Expert guides & lecturers

Dr. Emmanouil I. Stefanakis is the assistant Professor in Classical Archaeology and Numismatics at the University of the Aegean.

He studied at the University of Crete and at the University of London and his research interests are archaeology, history and culture of the Mediterranean.

RESEARCH WORK:

2007- today: Archaic-hellenistic Kimyssala, Acropolis-Polis-Necropolis, Rhodes.

2006-today: The coinage of the Phalasarna, Crete.

2004-today: The Greek Pottery produced by the «The Pediada (Omphalion Pedion) Survey Project» in central Crete;

Spyros D. Syropoulos is Permanent Assistant Professor at the Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean

He has taught for three years undergraduate courses at the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Bristol, as a Teaching Assistant.

He participated as an instructor in various programs of the School of Greek and Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean

He was a Contract Lecturer for undergraduate courses at the Department of Philology of the university of Patras (two years) and the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean(seven years)

Citations to his work have been made by scholars from Greece and abroad and many of his publications are found in many libraries in Greece3 and abroad and some are suggested to students for courses abroad. He has also been invited 3 times to participate in educational documentaries by BBC2 and the History Channel

John Blazakis was born in Mytilene. He lived in various cities of Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus.

He settled permanently in Athens during the 1990s. Work as an artist specialising in the field of Heraldics and Manuscript Illustration inspired from Western medieval tradition.

He has created coat of arms for families in Greece and abroad, personal coats of arms to individuals and institutions, logos of hotels and has made illustrations for books etc.

Prominent in his career as a Heraldic artist,he undertook the creation of the Royal emblem the for the Prince of Egypt and the Royal family of Serbia, as well as to Prince Osman Rifat Ibrahim and Princess Catherine of Serbia.

He has graduated from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a Postgraduate Qualification, from which he graduated with top marks.

He has collaborated with many well-known periodical publications as a journalist writing theatre reviews, interviews and questions about arts and culture.

He is a member of the Governing Council of the ' Greek Heraldic & Genealogical Company Greece ' and an honorary member of the Institute of NavalHistory of Portugal Dom Luiz I

He is the only representative of that art form in Greece and has fulfilled several personal exhibitions in Greece, Europe and the United States. He has undertaken the illustration of a number of publications and has received awards for his contribution as an artist.

Kostas Panagos is a specialist in guiding the island of Rhodes, having more than 20 years experience and with a deep knowledge of a wide area of relevant subjects, he is one of the very best, and the primary choice for high profile private tours.

He is fluent in Greek, English, Finnish and Russian and has a background from the University of Vasa in Finland, as well as the University of St. Petersburg in Russia.

Since 1993 he has lived in Rhodes and has organized and led a great number of tours.

He is a certified licensed guide with a degree from the School of Guides in (1989-1992).