A great day for Aristotle’s Paths! We accepted the invitation of the “Association of Professionals of Ammouliani island”, regarding the Aristotle’s Paths program . We presented our program to professionals in the field of tourism . We are setting the basis for a beautiful and creative collaboration.
The “Y’ New Entrepreneurship” award ceremony for young entrepreneurship for the year 2023, an institution that highlights young entrepreneurs, was concluded with honours for the members of SEGE. The ceremony, organized by Thessaloniki Events, took place on Wednesday 22 March, at the Cisco International Center for Digital Transformation and Digital Skills.
The Young Entrepreneurship Awards are an institution that rewards young entrepreneurship, honoring businesses that are growing in the midst of difficult economic conditions, seeking growth opportunities and serving as role models for thousands of other young people.
For yet another year, the Hellenic Businesswomen’s Association supported the awards process and was invited to contribute to the promotion of the most important young entrepreneurs of Northern Greece.
Among the speakers of the evening, was the financial supervisor of SEGE, Ms Christina Vraca, who presented the awards in the category “Women’s Entrepreneurship”. During the evening, four members of the association, Mrs. Eleni Christodoulaki, Mrs. Polytimi Markogiannaki, Mrs. Maria Stefanou and Mrs. Magda Hadjinaki, were awarded for their career and contribution to entrepreneurship.
In the category “Women Entrepreneurship” were awarded:
Mrs. Eleni Christodoulaki.
Ms. Eleni Christodoulos Christodoulos, Ms. Polytimi Markogiannaki.
Mrs. Polytiti Polygonikonia Constantinou, Mrs. Maria Stefanou.
Mrs. Eleni Christodoulaki is the president of the company “Panelectrica SA”. Through her career, she has managed to establish the company as the indisputably indispensable partner in the field of Electrical and Mechanical Material. Panelectrica SA is an important and stable factor of support for the local community, making Mrs. Christodoulaki one of the few women who have distinguished themselves in this male-dominated sector.
Mrs. Polytimi Markogiannaki is the creator of Aristotle’s Paths travel agency P. Markogiannaki, a company that combines Aristotle’s philosophy of the four elements (water, air, earth, fire) with special cultural and hiking paths in Eastern Halkidiki. Ms Markogiannaki has succeeded in pioneering and creating value in the local market of Halkidiki and Northern Greece.
Maria Stefanou is a theatrical and artistic producer, author of self-awareness books, musical performer, teacher of elocution and musical theatre. In 2017 she started her own theatrical and artistic production company, “Maria Stefanou Productions”, bringing Thessaloniki to the forefront of the private entertainment industry.
In the category “Young Entrepreneurship” was awarded to Mrs Magda Hadjinaki, who inspired, together with her partners Access Simple, a business in the field of accessible tourism. Access Simple aims to promote inclusion in tourism and provide authentic experiences in Greece, accessible to all. Hatzinaki has succeeded in innovating, creating a value-added product that reaches a tourism share that was not accessible in the Thessaloniki market.
Source: https://www.epixeiro.gr/article/406664
The ” New Entrepreneurship” award ceremony for young entrepreneurship for the year 2023, an institution for the promotion of young entrepreneurs, was concluded with honorary distinctions for the members of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Greece.
The ceremony took place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at the Cisco International Center for Digital Transformation and Digital Skills.
Among the awardees was the Halkidiki-based Markogiannaki Polytimi, owner of Aristotle’s Paths travel Agency , P. Markogiannaki.
An excellent tourist agency that stands out from the rest is Aristotle’s Paths. It is distinguished by its Aristotelian philosophy, its actions and its way of thinking.
Aristotle’s Paths, based in Stratoniki, Aristotle’s Paths, was awarded by the Region of Central Macedonia, in the framework of the international tourism exhibition Philoxenia 2022, with the gold award “Excellence”, in the field of tourism services.
Aristotle’s Paths is a vision of the owner of the office, Polytimi Markogiannaki, who from the beginning wanted to combine the philosophy of Aristotle with the four elements (water, air, earth, fire) and with special cultural and hiking routes in eastern Halkidiki.
And he succeeded. Ms. Markogiannaki made a dream come true!
Each route is considered in every detail to offer a unique experience through the senses. According to her, the central idea of the team is to work with local companies that have a positive ecological or social impact on the region.
“I am working on Aristotle’s philosophy of the four elements (earth, air, water, fire) and have created some specific routes. For example, in Varvara waterfalls our main element is water, in Arnea another cultural route has to do with earth, in ancient Stagira our element is air”, explains Ms. Markogiannaki speaking to XalkidikiPolitiki.
Another activity of Aristotle’s Paths is the one called wine games, which is unique in Halkidiki: “It is an underwater wine cellar that can be experienced by diving. The underwater conditions organize a completely different taste, as the lack of oxygen underwater does not allow the wine to make the fermentations that would have taken place in air conditions, thus creating a special and unique taste!” she continues to say.
Ms.Markogiannaki says that through an experiential experience she aims to be able to combine local gastronomy (oil, honey, wine), images, nature, smells, so as to give an added value to the tourist product of the region.
At the same time, thinking about the basic values of life and especially the sense of freedom, the owner of Aristotle’s Paths wanted to join forces with the Accessibility Support Academy for a single common goal: equal accessibility everywhere. So they proceeded to develop alternative forms of tourism – with the main theme of sensory experience – for people with visual disabilities.
“It is very important that all people today have access to tourism and can do interesting things during their holidays”, underlines Polithimi Markogiannaki, who has studied Political Science with specialization in alternative forms of tourism, stressing that “these people, apart from vision, have developed the rest of their senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing”.
If you are visiting Halkidiki and are looking for a different experience that you probably haven’t had before, it’s worth the effort to visit Aristotle’s Paths in Stratoniki that will definitely steal your thunder.
Source: www.xalkidikipolitiki.com
beer tasting, Experiential Tourism, Fishing Trip, Gastronomy, Halkidiki experiences, Halkidiki tours, honey tasting, Scuba diving, Scuba diving Halkidiki, Storytelling, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism, Travel, underwater wine cellar, Wine tastingExcellent experiences and gastronomic pleasures are included in “Aristotle’s Paths”, an experiential tour with special cultural and hiking routes in Eastern Halkidiki, the Land of Aristotle.
“Each route offers a unique experience. Our main idea is the cooperation with local companies, which have a positive ecological or social impact in our area. To create an experiential experience, following the path that people come closer to our heritage, local gastronomy, images, nature, perfumes, to give an added value to the tourist product of the area “said Polytimi Markogiannaki, founder in the travel agency “Aristotle’s Paths”.
The restoration and the laying of new routes must be done with the philosophy of preserving the local elements of the area, so that the existing landscape architecture is not altered and still attracts the modern nature-loving tourist.
In each route, stories or narratives are exchanged, which as a mean of entertainment, education and cultural preservation travel the visitor in time. It also promotes an experiential type of engagement in wine tourism to special groups, so that through agricultural activities or diving, in an interactive game, to participate in a wine tasting of the senses. Wine games on land and at sea, with a special wine tasting either from an underground or an underwater wine cellar.
1st route
In the route of the Waterfalls of Varvara, a route in a green forest, stories will be told that will connect the goddess Artemis with the later fairies.
2nd route
In the route of Arnaia the goal is in every creation of man such as the woven, the cooking utensil, to learn more not so much for the utility, but the reasons for transforming a woven, or a pot to a work of art.
3rd route
The travel agency “Aristotle’s Paths” has carved the “Road of Akanthios Wine”. The “Akanthios Oinos” that is, the wine of ancient Akanthou, the modern Ierissos in Halkidiki was not a simple wine. It was the wine that according to the legend Xerxes asked to taste during the opening of the homonymous canal in the third leg of Halkidiki during the Persian wars. It was the wine that the king of Persia drank before the battle of Thermopylae. It was the apple of contention between Athenians and Spartans, as Thucydides mentions, during the Peloponnesian War.
It was also the wine that the ancient Athenian philosopher mentions in his work “The Sophists” and accompanied the banquets of the ancient Greeks.
A walk, in Ierissos, Halkidiki, where wine is a cultural link that unites the region through the centuries. More specifically, the walking route is developed in ancient Akanthos, which starts from the port of Ierissos, stops in ancient Akanthos and ends at the throne of Xerxes and the vineyards of Domaine Agrovision. The estate, wanting to connect the past with the present, emphasizing the locality, gave the name “Ieris”. Wine tasting follows, in an area which overlooks the island of Ammouliani and Mount Athos. As you can see, apart from the delicious taste, the participants travel to the past with the Akanthios Wine, which transmits culture and history.
The gastronomy, the sense of taste in local products, such as honey, wine, pasta, is also a factor of cultural experiential tourism, participats do not just try, they learn how to prepare them, or participate in cooking lessons.
Also, great importance was given to the aroma that each route will have, it was assigned to a perfumer who uses herbs and oils from the Aristotelian Mountain, the production of perfumes.
“As for sight and touch, in an area where deep blue meets green, in a historical journey of human works, buildings, churches, monuments, there is nothing more to say. The stories, some forgotten, some fresh in the memory, the specially designed walks that acquaint us with the fauna, the flora and the cultural heritage that surround us, lead to another model of tourist development. That is sustainable and cultural development, while sowing elements of a of refined ecotourism, while forming a branding in the area, around Aristotle, if nothing else, it is his homeland “, underlined Mrs. Markogiannaki.
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