If Athens were a dating app, which way would you swipe?
The Greek capital attracts a wide variety of suitors, all finding it irresistible for completely different reasons. Check which elusive dating pr...
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Where to escape in Winter
Greece might rule the roost in June and July… but it’s also got some p...
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Epiphany Explained
January 6 marks one of the most cathartic and cinematic moments on the...
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Two Classic Greek Christmas Sweets
It’s not Christmas in Greece until the zacharoplasteia start piling mounds of melomakarona and kourabiedes. And it cleaves Greek society into two clans: those who prefer the crunchy intensity of melomakarona and those who swear by the ethereal, melt in the mouth, buttery bite of a kourabie. By Diana Farr Louis More traditional...
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High Priestess of Pleats
Her sculptural forms feel like moving pieces of fine art. She painstakingly twists and contorts silk into new forms and shapes that make for stunning showmanship and thought-provoking personal self-expression. Daphne Valente’s sculpted works of wearable art are as timeless in their sophistication as the designer herself. Visit the prieste...
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Athens Insider Summer 2022
This summer, Athens Insider toasts 22 incredible years of magazines, events, and a very long engagement with Athenian social life. We’ve been here through the highs and lows, and this year we’re celebrating that ingenious spirit of Athens that has powered forward to become the hottest destination for the creative set. That presents a new ...
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Why November 17 is still a date that resonates in Greece?
Always wanted to know why the date November 17 is such a big deal but didn’t quite know why. Nor did you quite understand why Greece’s most notorious terrorist group goes by the same name. Accomplished writer Sofka Zinovieff lends context and historical explanation to this all-important date in the Greek calendar in this excerpt from her ...
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Athens Insider Summer 2021
A magazine full of summer cheer and insider tips on the exhibitions to take in , the museums to visit, new restaurants to try out, wines to take home, and must-have Athens experiences to have. Join writer and anthropologist Sofka Zinovieff as she explores the city in her engaging podcast. Get swept by bicentennial fever and stock up on so...
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What you need to know about Greece’s proudest day of the year…
October 28 – Oxi Day - is a day to recall Hellenic heroes and the daring deeds of our ancestors who fought so that Greece could be the passionate and free democratic country it still is today. On October 28, otherwise known as Oxi Day, we celebrate the 74th anniversary of when the Greek Prime Minister and Military General Ioan...
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Hydra’s lasting charm as an artist’s magnet
Art historian Els Hanappe researches into the making of an international artists’ community on the island of Hydra during mid-20th Century. Hydra 1936. Crumbling stone mansions testify to the glorious seafaring past of this long, bare and rocky island, close to Athens and across from the mainland of the Peloponnese. Less popul...
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Petros Marmarinos’ sublime craftsmanship
Petros Marmarinos’ evocatively simple compositions captivate with their finesse and sculptural sensibility. At his workshop near the ancient quarries of Tinos, he experiments with modern, classic and unexpected creations. Every artist is drawn to a medium that is a conduit for his creativity; for Petros Marmarinos, painting wo...
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Live the Life that Paddy did
Writer’s retreat, cultural salon, museum showpiece … the charmed life of the Paddy Leigh Fermor House in the Mani is about to embark on one of its most colourful incarnations yet, as it prepares to open its storied doors as a luxury boutique hotel from June 15, writes Amanda Dardanis. In Greek mythology, the Elysian Fields wer...
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