Margot, Marley and Shehr are 3 good friends from the Netherlands visited Kos island for their summer vacation in June 2017. They stayed in Kos for about a week and they basically seriously wanted to live the experience of lying on the beach, partying and also to explore the basic touristic/historic attractions on the island. To cover the 3rd part, they chose BeenThere.eu’s tours (more…)
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“Mountza”: the Greek gesture you need to know!
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“Mountza” is the gesture most used n Greece. Is something like the international middle finger but way softer. Is very easy to do it, you just open wide your hand’s fingers and extend it to someone’s face. You don’t need to touch to others face but the direction must be it. Greeks use it to express 3 different feelings: (more…)
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Donalt Burness November 2016
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Donald is a former University Professor who started writting poems after his retirement. He visited Greece to study the language, learn the culture and travel more. His poems are all about his wife and his journeys around the world, so when he visited Greece he got inspired and wrote some more poems. With Dan I made 2 tours and that is because I met him only some days before he leaves Greece to continue his journey. We visited the ancient city of Dion and the Mt. Hortiatis together. (more…)
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Studying abroad: An Erasmus Student from Thessaloniki!!
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Are you an Erasmus Student in Thessaloniki or an Erasmus Student from Thessaloniki? Then I am sure this article will ring a bell in your heart! www.BeenThere.eu is partialy a product of an Erasmus student from Thessaloniki in Aalen, Germany. The multicultural experience lived there was like a small spark that created a big fire. (more…)
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Glyka & Fotis September 2016
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Glyka & Fotis are a young couple from Greece that live in Copenhagen, Denmark for many years and often come back for vacations and to see their families. So, during their last visit in Thessaloniki contacted BeenThere.eu to arrange a half-day tour. When l met them, they asked me for a tour that will include “a beach with crystal clear water”, “not far away from Thessaloniki” and “a healthy Greek snack”. Hmmm… lt took me a couple of minutes to think about it and then I had the perfect suggestion for them 🙂 (more…)
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A perfect boat trip from Sarti to Mt.Athos & Ammouliani island!
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Are you dreaming of an ideal summer in Northern Greece? Visit Halkidiki!! Especially Sithonia where nature is magnificent and there are plenty of activities to do, touristic places to visit and hidden gems to discover. One thing that you should definitely do is the day trip to Mt. Athos that Captain Petros is giving with his traditional boat “Katerina Anestis” starting in Sarti, Sithonia! (more…)
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Cedric & Micha June 2016
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Cedric is an architect from Belgium and Micha is a pastry cook from Czech Republic. They both live in Belgium and they chose Northern Greece for their summer vacations. Their base was Thessaloniki because Cedric have been there during his Erasmus studies back in 2009. So, we helped them plan their 9 days-trip from scratch, find accommodations according to their budget and personal style, make their transportations easy and independent and enjoy the hidden gems of the areas they visited. (more…)
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Live/work close to nature and get inspired. Welcome spring!
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You can definitely do hundreds of things in Greece in spring. But the most important thing about spring is that you are a step closer to summer, the Queen of seasons! Please, don’t lose time! Start dreaming of the ideal place to spent your summer vacation and if you need some inspiration keep in touch with BeenThere.eu cause lots of articles are gonna blossom like flowers soon. (more…)
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Mount Dikeos means “fair” and it’s in Kos island!
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Have you ever visited Kos island and hiked Mt. Dikeos? If not, please, put it on your list cause that island is extra touristic and you will need an unexploited spot with a sense of authenticity. One of those is Mt. Dikeos, is only 846 m high but you can see from its’ top at least 3 more islands and the coast of Turkey! (more…)
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The 14th of February we go online and that’s a date!
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Good day kind visitor of BeenThere.eu! You are very lucky cause very soon this webpage is going to be online and ready to help you organize your trip. Please, keep in touch, find us on Facebook or Tumblr and get a notification when our first article will be online. Estimated day Saturday the 14th of February and that is a date! 🙂