Travel

There is something inherently ritualistic about train travel—the departure, the steady rhythm of the journey, the time for observation and reflection, and even the generously buttered sandwiches from the dining car. When the railway follows the coastline, however, the experience becomes even more m...

These days, we don’t travel only for leisure or sightseeing. Once something goes viral, it instantly earns a place on the global travel map. A nighttime boat ride through Bangkok’s floating markets in Thailand; dizzying spins in giant handwoven bamboo baskets; ostrich riding; duck healing and sna...

Voice of Greece's live program "Moving Worlds," hosted by Katerina Batzaki, opened a meaningful conversation on refugees, inclusion, and coexistence within the school community. The studio guest was Elena Karagianni, coordinator of the Municipality of Piraeus' School Street Festival of Art and Acceptance....

U.S. Route 66, the legendary 3,940-kilometer (2,448-mile) highway in the United States that connects eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica while crossing three time zones, is known as the “Mother Road,” the “Road of Roads,” “The Great Diagonal Way,” and “The Main Street of America.” In this episode, w...

On the Road” with Ariadni-Sofia Kouri, only hours before the Grand Final of Eurovision Song Contest 2026! Tune in for a journey filled with rhythm, backstage stories, delightful snapshots of pop culture, and an analysis of everything that makes Eurovision something far greater than just a song contest. Special gue...

Ariadni-Sofia Kouri continues recounting the highlights of her journey to Tunisia. Joining her are Konstantina Rizou, Secretary of the Greek Community of Tunisia; Panagiota Syllaidopoulou, the community’s Greek language teacher; and tour guide Dimitra. Produced and presented by Ariadni-Sofia K...

For those born before 1970, the famous television commercial featuring the monk Akakios and the abbot calling out to him as he headed down to the village to do the monastery’s shopping — reminding him not to forget his favorite pasta — remains one of the most beloved and certainly one of the most inspi...

Marios Kampouris, a clinical and molecular geneticist at Sidra Hospital in Qatar, speaks on Voice of Greece radio in the programm “Our Global Voice”, hosted by Dimitris Kontogiannis. Having been in Greece when the conflict in Iran broke out, he describes his anxious efforts to return to Doha due...

From Chafteia to Pedion tou Areos. Athens is not always what we see — often, it is what we overlook. In the program "Moving Worlds", broadcast on Voice of Greece on Monday, 04 May 2026, with Katerina Batzaki, the city unfolded through a different kind of route: from Chafteia and Omonia Square t...

What happens when you walk through Athens as if seeing it for the first time? This question was explored in the Monday, 27 April episode of the program "Moving Worlds", with Katerina Batzaki opening the cycle "Historical Routes of Athens." Elissaios Sarmas spoke about a city that cannot simply become...

Tunisia is where the light of the Mediterranean meets the warmth of the desert. Ariadni-Sofia Kouri shares highlights from her recent trip to the North African country—from the ruins of Carthage to the atmospheric medinas, the lush oases hidden in the desert, seaside cafés, sweet dates, welcoming pe...

On Monday, 20 April 2026, the Voice of Greece program “Moving Worlds” with Katerina Batzaki welcomed journalist and documentary filmmaker Olga Laskaratou to the studio, on the occasion of her new work on Andreas Laskaratos and “The Mysteries of Kefalonia.” Through a personal journey that begins ...

Την Μεγάλη Παρασκευή το θείο δράμα κορυφώνεται. Λίγες ώρες πριν την περιφορά του Επιταφίου γνωρίζουμε ιδιαίτερα έθιμα σε διάφορες γωνιές της Ελλάδας.   Θα μιλήσουμε για την περιφορά του Επιταφίου στα Καμίνια της Ύδρας με τον Δήμαρχο – Γιώργο Κουκουδάκη, για την συνάντηση των τριών επιταφίων στη Σύρο θα μιλήσουμε με τον Αντιδήμαρχο Τουρισμού – Γιάννη Βουτσινό, έπειτα θα κατέβουμε στην Κάρπαθο όπου με την Φωτεινή Χαλκιά-Καζαμία – Υπεύθυνη Γραφείου Τύπου Δημάρχου, θα μας μιλήσουμε για τις τελετουργίες της Καρπάθου και το σημαντικό μνημόνευσης των νεκρών και τέλος στην Καβάλα θα μιλήσουμε με τον Αντιδήμαρχο Πολιτισμού – Απόστολο Μουμτζάκη για το κάψιμο του Ιούδα.  Επιμέλεια – Παρουσίαση: Αριάδνη-Σοφία Κούρη

Noctourism, calmcations, travel and AI, the return of the holiday romance, off-the-beaten-track destinations going mainstream, coolcations and off-season safaris… In this episode, we suggest travel destinations that are different, atmospheric and slightly beyond the usual: from the most unusual t...

A different kind of journey—beyond maps and the labels of a “destination”—unfolded in the Voice of Greece program hosted by Katerina Batzaki on Monday, 30 March 2026. Karpathos emerged not as a place to visit, but as an experience to be lived—an island that resists the passage of time, preservin...

We celebrate World Theatre Day, a day dedicated to the power of stories that unite us and to the role of theatre as a bridge to culture. We travel to the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Crete (DIPEthe Crete), where we speak with its Artistic Director, Nikorestis Chaniotakis, and then to the Ancient...

25 March is not only a day of national remembrance, dedicated to the heroic struggle of the Greeks to cast off Ottoman rule and to the birth of the independent Greek state. It is also a timeless tribute to the fighters of freedom, as well as an opportunity to bring into focus a less...

Στον Υμηττό, λίγα μόλις χιλιόμετρα από το κέντρο της Αθήνας, ζει μια ιστορία που οι περισσότεροι αγνοούμε. Περίπου 100 άλογα βρέθηκαν τα τελευταία χρόνια να περιπλανιούνται στις παρυφές του βουνού ζώα που δεν γεννήθηκαν άγρια, αλλά εγκαταλείφθηκαν και αφέθηκαν να αναπαραχθούν χωρίς φροντίδα. Στη σημερινή εκπομπή «Ταξίδια που αλλάζουν το βλέμμα» στη Φωνή της Ελλάδας ... Read more