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Exposing the Body Beautiful

In a society that celebrates beauty and perfection, Athens Insider recommends one of the books long-listed for the Runciman 2023 prize - Exposed by Caroline Vout. With chapters enticingly titled Bodybuilding and Sex and Society, classicist Caroline Vout topples our lofty notions of timeless beauty. She reaches beyond chiselled models of m...

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Epiphany Explained

January 6 marks one of the most cathartic and cinematic moments on the Greek Orthodox calendar. Many visitors to Greece at this time of year are charmed to witness the millennia-old spectacle of Epiphany. Men and boys, (traditionally), leap into icy waters to be the first to retrieve the Cross thrown by an Orthodox priest, as part of the ...

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3 Warming Greek Recipes for Winter

Through exquisite recipes and photographs of her beloved Greece, Australian-born Greek Ruth Bardis shares her family's stories and the regional specialties of their cuisine in her award-winning book “Hellenic Kanella: Memories Made in a Greek Kitchen”. Insider brings you three of her favourite winter warming dishes from her stylish and he...

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From pre-Christmas drinks to morning-after breakfasts, NYX Rooftop is where you want to be! 

Live it up this Holiday Season at the NYX Rooftop Bar at the Academias Hotel. From indulgent dinners to breakfasts that ease you through night-before excesses, the chefs at Academias Hotel have you covered! Celebrating in style at NYX Rooftop’s Japanese Fusion Gastrobar Amp up the celebratory mood with Holiday Spritzes and a ri...

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Alekos Fassianos Estate and Carwan Gallery present first retrospective of the late artist’s design works

Carwan Gallery, the pioneering global collectible design gallery, now based in Piraeus, has been consistently wowing us with bespoke works and very limited editions by furniture, lighting and product designers. It now takes us into the whimsical world of the late artist Alekos Fassianos.  The exhibition that opens on November 24 in collab...

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Festive pit-stops at Plato Bar

When a bar is named after Plato, located on the famed Academias Ave and flanked by a street named Omirou (Homer), after Greece’s greatest bard, it’s only natural that it is the destination of choice for Athenians to congregate here for their festive ruminations. With creative cocktails and celebratory bites to get you into the Christmas s...

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A Greek Thanksgiving with Moussaka

Celebrity chef Diane Kochilas, whose TV show My Greek Table, airs on American TV screens again, adapts the most recognizable Greek dish for Thanksgiving – and we’re grateful that she’s been generous to share it with us! Greeks are obsessed with moussaka. It’s their culinary flag, a patriotic symbol of all that is Greek. This o...

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