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Car Hire Thessaloniki: 3. Trade and Fun Fairs In Athens there is a big, crescent-shaped Exhibition Hall, the Zappeion, for industrial fairs. It stands in the National Garden, not far from the stadium.
The International Fair of Thessaloniki, commencing in mid-September, is one of Greece's largest business fairs. Thessaloniki, second city of the kingdom and Gateway to Yugoslavia, may be reached from Athens by the Simplon-Orient Express, by motor on a through highway, or, in about one hour, by plane service of Hellenic Airlines.On May 21, a rather gruesome rite takes place in Ayia Eleni, Macedonia. Following ancient Byzantine tradition the townsfolk dance barefooted on live coals! This horrendous event is called the Anastenarides Festival. Thessaloniki, on Oct. 26, celebrates in more normal ways the Festival of St. Demeter, patron of the city. This is a gay affair in the usual folk sense, with rousing parades, processions and dances.
If you are a male you may visit one of the world's most curious and seemingly inaccessible monastic establishments, the Mt. Athos group of 20 monasteries located on the precipitous cliffs at the tip of the Athos Peninsula, 100 miles from Thessaloniki by boat, or 135 by car hire thessaloniki, plus a final stint on horseback or donkeyback. Women are never allowed there, nor have they been since the 10th century, when the holy community was founded. Fabulous treasures of Byzantine art and priceless illuminated manuscripts are held by the monks in this remote fastness. |
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