For the first time ever, nylou.com shows you what ALL others only tell you. See more than 30,000 photos of more than 2,500 hotels, 58 destinations, 300 beaches, 125 museums and sites, 150 restaurants from all over Greece.
The ski resorts of Greece provide a pleasant and nearby alternative to the winter destinations of the French, Swiss, Austrian and German Alps that have attracted the increasing volume of Greek winter sports entusiasts in the last 20 years.
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Did you know that... The Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan, the largest bank in the US is Greek-American Jamie Dimon? Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey, daughter of Greek Zenobia Xenakes, in Philadelphia, PA?
French President Nicholas Sarkozy is the grandson of Thessaloniki Jews, on his mother's side? Or that Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, was born Prince of Greece and Denmark, in Corfu, in 1921? Read more in this compilation of remarkable Greek trivia.
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Why nylou.com no longer presents Patmos Patmos island's selling point has always been spirituality linked with the Monastery of Saint John and the writing of Book of Revelations on the island. This has attracted a number of marquee name visitors to Patmos, which has established itself as a cosmopolitan destination for sophisticated and discerning vacationers. We think that this reputation was irretrievably blackened in September 2008 and nylou.com will no longer include Patmos in its travel guide.
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Greece in the movies Greece must be one of the most filmed countries of the world outside the United States. Athens and the Greek islands have been the set for many Hollywood movies. The country is next only to France, Britain and Italy in the number of appearances on major motion pictures. The latest addition to this 50-year-olf tradition is Mamma Mia!, the ABBA music-based musical starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, set in Skopelos.
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