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Whew! The excitement is over. The voting is complete, thereviewing is finished, the winners are tallied - and here is the prestigious “list of the 2013 About GreeceTravel Readers' Choice Awards” winners!
About Greece
Travel Winners
1. Crete
2.Folegandros
3. Santorini (Thira )
4. Antiparos
5. Corfu/Kerkyra
And the 2013
winner for Best Greek
Island is - Crete !
The biggest Greek island has also been selected as the "best" Greek
island... at least for this year.
Best Fine Dining in Greece
Nominees:
Spondi, Athens
Ambrosia, Santorini
Selene, Santorini
En Olympo, Litochoro (Olympus
Area)
Premiere, Hotel Intercontinental, Athens
And the winner in the Best Fine Dining in Greece category is .... Ambrosia on
the island of Santorini .
Note: there is also a sister restaurant called Nectar
and Ambrosia, which is a more casual dining experience. Ambrosia, the more
classic fine dining experience, is the winner.
Best Bargain Hotel in Greece
Nominees:
Afroditii Hotel, Skopelos
Acropolis View Hotel, Athens
Villa Drossia, Gythio
Grotta Hotel, Naxos
Hermes Hotel, Plaka
And the winner in the Best Bargain Hotel in Greece is ... The Acropolis View Hotel, Athens , Greece .
Best Small or Boutique Hotel in Greece
Nominees:
Avli Hotel, Rethymno, Crete
Sea Captain's House 1864, Oia, Santorini
Brasil Suites, Glyfada, Athens Area
Grotta Hotel, Naxos
Nobelos Hotel, Zakynthos
And the 2013 winner for the Best Small or Boutique Hotel in Greece is ....
Sea Captain's House 1864, Oia, Santorini
Best Luxury Hotel or Resort in Greece
Nominees:
Mykonos Grace, Mykonos
Costa Navarino, Messinia
Hotel Aressana, Santorini
Ikies Traditional Suites, Santorini
And the 2013 winner for Best Luxury Hotel or Resort in Greece is ....
Hotel Aressana, Santorini (a 2012 Winner as well.)
Από τα παραπάνω προκύπτει
ότι στην κατηγορία για το καλύτερο νησί η Σαντορίνη συμμετείχε στην πεντάδα των
καλύτερων νησιών στην Ελλάδα με την πρωτιά να κερδίζει για το 2013 η Κρήτη.
Στην κατηγορία “Best Fine Dining in Greece”, του “καλύτερου εστιατορίου”
υποψήφια στην “πεντάδα”
ήταν 2 εστιατόρια που βρίσκονται στην Σαντορίνη, το “Αμβροσία” στην Οία και το “Σελήνη”στον
Πύργο, με νικητή στην κατηγορία το εστιατόριο Αμβροσία, στην Οία.
Στην κατηγορία “Best
Small or Boutique Hotel in Greece” υποψήφιο ήταν το
Sea Captain's House 1864, Oia, Santorini το οποίο και κατάφερε να κερδίσει την
πρώτη θέση στην .. εκτίμηση των φίλων και επισκεπτών της σελίδας.
Ενώ, στην κατηγορία
“Best Luxury Hotel or Resort in Greece” υποψήφια ήταν 2 ξενοδοχεία και resort που βρίσκονται στην Σαντορίνη, το Hotel Aressana, στα Φηρά και το Ikies Traditional Suites, στην Οία, με νικητή για δευτερη
μάλιστα κι όπως αναφέρεται συνεχόμενη φορά, το ξενοδοχείο resort Aressana,στα Φηρά! το οποίο κατάφερε να κερδίσει
ακόμη και το ολοκαίνουργιο, πολυτελές και με πολλές επιλογές ως προς τις
υπηρεσίες του Costa Navarino, στην Πύλο.
About the About Greece
Readers Choice Awards Voting Process
All votes in each category were subject to a review by
About.com. Any suspicious votes were scrubbed from the final tallies by a
separate reviewer - not the Guide. For more information on the voting and
review process, please see:
About.com Readers' Choice Awards Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ).
Get Ready for Nominations for 2014
This year, there were five award categories open for
nominations, down from eleven last year, which seemed a bit unwieldy. Think I
missed or omitted a good category? Let me know and it may be included next
year.
Didn't your favorite get nominated this year? Be ready
to submit a nomination next year. The best way to keep up on the nomination
process is to subscribe to my weekly About Greece Travel Newsletter, which will
give you plenty of advance notice on the 2014 About.com Readers' Choice Awards
program. Nominations are expected to open in late January or early February of
2014.
More Infomation on the About Greece Awards Program
Any questions? Feel free to email me at
gogreece@aboutguide.com. Please note that this is a new email address,
replacing the previous one which was gogreece.guide@about.com.
I am happy to hear your input on the
awards program and please feel free to suggest additional categories as well.