Love Greece, love its language. Now you can learn to speak Greek while having a great time on the Greek holiday island of Syros. OMILO is a successful Greek language school that has developed a unique approach to teaching Greek. Informal classes against the backdrop of Greek Island beaches and a select team of Greek teachers makes learning Greek an enjoyable experience for all . . .

Visitors to Greece and those on a Greek islands holiday often take time off from sunning on the beach to look at the ancient art of Greece. Now the online search company Google is extending its online art collection to include ancient objects from three Greek museums including the Museum of Acropolis, the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Benaki Museum . . .

Visitors to the 2012 Olympic Games get a taste of Greek islands holidays as a replica of and ancient Greek warship goes on display in London. The trireme 'Olympias' is a reconstruction of an ancient warship that was used to help the ancient Greeks defeat the Persians in Salamis around 2,500 years ago. The full-scale, working replica of the legendary 170-oared Athenian trireme is to go on display in London during the 2012 Olympic Games this summer.

Holiday visitors to Greece this year will get a chance to see what is thought to be the world's first 'computer', which dates from about 100BC. An exhibition called 'The wreck of Antikythera - The ship, the treasures, the Mechanism', opens at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens on April 5 and will run for a year The Antikythera Mechanism is believed to be an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions.

Holiday visitors to Greece and the Greek islands have pushed up visitor numbers to Greek museums and archaeological sites. Latest figures report a 17% rise in numbers of Greece holiday visitors to monuments and museums across the country with receipts from sales up around 5%. The boost in numbers comes despite months of street protests in Greece mainland cities, strikes that have affected flights and ferry services and walkouts that have temporarily closed many museums and historic sites.

A holiday visit to the Acropolis in Athens is on the must-see list of many tourist visitors to Greece. Greek holiday islands close to the mainland make perfect spots for a day trip visit to one of Greece's most famous sights. Now visitors may have to check ahead to make sure the Acropolis is open to the public as cash-strapped officials plan to put the monument up for rent.

Germans may be top of the list in numbers taking Greek island holidays but the German weekly magazine Focus has ended up in in a Greek court for one of its cover stories. A satirical cover depicts the ancient Greek goddess Venus raising her finger to Europe while an article accuses recession-hit Greece of ignoring other European states. The German magazine's publisher and 12 journalists have been charged with defamation and insulting a Greek national symbol.

Gazing out over the aquamarine sea is a favourite occupation of those on a Greek island holiday. Now underwater archaeologists have given them a fascinating glimpse of former Greek glories that lie beneath the waves. Using cutting edge computers, scientists have digitally reconstructed a 'lost' Bronze Age city port that was swallowed up by the waves about 3,000 years ago. The lost city of 'Pavlopetri' has been fully mapped and recreated.

The holy island of Delos, one of the most important mythological and archaeological sites in the world, is on the top of the list for maintenance and restoration works. Many ancient monuments on the holy island, just off the coast of the popular Greek holiday island of Mykonos, are in urgent need of repair. The 'sacred island' of antiquity, Delos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece.

Visitors on a Patmos island holiday get the opportunity to enjoy another Festival of Sacred Music to be held on the island of Patmos this September. This year the festival takes places from Friday 2nd to Wednesday, September 7 with artistic director and conductor Alkis Baltas under the direction of the Cultural Centre of Patmos.