The Brief

🇬🇷 Greece

Southern EuropeCapital AthensEURGreek
Advisory
Level 1
Exercise normal precautions · State Dept ↗
as of 2026-02-19
Weather
85°F / 30°C
Clear sky · H 86° L 61°
Currency
EUR
0.86 per $1
Entry
Requirements
U.S. State Dept ↗
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026

What’s moving in Greece

29 stories · last 90 days
The Latest
Luxury Leisure

New premium nonstops shorten the path to Ibiza, Sardinia, Athens

United, Alaska and Delta have announced a wave of 2027 premium nonstops that open up direct access to top villa and resort markets: Newark-Ibiza, Newark-Olbia…

Aug 25
Luxury Leisure

Design-Led Independents Open Across the Mediterranean

A wave of genuinely independent ultra-luxury openings is giving advisors fresh, design-forward inventory across the Mediterranean this season. Zannier Hotels…

Aug 21
Tours & Packaged

TUI Swings to Loss as Mideast Conflict Pushes Demand to Greece, Spain

TUI's Markets + Airline division posted a €17.4 million underlying operating loss for the quarter, reversing a €49.7 million profit a year earlier, as the…

Aug 15
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This month
TUI's Tour Operator Arm Swings to Loss as Middle East Disruption Reroutes DemandAug 14
Star Clippers Expands Mediterranean Program, Discounts Run Through Sept 30Aug 11
Santorini Reopens the Stairs, Reinstates the CapAug 10
Santorini stairs reopen, stricter tender split returnsAug 9
Earlier
Celebrity gratuities rise, AIDA passes Greek taxes to guestsAug 5
European Wildfires: Athens Evacuations, Var Still ActiveAug 5
Greek hotels hold pricing power as occupancy growth flattensAug 3
Santorini Shifts All Ship Excursions to AthiniosAug 1
Santorini Routes Every Ship Through Athinios After Stairway CollapseJul 31
MSC Sends a Bigger Ship to the Eastern MediterraneanJul 27
Greece Demand Gets a Pop-Culture Boost from 'Odyssey'Jul 26
Pelorus Launches a Bookable Private-Yacht Odyssey—Troy to Ithaca, Timed to the Nolan FilmJul 22
Pelorus Builds the Private Yacht Itinerary Christopher Nolan Is About to Make Everyone WantJul 21
Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Filmed in Messinia — Costa Navarino Faces a Booking Wave Before the ReleaseJul 2
Act Now in Europe: Twenty Days to the August 12 Eclipse, and Nolan's Odyssey Already Lifting the PeloponneseJul 1
Conrad Athens the Ilisian Reopens as a Redesigned Landmark; CORI Hornbæk Debuts on Denmark's North Coast September 1Jun 27
Conrad Athens the Ilisian Opens: AvroKO Interiors, Yabu Pushelberg Dining, Acropolis ViewsJun 26
Minos Palace Crete Completes Multi-Year Renovation With Adults-Only Infinity Lagoon SuitesJun 26
Four Seasons Opens Its First Cyclades Property on Mykonos — 94 Keys, Private Beach, and an On-Site Jetty for Yacht ChartersJun 25
Santorini Locks Out All Cruise Lines After Bus Operators Strike Over Crowd-Distribution OverhaulJun 24
Santorini Bus Strike Cancels Three Ships — 70/30 Rule Dispute Could Recur All SummerJun 23
Santorini Bus Strike Cancels Three Cruise Calls — No Alternate Port for MSC or NCLJun 22
Santorini Caps Cruise Arrivals at 8,000 Per Day — Halving Peak-Season Foot Traffic for HoneymoonersJun 21
Santorini's Cruise Cap Is Now a Honeymoon Selling PointJun 20
Holland America Opens Rotterdam's First-Ever Med Season and Revives Farewell Dinner TraditionJun 19
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department