Follow Justin Brendel as he embarks on an uplifting alpine adventure of Olympic proportions, complete with shooting stars, donkey “mines”, and powerful new friendships. “And don’t touch the small orange and black animal. He is poisonous.” I never saw this notorious salamander during our stunning four-hour hike up Mt. Olympu...
Read moreWhat do you get when you blend creative Greek flavours with that famous French flair and an award-winning international chef? A sure-fire recipe for gastronomic greatness! Jean-Charles Métayer’s exciting new venture, Le Pavillon, opens its doors this week in Halandri, and we’ve dished up an early taste of what to expect. Angela Stamatiado...
Read more“You look at a shop window and for the first time in a long time, you want to buy a pair of shoes. Your food has some flavour. You make plans for the weekend. You consciously taste every moment but you feel alienated from the world around you.” Travel broadcaster and journalist Maya Tsoclis – and now breast cancer ambassador – shares her...
Read moreThe appetite for accommodation in the Greek capital is soaring with a fresh breed of inner-city boltholes, catering to every style, mood and budget. There are rooms that qualify as art museums, others that will feature in your instant bucket-lists: here’s Athens Insider’s rundown of the hottest hotel openings this year. Stop moaning about...
Read moreThe talented and charming London-based Greek actress Daphne Alexander, whose gripping film 'Siege on Liperti Street' is expected to bag a few awards at the The LA Greek Film Festival speaks to Athens Insider on the eve of the festival's launch. In this exclusive interview, following her latest film’s multiple wins at last year’s Thessalon...
Read moreWHAT: Stella Kapezanou’s surrealist, pop-arty, colour-soaked compositions with a highly stylized cast of characters makes its way to Evripides Gallery next week. She uses the same traits as in her other paintings, imaginative use of colour, references to art history, humour and so on, and yet, her characters seem terribly lonely, almost as if sinki...
Read moreWHAT: Sam Friedman's first solo show in Athens, Island, composed entirely of new paintings that focus οn the themes of landscape painting and natural phenomena. Strictly installed by color throughout the newly inaugurated Project Space, these paintings elicit a reaction similar to our reaction to music. Themes and motifs, colours and feelings appea...
Read moreSusanna Hoffman traces Greece’s 6000 year-long love affair with honey and the evolution of the Greek honey industry to include a whole range of apiary offerings from royal jelly, propolis, bees’ pollen and extended product lines that cover the gamut from sauces to soaps, all enriched with Greek honey. [caption id="attachment_8...
Read moreGooey and comforting, quick and easy … there are times when only a pizza fix will do. From authentic Italian to Greek spins and vegetarian delights, Athens Insider selflessly scoured the streets to scout the city’s best 5 pizza places. You’re welcome! Etien Pizza Bar From its retro decor in hues of dusty pink offset by sun...
Read moreWHAT: George Kontrafouris and Petros Klampanis, two internationally known jazzmen get together for a rare meeting, brimming with emotion, energy and intensity. Petros Klampanis imaginatively fuses his jazz education with Mediterranean sounds and the Greek tradition, to create a broad multi-colored musical palette while acclaimed jazz pianist Georg...
Read moreShop at one of Athens’ organic markets and you’ll be picking your weekly certified produce directly from the men and women who grow it. With 70% of all organic food in Greece imported, Julia Panayotou is on an eco-savvy mission to bring these below-radar bioagores out of the wings and into more Greek pantries. In the early...
Read moreWHAT: The first exhibition of "Mon Coin Studio", launched by Eleonore Trenado-Finestis, a French ceramist. This exhibition of 35 artists will cross the boundary between art and craft to show the influence of the past in modern ceramics. This work takes its roots in classical antiquity, the Minoan civilization, Cycladic art or even the works of prim...
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