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Many world-famous athletes have chosen Greece as their holiday destination

Some of them being Cristiano Ronaldo- Kobe Bryant- Mourinho- Novak- Zeljko Obradovic

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20 million tourists from all around the world are expected to visit Greece for their holidays this year. Amongst them are many world-famous stars, especially athletes that come to enjoy the beauty of our country, the wide beaches, the sun and the sea. One of them is Cristiano Ronaldo who is playing ball in the sun … in Mykonos.
The famous Portuguese although he is not Greece’s favorite footballer and despite the fact that Greece won the Euro in 2004, did not prevent him to prefer the Greek islands for his holidays.
Fortunately, Portugal … was eliminated early from the World Cup and one of the best-paid players of the world firmament honored us with his presence.

Cristiano during his stay in Mykonos stayed in Gianna Angelopoulou’s villa in St. Lazarus, visited Paros by boat and was seen enjoying a meal at one of the island’s restaurants, relaxed, in good mood and drinking red wine.
,Athough he is not making a habit of sharing his intimate moments with the public ,he uploaded on his personal account on Twitter a photo , which seems to do football tricks “using” as a ball the crimson sun sunset of Mykonos, and winning thousands of «Retweets ‘.

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NBA’s player Kobe Bryant along with his family has also chosen Greece for his holidays. The basketball player visited Mykonos, Spetses, but also Athens with his wife and their two little girls, who enjoyed the sun, the sea, the Greek cuisine and the Greek monuments of the capital. As millions of visitors every year, so did the famous NBA star as well and took a selfie at Parthenon and at the Panathenaic as well. honoring this way his athletic capacity.

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Mourinho and his family

First to visit Greece this year was Mourinho. The famous Portuguese coach of Chelsea instead of staying at home to watch the World Cup, arrived in Mykonos with his family.
He enjoyed various water sports, walks in the alleys of Hora and swam in the pool of the luxurious villa that he and his family stayed during their visit to Greece.

Although he didn’t let the paparazzi to take any picture, eventually many images were published and distributed worldwide.

Novak at Parthenon

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The famous tennis star also took a selfie at Parthenon while visiting Athens with his beloved one.

Zeljko Obradovic does not forget Athens

Amongst the great names of world sports that have declared fans of Greece and especially Athens, is Zeljko Obradovic. The former coach of basketball team of Panathinaikos, visited Athens for his holidays, although he didn’t chose the Greek sights, but the nightlife of the capital: He was photographed with the Greek singer Lefteris Pantazis and many many flowers !

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