50 Vintage Travel Posters of Greece

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

Beautiful blue sparkling seas, endless sandy beaches, sunny days, magnificent archaeological sites; all this, and much more, is what attracts people to Greece.

 This, through the years, is what has been presented to the world, in the form of striking, colourful, travel posters, bringing thousands of tourists to Greece each year.

 Let’s travel back through time, Greek style!

 

 1. This is the oldest Greek travel poster I managed to find:

 1929 – Athens and her amazing Acropolis

 

Acropolis, Athens, Greece Vintage travel poster 1929

Acropolis, Athens, Greece. Vintage travel poster. 1929

 

2.  The island of Rhodes, Dodecanese; island of the Knights Templar

Released in 1927

 

Rhodes travel poster 1927

Rhodes travel poster 1927

 

3. Loutraki – A spa Town

Vintage poster 1930s

 

Loutraki, vintage Greek travel poster

Loutraki, vintage Greek travel poster

 

4. Another poster of Loutraki (where I live) a spa town

Mainland Greece, from the 1930s

 

Loutraki, vintage Greek travel poster

Loutraki, vintage Greek travel poster

 

 

5. This is also from the 1930s

Maybe Mykonos as there is one of the famous windmills in the background

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1930s Mykonos

 

6. Rhodes

One of the Dodecanese islands

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1930s

Vintage Greek travel poster 1930s

 

7. Rhodes – The Island of the Roses

By artist Egon

 

Egon, Huber poster Visit Rhodes The Island of Roses.

Egon, Huber poster Visit Rhodes The Island of Roses.

 

8. Adipsos is a spa town in Euboea

Many famous people have visited here, including Winston Churchill.

This travel poster is from 1934

 

Adipsos, a spa town in Euboea, Greece

Adipsos, a spa town in Euboea, Greece

 

9. This one is also advertising the spa towns of Greece

1930s

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

10. Greece 1937

By Michalis Papageorgiou, for the Greek Tourism Organisation

 

GREECE. 1937. By Michalis Papageorgiou,for the Greek Tourism Organisation .

GREECE. 1937. By Michalis Papageorgiou,for the Greek Tourism Organisation .

 

11. Acropolis and Apollo, by Greek artist Celeste Polychroniade (1904 1985)

 Published by the Ministry of Tourism in 1938

 

Polychroniadi, from 1938

Polychroniadis, from 1938

 

12. Mykonos, Cyclades, with her famous windmills 1949

 

Mykonos Vintage travel poster 1949

Mykonos. . Vintage travel poster1949

 

13. The island of Poros

 Located In the Saronic Gulf, printed in the 1940s

 

Poros 1940s

Poros 1940s

 

 14. Enjoying the Acropolis Athens

Vintage travel poster

 

Athens, Greece Acropolis. Vintage travel poster

Athens, Greece. Acropolis. Vintage travel poster

 

15. The island of Andros, Cyclades:

The nearest island to Athens

 

Greek vintage travel poster Andros

Greek vintage travel poster. Andros

 

16. Vintage poster

Designed by Greek artist Spiros Bassiliou 1947

 

Vintage Greek travel poster by Spiro Bassiliou 1947

Vintage Greek travel poster. by Spiro Bassiliou 1947

 

17. This one shows the deep blue sea and little sailing boats

1948

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1948

Vintage Greek travel poster 1948

 

18. One for the Cyclades:

A collection of over two hundred and twenty islands, the best known being; Mykonos and Santorini

 

 Cyclades

Cyclades

 

19. Fresco from the walls of the palace at Knossos in Crete

1947

 

Crete 1947 Knossos

Crete 1947. Knossos

 

20. The Palace Of Knossos, Crete, 1949

 

 The Palace Of Knossos, Crete, 1949.

The Palace Of Knossos, Crete, 1949.

 

 21. One by the Greek Painter, Tetsis

1948

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Tetsis 1948

Vintage Greek travel poster Tetsis 1948

 

22. Sunny Greece

Vintage travel poster 1950

 

Vintage travel poster Sunny Greece 1950

Vintage travel poster. Sunny Greece. 1950

 

23. Vintage Greek travel poster by Greek artist Spiro Bassiliou

1957

 

Vintage Greek travel poster by Spiro Bassiliou 1957

Vintage Greek travel poster. by Spiro Bassiliou 1957

 

24. Interesting vintage Greek travel poster

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

 25. By Greek artist Tetsis

  1959

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Tetsis 1959

Vintage Greek travel poster Tetsis 1959

 

26. By the Greek painter Vakirtzis

1955

 

Greek travel poster.Vakirtzis.1955

Greek travel poster.Vakirtzis.1955

 

27. Advertising Aegean Cruises

1955

 

Aegean Cruises 1955

Aegean Cruises 1955

 

28. The White Tower of Thessaloniki by Boswell

1955

 

White Tower of Thessaloniki by Boswell, 1955

White Tower of Thessaloniki by Boswell, 1955

 

29. For Crete

1956

 

Crete 1956 vintage travel poster

Crete 1956 vintage travel poster

 

30. Travel poster from Air France

George Georget 1959

 

Travel poster from Air France George Georget 1959

Travel poster from Air France. George Georget 1959

 

31. Travel poster for Air France

George Geogret 1963

 

Air France By Guy Georget.1963.

Air France By Guy Georget.1963.

 

32. Thessaloniki – showing mosaic

Thessaloniki has many fine Byzantine examples

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Thessaloniki

Vintage Greek travel poster. Thessaloniki

 

33. Mosaic

1960

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

34. More mosaic

1963

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1963

Vintage Greek travel poster 1963

 

35. Vintage Greek travel poster

Freddy Carabott 1961

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Freddy Carabott 1961

Vintage Greek travel poster Freddy Carabott 1961

 

 

36. Vintage Greek travel poster

Freddy Carabott 1963

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Freddy Carabott 1963

Vintage Greek travel poster Freddy Carabott 1963

 

37. Here’s one telling us to visit by car

The best way in my opinion!

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

38. A very colouful vintage travel poster

 1963

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1963

Vintage Greek travel poster 1963

 

39. Vintage TWA travel poster for Greece

 

Vintage TWA travel poster for Greece

Vintage TWA travel poster for Greece

 

40. Another vintage travel poster for Greece

Designed for TWA

 

Vintage TWA travel poster for Greece

Vintage TWA travel poster for Greece

 

41. Enjoying a dip!

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

42. A lucky black cat!

Santorini.

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

43. Hydra, Saronic Gulf, in glorious colour!

 

Vintage Greek travel poster

Vintage Greek travel poster

 

44. Athens, Parthenon and colourful shutters

1960

 

Athens, Parthenon, Greece Vintage travel poster. 1960

Athens, Parthenon, Greece. Vintage travel poster. 1960

 

45. More Athens and the Acropolis

1960

 

Athens, Greece Vintage travel poster 1960

Athens, Greece. Vintage travel poster 1960

 

46. Relaxing in Greece

1970s

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1970s

Vintage Greek travel poster. 1970s

 

47. Vintage travel poster

1970s

 

Vintage travel poster 1970s

Vintage travel poster 1970s

 

48. Travel poster for the island of Rhodes

1970s

 

Vintage Greek travel poster Rhodes 1970s

Vintage Greek travel poster. . Rhodes1970s

 

 49. Greek travel poster

1987

 

Vintage Greek travel poster 1987

Vintage Greek travel poster 1987

 

50. Travel poster for Greece 2015

Clever use of mosaic!

 

Greece 2015

Greece 2015

 

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