An Intoxicating Guide to Greek Liqueurs
Greece’s liqueurs are like postcards, boasting of regional distinctions and an intoxicating array of raw ingredients. Beautiful, old-...
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5 Great Things to Do in Poetic Preveza
Don’t just rush off to the islands. From gripping ancient ruins and sp...
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Athens Definitive Holiday Shopping Guide 2022
Purveyor of good taste and all things Athenian, Peter Poulos curates h...
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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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A peek into Greece through travel books
Escape into books that give flight to your imaginations, and the miles they inspire you to hike, drive and fly. Here is our compilation of a few classics and a few contemporary reads on Greece that are as transformative as the journey itself. The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller The esteemed writer Henry Miller explores human na...
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Picking and Pickling Olives: The Insider Guide
Few fruits occupy as important a role in defining an entire civilization, as the humble olive. Its history is long and illustrious, and the legends surrounding it are rich and splendid. A staple in Greek diet since prehistoric times, olives and olive oil are now celebrated as nutritional superfoods world over. As the olive harvesting seas...
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Elefsina 2023: The most important cultural pilgrimage site in Europe reclaims its place in history
Start planning for Elefsina. With its empty factories and oil refineries, a line of tankers pointing the way around Salamina, its easy to forget that this seaside city was the most hallowed site of Ancient Athens. The city that represents nothing less than the eternal cycle of life and death is now the European Capital of Culture 2023. If...
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Kyveli Zoi: The young artist at the centre of Exarcheia’s edgy new art space
A cultural wave is breaking over central Athens, distinctly placing the city on the European modern art map. Artist Kyvèli Zoi is one of the young, creative game-changers. In conversation with Athens Insider’s Elena Panayides, she shares her journey of artful expression from her downtown Exarcheia artspace and studio KYAN Athens. ...
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The Hidden Charms Of the Little Cyclades
Christos Drazos, who somehow manages to capture the essence of a place with his perceptive lens explains why the Small Cyclades remain an insider secret in this evocative photo essay. The Small Cyclades are outposts in the Cyclades island group, which includes such headlining acts as Mykonos, Santorini and Ios. They go by...
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A Nomad’s Soul Finds a Home in Greece: the John Craxton exhibition at the Benaki Museum
It’s hard to deny that there’s something about Greece that delights the natural born nomad’s soul, and the British painter John Craxton was no exception. Finally deserting the icy drawing rooms of post-war Britain, Craxton first arrived in Greece in 1946, aged 23, unsure what he was looking for or what he would find. He was already known ...
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Athens x Figaro: A Two Day Conference at the Academy of Athens (and you can join!)
The Figaro media group in partnership with the City of Athens celebrates France’s enduring love affair with Athens with a two-day conference on May 27 and May 28 at the Academy of Athens. Les Journees Atheniennes, co-organised by Athens Insider, will be the first in a series of annual conferences to be hosted in Athens by Figaro. ...
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Adventures in Greece’s Past, and Present, in the British School at Athens
Ranbir Sidhu in conversation with John Bennet, the Director of the British School at Athens, on the fascinating world of archaeology and the insights it offers into the way societies lived, interacted and evolved. When John Bennet first arrived at the British School at Athens in 1981 for a two week stay, he had no idea that ov...
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