Is it safe to travel to Greece? Latest wildfires near holiday resorts revealed

Tourists on a beach as smoke from a wildfire drifts overhead in Siviri, Halkidiki, Greece, on August 13, 2026 (Picture: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It’s the busiest month of the year for travel. But wildfires sweeping southern Europe are raising safety fears — and now, all eyes are on Greece.

Amid a punishing summer heatwave across the region, a three-kilometre wall of flames up to 30 metres high forced hundreds of holidaymakers into the sea off northern Greece on T...