- Yiannis Carras
Yiannis Carras ( _el. Γιάννης Καρράς), also known as John C.Carras, was a Greek shipping
magnate . In the end of 1960s he bought an extended area inSithonia ,Chalkidiki peninsula in northernGreece and in 1973 he started constructing a tourist resort, known asPorto Carras , which became one of the most famous holiday resorts in Greece. Yiannis Carras died in 1989.
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