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RUN · 14 active pipelines · visitgreece.gr live

Greek tourism data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract official destination guides, cultural site metadata, seasonal event schedules, and curated itineraries from visitgreece.gr. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Destinations mapped
3,204
Experiences extracted
18.4K /run
Event updates
1,105 /week
Active pipelines
14
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from visitgreece.gr

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Destinations objects from visitgreece.gr. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

destination_idnameregiontypedescriptionbest_time_to_visitgeography_noteshighlightsimage_urlsmap_coordinatespage_url
destinations
● 200 OK
"destination_id": "DEST-0842",
"name": "Santorini",
"region": "Cyclades",
"type": "Island",
"best_time_to_visit": "May to October",
"map_coordinates": "36.3932° N, 25.4615° E"
# destination_idnameregiontypedescriptionbest_time_to_visit
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Complete list of extractable fields for Experiences objects from visitgreece.gr. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

experience_idtitlecategorylocationdurationdescriptionaccessibilityrequired_gearrelated_destinationsimage_urls
experiences
● 200 OK
"experience_id": "EXP-9123",
"title": "Samaria Gorge Hike",
"category": "Outdoor & Adventure",
"location": "Crete",
"duration": "5-7 hours",
"accessibility": "Moderate fitness required"
# experience_idtitlecategorylocationdurationdescription
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Complete list of extractable fields for Events objects from visitgreece.gr. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

event_idtitlestart_dateend_datelocationmunicipalityevent_typedescriptionticket_infoofficial_websiteimage_urls
events
● 200 OK
"event_id": "EVT-4412",
"title": "Athens Epidaurus Festival",
"start_date": "2024-06-01",
"location": "Athens & Epidaurus",
"event_type": "Cultural",
"ticket_info": "Paid entry"
# event_idtitlestart_dateend_datelocationmunicipality
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Complete list of extractable fields for Itineraries objects from visitgreece.gr. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

itinerary_idtitlethemetotal_daysstopstotal_distancetransport_modedescriptionroute_map_urltarget_audience
itineraries
● 200 OK
"itinerary_id": "ITN-0056",
"title": "Peloponnese Road Trip",
"theme": "History & Nature",
"total_days": 7,
"total_distance": "450 km",
"transport_mode": "Car"
# itinerary_idtitlethemetotal_daysstopstotal_distance
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Complete list of extractable fields for Gastronomy objects from visitgreece.gr. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

dish_idnameregion_of_originingredientscategorydescriptionprotected_designationhistorical_contextrelated_restaurantsimage_urls
gastronomy
● 200 OK
"dish_id": "GST-3301",
"name": "Moussaka",
"region_of_origin": "National",
"category": "Main Course",
"protected_designation": false,
"historical_context": "Modern version created in the 1920s"
# dish_idnameregion_of_originingredientscategorydescription
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Capabilities

Structured data from official tourism records

Our visitgreece.gr scraper converts unstructured editorial content into queryable datasets, mapping destinations to coordinates and linking experiences to seasonal timelines.

Destination Mapping

Extract regions, islands, and mainland municipalities with associated metadata, historical context, and transport links.

Cultural Site Extraction

Parse museums, archaeological sites, and monuments including opening hours, admission details, and historical significance.

Event Schedule Tracking

Monitor local festivals, exhibitions, and seasonal events. We capture dates, locations, and ticket availability signals.

Itinerary Parsing

Convert narrative travel guides into structured step-by-step routes, capturing distance, duration, and transit modes.

Multi-Language Support

Extract content across English, Greek, and other available language variants, maintaining parallel schema structures.

Geo-Spatial Extraction

Capture embedded map coordinates and polyline data for precise GIS mapping of attractions and routes.

Gastronomy & Local Products

Structure regional food guides, wine routes, and PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) product information.

Image Gallery Metadata

Extract high-resolution image URLs, alt text, and caption metadata associated with specific destinations and experiences.

Change Detection

Run scheduled diffs to identify newly added events, updated transport links, or seasonal content changes.

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From target URLs to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide categories, regions, or language requirements. We design the extraction schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure Scrapy / Playwright crawlers, proxy rotation, and session management for visitgreece.gr.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and coordinate normalisation before full launch.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / CSV / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage on agreed cadence.

Under the hood

How our pipeline handles editorial tourism data

Tourism boards present content for human readers. Here is how we convert narrative web pages into strict relational data.

pipeline-monitor · visitgreece.gr · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
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Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
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Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Editorial parsing
Extracting facts from prose

Visitgreece.gr relies heavily on long-form editorial descriptions. We use custom NLP pipelines within the extraction layer to identify operating hours, transport modes, and best-time-to-visit signals buried in paragraphs.

Multi-language sync
Parallel schema mapping

We scrape the Greek and English versions of the site concurrently, mapping identical entities via canonical tags and URL structures to provide a unified bilingual dataset without duplication.

Map extraction
Coordinate normalisation

Embedded maps use various JavaScript libraries. We execute Playwright sessions to intercept map tile requests and extract precise latitude/longitude pairs for points of interest.

Dynamic content
Handling seasonal updates

Event calendars and seasonal guides update dynamically. Our change detection system hashes individual event nodes, ensuring you only receive updates when dates or details shift.

Media linking
Structured gallery references

Images are often loaded via lazy-loading scripts. We trigger scroll events to hydrate media galleries, extracting original resolution URLs and associating them directly with the parent entity.

Applications

Who uses Greek tourism data — and how

Teams across industries use visitgreece.gr data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Travel Aggregators

OTAs and travel apps populate their destination databases with official metadata, descriptions, and high-quality imagery.

02
LLM Training

AI companies ingest structured multi-language tourism content to train domain-specific travel recommendation models.

03
Tour Operators

Agencies monitor seasonal events and new cultural site listings to design updated tour packages and itineraries.

04
Content Syndication

Travel publishers and bloggers use automated feeds of official destination data to supplement their editorial content.

05
Government & NGO

Regional authorities track how their municipalities are represented on the national platform for auditing and marketing alignment.

06
Geo-Spatial Mapping

GIS developers extract coordinates and route data to build interactive maps for niche travel applications.

Why DataFlirt

"Visitgreece.gr contains the definitive baseline for Greek tourism, but transforming scattered articles into a structured geospatial dataset requires a managed approach."

Extracting official tourism data involves parsing unstructured editorial copy, resolving multi-language page variants, and normalising map coordinates. DataFlirt handles the heavy lifting so your engineering team can focus on building travel products rather than maintaining scrapers.

Technical Spec

Visitgreece.gr scraper — technical capabilities

Everything supported by our visitgreece.gr scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Multi-language extraction
Parallel extraction of English and Greek content with entity mapping
Supported
Geo-coordinate parsing
Extraction of latitude/longitude from embedded map widgets
Supported
Image metadata extraction
High-resolution URLs and alt-text from lazy-loaded galleries
Supported
Event schedule diffing
Hash-based change detection for seasonal calendar updates
Supported
Itinerary route mapping
Structuring sequential stops and transit modes from narrative guides
Supported
Editorial text normalisation
HTML stripping and markdown conversion for clean text output
Supported
Real-time user booking data
Live availability and pricing for hotels or flights
Partial
Private partner portal access
B2B resources requiring official tourism board authentication
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the tourism pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows. Combined via scrapy-playwright middleware.

Multi-Region Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across EU regions. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required. IP score monitoring prevents blacklisted pool contamination.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda (burst) and ECS (sustained). Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested — schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns
XLS
Excel format for non-technical analyst teams
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for real-time downstream processing
API
REST endpoints to query your extracted datasets
PostgreSQL
Upsert into your existing schema with conflict resolution
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
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Common questions.

About visitgreece.gr scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping visitgreece.gr legal?

Scraping publicly available information from government and tourism websites is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public destination, event, and cultural data. We do not extract personal data or circumvent authentication walls. Clients should review local regulations and consult legal counsel for specific commercial use cases.

How do you handle multi-language content?

We run parallel extraction pipelines for the supported language variants (e.g., English and Greek). Canonical tags and URL patterns are used to map the corresponding entities, delivering a unified dataset with language-specific fields.

Can you extract map coordinates?

Yes. We execute JavaScript on pages with embedded map widgets to intercept the network requests containing latitude and longitude data, assigning these coordinates to the relevant destination or experience record.

How frequently do you update event data?

Event calendars can be scraped on a daily or weekly schedule. Our change detection system ensures you only process net-new events or updates to existing schedules, rather than ingesting the full calendar every run.

Do you download the images or just URLs?

By default, we extract the highest resolution image URLs available on the page along with associated alt-text. Direct media downloading and hosting on your S3 bucket can be configured as an additional pipeline step.

Can I get a sample of the destination dataset?

Yes. We provide a sample run covering specific regions or categories during the pre-engagement scoping process to validate schema structure and data completeness.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=visitgreece.gr ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a complete destination dump or continuous event updates. Tell us what you need.

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