Greece - The Glass Magazine

Celebrating a luxury legacy at Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort

October 23, 2023

BLUE PALACE, a Luxury Collection hotel recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in style, with attendees from across the globe gathering at the luxurious hotel site in sunny Crete. It is celebrated as one ...

Glass gets a taste of coastal Greek living at Creta Maris

Katrina Mirpuri

September 20, 2023

Greece, Travel

IF YOU'RE anything like me, the last thing you want to do when you’re tired after a long flight is sitting through a long car journey. Luckily, the drive from Heraklion Airport to Creta Maris was a mere 20 min...

Glass basks in the Grecian Sun at Costa Navarino

Jamison Kent

July 17, 2023

Feature, Greece, News, Travel

COSTA NAVARINO is a destination home to several distinct sites featuring five-star hotels, (Mandarin Oriental opens very soon), private residences, four signature golf courses, and many year-round activi...

Meet the luxury Greek hotels you shouldn’t ignore this summer

Alicia Tomkinson

June 5, 2023

Feature, Greece, Travel

IF YOUR travel itinerary is lacking in the Greek Isles department, then look no further as two new eloquent hotels have opened their doors just in time for summer 2023. First up we have the 5* Magma Resort ...

Glass goes Island-Hopping in the Cyclades

Sean Sheehan

March 24, 2023

Europe, Greece, News, Travel

GREECE HAS more islands than it can count and there are around 30 in the Cyclades alone, so a shortlist is necessary if visiting some is to be practical. Mykonos and Santorini are the best known destinations bu...

MarBella Hotel is making waves in Greece and beyond

Angela Cobbinah

October 6, 2022

Feature, Greece, Travel

PERCHED unobtrusively on the side of a cliff overlooking shimmering blue seas stands the MarBella Elix. Opened only last year, it is the latest addition to one of Greece’s oldest luxury hotel groups, quickly es...

Glass visits the Santo Maris resort in Santorini

Derby Jones

August 30, 2022

Europe, Feature, Greece

Situated in the northern region of the Greek island of Santorini, Santo Maris has become a popular choice for those seeking a resort-style getaway. The five-star hotel, which consists of spacious white-washed v...

Glass relaxes on the well-heeled, whitewashed island of Mykonos

Ashleigh Jacobs

July 8, 2019

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

FOR decades Mykonos has been known as a glamorous destination that attracts the world’s wealthy and famous. Over the last few years this idyllic island has become a sun-kissed hotspot for thousands of fashionab...

Glass visits Italy and Greece to experience ancient history – in style

Sean Sheehan

December 18, 2018

Europe, Feature, Greece, Italy, Travel

STUDYING ancient history is usually a deskbound activity but for those with an interest in the subject and an itch to travel what is needed are first-hand experiences. If a degree of style – and, dare I say, lu...

Charmed by Crete – Glass discovers the allure of Elounda Peninsula

Amanda Bernstein

April 16, 2018

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

CRETE, the largest of the Greek islands, dominates the Aegean, an embayment of the Mediterranean Sea. The island boasts a dry and sunny climate during the months of April through to September, with high afterno...

Charmed by Crete, Glass discovers the Elounda Peninsula All Suite Hotel

Amanda Bernstein

February 2, 2018

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

CRETE is the largest of the Greek islands, dominating the Aegean, an embayment of the Mediterranean Sea. This glorious island boasts a dry and sunny climate during the months of April through to September, with...

Glass experiences true luxury at the Danai Beach Resort, Greece

Thomas Marrington

November 24, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

THE art of service is rather lacking in modern-day life. With the rise of technology, automated help bots, call-centre outsourcing and moody salespeople, it can feel as though the customer experience is, more o...

Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens

Sean Sheehan

November 6, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Athenian Delights – Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens IF you’re tired of Athens – someone might have said once – you’re tired of life. It was a city of renown two and a half thousand years a...

Glass embraces the Greek mainland at Ikos Oceania

Ben Olsen

July 31, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

ALTHOUGH it’s Greece’s scattering of sunkissed islands across the Aegean Sea that draw the majority of its three million average annual visitors, its understated mainland also has plenty on offer. With scenery ...

Glass visits the MarBella Corfu hotel

Sara Hesikova

June 29, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

CORFU, the Greek island with a unique set of influences gained over hundreds of years, the land of olive trees and kumquat which the Corfiots make into candied sweets, marmalades and liqueurs – is the perfect p...

Glass travels to Daios Cove Luxury Resort, Crete

Regner Ramos

June 1, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

I’M SITTING on the wing deck, below the blue and white sails of a catamaran heading back from dry, rocky Spinalonga island, off the coast of Crete. Every so often the smoothness of the ride is interrupted and I...

Glass enjoys three blissful nights at Halkidiki’s elegant all-inclusive resort, Ikos Olivia

Becky Zanker

June 6, 2016

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

IKOS Olivia will make an avid relaxer out of even the most stubbornly stressed. It starts at the airport, where a private shuttle picks you up and transports you through the olive groves and vast, ver...

Sunlight and Socrates

Stephanie Clair

March 9, 2015

Europe, Feature, Greece

When thinking of Greece, my mind has always wandered to the famous islands such as Santorini and Rhodes, and with that all the clichés quickly surface, filling in the idyllic picture in my mind. Apart from ...

Six reasons why Athens rocks

Ben Olsen

November 3, 2014

Culture, Dining, Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Beyond the historical marvels – itself a central reason to visit the city – Athens has plenty more to offer on a weekend away Hit the heights Rising above Athens’ sprawl lies Lycabettus mountain, whose 277-...

Glass reviews Richard Avedon, Gagosian, Athens

Xenia Founta

June 6, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Greece, News, Photography, Travel

Richard Avedon said, “Portraiture is performance. You can’t get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface (…) All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, cost...

Self-conscious

Xenia Founta

March 12, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Greece

This month the Frances Rich School of Fine Art and Performing Arts of DEREE, in Athens present a unique and very topical exhibition related to the pervasiveness of technological media in our lives. The e...