

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Cycladic Airlines

New Airline, “Cycladic” for island hopping

Based in Paros, “Cycladic” started this month offering air transport services to a number of islands in the Cyclades complex, including connections to Paros, Mykonos, Santorini, Syros, and Milos (starting next summer), as well as to Crete (Chania and Heraklion) and Rhodes. The airline, operated by Ιfly SA, the largest Greek…

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