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Travel | Jan 2024
If you are looking for another excuse to go to Evia, on top of the dramatic landscape, welcoming locals, delicious food, sweeping sandy beaches, thermal springs, thriving wine culture and rich history, then Montofoli Wine Estate it is, Tom Hall recommends.
Set back in hills from the town of Karystos, which has played a key rol...
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City Life | Dec 2023
So, you’re on a runners’ high after the Athens Half-Marathon (or perhaps the 5km), and now have November’s Athens Marathon in your sights. Congratulations! The bad news is that you’ll need to train through the heat of summer, to make your mark on this gruelling course. But the good news is that with the exploding popularity of amateur run...
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Culture | Sep 2023
From commemorating Lord Byron’s relationship with Greece, to re-working the first opera using mycelium, we recommend the best of arts and culture to be found throughout the city this month.
“Sonic Odysseys” and “Xenakis and Greece” at EMST
A single exhibition could never be enough to celebrate the polyphonic genius of...
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Culture | Jun 2023
Spread across 5 months, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival has always marked the beginning of the summer cultural season. Expect an adrenaline-charged programme with 80 open-air performances, experimental theatre, contemporary dance, classical music, subverted operas and more in 2023’s packed repertoire.
Madama Butterfly
by Giac...
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Culture | Jun 2023
With a notoriously good curatorial eye for spotting talent and a passion for celebrating the work of under-recognized artists, the Hydra School Project held annually since 2000 under the stewardship of Dimitris Antonitsis, showcases the work of up-and-coming Greek and international artists. His roster of artists at the Hydra School Projec...
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City Life | Jun 2023
The Cooking #WithRefugees Festival comes back to Athens from 18 to 22 June organised by UNHCR to create inclusive spaces for refugees to feed their futures and their communities. Join us this year as Greek and refugee chefs team up in four restaurants to serve favourite dishes and fusion proposals inspired by Syrian,...
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City Life | Jun 2023
Newcomer to Athens, Will Feuer, takes a historical tour inside Athens’ oldest and most famous neighbourhood and discovers a quaint enclave with a modern stance.
The past century has seen Athens grow exponentially, swelling in population and pushing its borders farther than ever before as new neighbourhoods and suburbs emerge. ...
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City Life | Jun 2023
In our new series on all things health and wellness we recommend the best wellbeing destinations to be found throughout the city.
4 Seasons Bio, Syntagma
The most luxurious of Athenian healthfood stores, this one-stop shop serves as an organic market, high-end deli, natural beauty store and general clean lifestyle sup...
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People | Jun 2023
A poet, writer, conservationist, musician, archaeologist and Hellenophile, Ruth Padel is someone with the willingness to engage with the big issues, both personal and political. The vast range of her imagination, intellect and emotional sympathies embrace the worlds within this world and the need for connectivity between them: the bonds ...
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City Life | Jun 2023
From top tier international guests to avant garde music, we recommend the best of arts and culture to be found throughout the city this month.
Theodoros Currentzis and John Cale at Athens Epidavros Festival
As always this world class festival offers Athenians and visitors the opportunity to experience outstanding perf...
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City Life | Jun 2023
When Arabella von Friesen and John de Falbe of the legendary Chelsea bookstore John Sandoe, consistently voted as one of the UK’s best-loved independent bookshops, decided to do a podcast to promote Miguel Flores-Vianna’s Haute Bohemians in Greece, they knew they could count on writer Sofka Zinovieff, philhellene and John Sandoe fan. Migu...
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People | Jun 2023
“We are in a better place,” smiles Andrea Gilbert, the driving force of Athens Pride festival. “(But) a lot still needs to be done.” With Athens Pride being celebrated proudly this week, we re-run an interview with Andrea Gilbert by Karine Ancellin. Meet the former art critic from Brooklyn as she reflects on the great positive progress th...
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