Giorti Kastanou Elous (Γιορτή Κάστανου Ελούς)

"A three-day harvest celebration in the vine-covered hills of eastern Crete honouring the Sultanina grape and the wines and raisins made from it, with folk music, dancing, and abundant local produce."

Γιορτή Σουλτανίνας Σητείας

"In the remote Sfakia hamlet of Kalikratis, the cultural club cooks and distributes traditional Cretan food at morning congregation on the Dormition, followed by an all-night Cretan feast in a rarely visited corner of the White Mountains."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Kalikratis (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Καλικράτης)

"At the abandoned-and-partly-revived Sfakian village of Asfendos, the Dormition feast draws returnees and visitors for free boiled meat, rice pilaf, and an open-air Cretan glendi in an eerily beautiful mountain bowl."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Asfentos (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Ασφέντος)

"In the heart of one of Crete's great wine villages, Ano Archanes celebrates Panagia Faneromeni with Byzantine vespers on the eve and a lyra-and-laouto glendi the following night in its iconic vine-shaded square."

Panigyri Panagias Faneromenis - Ano Archanes (Πανηγύρι Παναγίας Φανερωμένης - Άνω Αρχάνες)

"At the Church of Gonia in Kolymbari, the Dormition eve brings a procession of the Virgin's icon through the village with military honours, followed by all-night vigil and a traditional Cretan glendi, one of the most ceremonially complete panigiria on the Chania coast."

Panigyri Koimisis Theotokou - Kolymvari (Πανηγύρι Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου - Κολυμβάρι)

"Litsarda, in the Apokoronas plain below the White Mountains, is one of a cluster of villages that light up together on the night of the Dormition, with a lyra-and-laouto ensemble playing rizitika, the severe mountain songs heard nowhere else in Greece."

Panigiri Panagia Koimesis

"Skala Kallonis, the fishing port on the inner shore of the Gulf of Kalloni on Lesvos, celebrates its world-famous PDO-protected sardines each August with outdoor grilling, communal tables, live music, and a village atmosphere centred entirely on one of Greece's most prized artisan fisheries."

Sardine Festival, Skala Kallonis

"Described as one of the best wine festivals in Thessaly, the Wine Festival of Mesenikolas in the Karditsa uplands sees the local cultural association distribute free wine and host traditional dancing across several days each August."

Γιορτή Κρασιού Μεσενικόλα

"On 16 August each year the vine-growing villages of Valsamata and Frangata in the Robola plateau of Kefalonia celebrate the island's signature white grape with communal tastings, local food, and traditional music, drawing producers and islanders into the heart of the wine country."

Γιορτή Ρομπόλας, Robola Wine Festival

"A lively wine festival in the courtyard of Agios Spyridon church in Kavvadades, with a live orchestra, traditional dancing, and the local cultural dance group in full costume."

Panigyri Kavvadadon (Πανηγύρι Καββαδάδων)

"Since 1978, the Cooperative of Robola Producers has poured unlimited free Robola wine in Fragata's village square on the first weekend after the Dormition feast, with goat stew, folk dancing, and live music until dawn."

Robola Wine Festival

"In Paros's old mountain capital of Lefkes, the unique Karavolas Festival celebrates the island's tradition of eating large snails (karavoles) as a local delicacy, with music, dancing and communal feasting in the beautiful village square."

Giorti Karavola Leykon (Γιορτή Καραβόλα Λευκών)