Athens Festival: June performances under the Acropolis
I’ve said it before, and I am certain I will write it many times over … an evening at the Herodeon is magic, and promises to be a...
Dancing in the Roman Agora
Wow! An evening of dance performance beneath the Acropolis in the Roman Agora. This one is a new venue for summer performance in Athens, (for me at...
Athens Festival 2012
The Athens Festival 2012 program has been announced, and this year the lineup includes 4 performances of Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Herod...
Golden amber where the road ends
About 19 km from Tripoli, in the center of the Peloponnese, where the road ends, nestled in the steep slopes of Mount Mainalon, there is a magical...
Hotel alternatives Athens
Traveling as a family to Greece? Athens has a growing number of furnished short term vacation rental apartments within an easy walk of the historic...
Epidaurus Festival 2012
Athens Festival 2012 The show must go on! The Athens and Epidaurus Festival may be a bit shorter this year, but it also returns to its Greek...
The Double Decker, Hop-on Hop-off Athens Sightseeing Bus
Late in 2008 a new bus arrived in Athens. Bright, shiny and red, with an open air second story, the bus looked a bit like it took at wrong turn...
Free days for museum & site admission in Greece
Although I still believe that admission fees to archeological sites and public museums in Greece are amongst the lowest anywhere – 12e for...
Giant shrimp – not an oxymoron – harbor dining year ‘around
Restaurant, Botsaris Fish Taverna, Akti A. Koumoundourou, No. 30, Mikrolimano / Tourkolimano / Garidadika, Piraeus, Greece You’d think the...
Psirri, where yesterday, today and tomorrow meet in Athens
Psirri is a neighborhood that is difficult to describe. In most travel guides it is described as a great tourist attraction with excellent...
Is that a Greek bagel?
Koulouria, not bagels (the only bagel I’ve ever found in Athens was in the restaurant at the IKEA near the airport. Sadly they would not sell me a...
Underground Art and Archaeology
Have you found yourself in Athens on a holiday, and the sites are closed? Or perhaps it’s a rare rainy day and you’d like to find a way...
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Prev NextAthens Museums offering several speci...
May 19, 2012 is the Night of the European Museum and several Athens museums will be open until midnight in honor of...
Greece in the Movies
As you prepare for your trip to Greece, you’ll certainly be doing a lot of research, scouring too many...
Sunday afternoon in the country
Sundays are for family and friends in Greece, and what better way to share it than around the table with good food and...
Dionysos – the Quick (Budget fr...
Dionysios Imittou 95, Pagrati – 210/75-11-001 Open daily from noon until midnight (or later) It probably isn’t...
Fridays in Athens – Something f...
Another great initiative by those enterprising Greeks! In an effort to keep central Athens vibrant, safe and alive,...
Greek Independence Day at the Museum
The Acropolis Museum will present a newly conserved pediment on Greece’s Independence Day, March 25, 2012. The...
Musical March at the Acropolis Museum
Visiting Athens this March? Plan your visit to Athens to include a Thursday afternoon at the Acropolis Museum and...
Athens Discount Card
Special tourist & visitor discounts at select Athens businesses Groupon and other coupon programs are all the rage...
Carnival 2012 Festival Schedule in At...
Once more, despite the doom and gloom the international media continues to disseminate about Greece, the City of...
Smoke Thursday, “Tsiknopempti&#...
**Tsiknopempti 2012 & Carnivale** Tsiknopempti or “Smoked Thursday” is February 16, 2012 Carnival...
Sol Lewitt, Line & Color –...
My favorite little museum in Athens has just announced an extension of the Sol Lewitt, Line & Color exhibit...
Ever wonder about those late night Bl...
I find it’s something a lot folks planning trips to Athens ask me about. And while there was a time long ago...
Music at the Acropolis Museum
Visiting Athens this February? Plan your stay to include a Thursday afternoon at the Acropolis Museum and you’ll...
A surprising stroll in Athens
Athens has lots of popular walks, but most visitors would never consider taking a walk to Athens’ “most excellent...
Family or Friends Mid Winter Escape t...
Are you looking for a fun & culture filled vacation with the kids for February Midterm Break? Are you into food...
4 tips for learning Greek
Growing up monolingual in America I was lucky enough to have parents who somehow understood that language was an...
Let’s go fly a kite! Clean Mond...
Now that the Christmas and New Year holidays have passed, it’s time to start planning for your Spring break...
Christmas at the Zoo
The Attica Zoo family has planned a series of holiday week activities for the week between Christmas and New Years,...
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