For the greeks, sport is no joke. And this is especially true regarding football and basketball, which are the two biggest sports in the country. ...
Month: April 2017
Aegina
T he Saronic Islands are six (at least the inhabited ones) and located in the Saronic Gulf off the Greek mainland – under Attica and ...
The greek easter celebration
Easter, or Pascha as they say here in Greece, is the largest feast in Greece. The Orthodox Easter does not always fall on the same ...
Top 6 of Athens best viewpoints
1: Hymettus (Ymitos) The mountain Hymettus in Athen’s eastern parts measures 1,026 meters above sea level (the highest peak is called Euzonas) and is suprisingly ...
Chalandri
A 20-minute ride north from Athens city center with metro (take the blue line), we find Chalandri, a fairly new-built suburb of Athens with more ...
Nea Ionia
Half an hour’s train ride from the center of Athens we find Nea Ionia. The name means New Ionia and was one of the areas ...
Sounio and the temple of Poseidon
On the southernmost tip of Attica and the greek mainland at around 440 B.C the greeks built this temple in the honor of the sea ...