If we only know two things after 30 years in the hospitality business it’s that nobody should be alone on their birthday, and that every birthday deserves a party. So we make birthdays really special at the Mistral. We’ve
At least 95 percent of all Greeks claim membership in the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Until 1054, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches were one body. Theological, political, and cultural differences split the church
Good health was a particular fascination of ancient Greeks, who took a very holistic view of wellbeing. In Greek legend the responsibility for this was given to Asclepius, God of Health, a son of Apollo, who actually dates back to
Phil McGrath, 11th March 2024 So you’ve been following the posts on the Mistral’s Facebook page for a while now. You know the ones I’m talking about… “Still plucking up the courage to book” “I’m worried I’m not going to
Or: why Easter takes so, so much longer in Greece We like to make a meal of things in Greece – any excuse for a feast and we’ll be on the barbie grilling a lamb or three, either whole or
It is perhaps the most natural thing in the world for Greeks to be hoteliers. It all comes down to our philosophy of ‘philoxenia’ (or filoxenia), the practice of welcoming strangers. Literally it means being ‘a friend to a stranger’.
