The cultural organization of the city of Athens has announced the performance schedule for the first four months of 2008 for their new “multi-space” in Neos Kosmos. The new cultural venue opened in November and promises to be a must visit on the agenda of anyone visiting Athens. The Neos Kosmos Cultural Center, or “Multi-venue” as it is [...]
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A guide to discovering Athens off the beaten path and some of the sweetest spots beyond Athens
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A guide to discovering Athens off the beaten path and some of the sweetest spots beyond Athens
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Archive for January, 2008
Haridimos shadow puppet workshop and museum
Posted on January 24th, 2008
A special treat for young and old alike, this working museum, slightly off the beaten path yet walking distance from the Thissio metro station, brings together some 900 displays - characters and sets designed by Christos, Giorgos and Sotiris Haridimos, a popular troupe of puppeteers - as well as the work of students who participated [...]
Free (and nearly free) live music in Athens during February 2008
Posted on January 20th, 2008
Looking for a venue to experience authentic live Greek music while you are in Athens? The Phillipos Nakos Conservatory, conveniently located within easy reach of Syntagma Square, hosts free (or cheap) concerts on a regular basis. With so many of Greece’s top musicians having either studied or taught at this internationally known music school, it is [...]
Giant shrimp – not an oxymoron on the waterfront in Mikrolimano, Pireaus
Posted on January 20th, 2008
Restaurant, Botsaris Fish Taverna, Akti A. Koumoundourou, No. 30, Mikrolimano / Tourkolimano / Garidadika, Piraeus, Greece
You’d think the shrimp were lobsters!
Yorgia and Yorgos Papadopoulos operate this casual restaurant right on the waterfront of Mikrolimano or Tourkolimano in Piraeus. Although the kitchen and a few tables are located on the dry side of the street, [...]
Ten things to do in Athens with children that don’t involve old rocks
Posted on January 19th, 2008
Traveling with children should be a fun experience, but all too often parents forget that kids don’t always like the same things we like, or that they don’t always move at the same pace as the grown-ups move. There’s alot of archeology in Greece, and you have traveled far to see it. But to your [...]
Free (and near free) Live Music in Athens during January 2008
Posted on January 14th, 2008
Looking for a venue to experience authentic live Greek music while you are in Athens? The Phillipos Nakos Conservatory, conveniently located within easy reach of Syntagma Square, hosts free concerts on a regular basis. This is a great place to expland your Greek repertoire beyond Never on Sunday and Zorba the Greek!
January events at the Conservatory, [...]
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