I returned to Athens from my last excursion to Lefkas (which you can read about in a previous post of mine) only a couple of ...
Lefkas (Lefkada)
Our good friend Christos invited us down to Lefkas and to his beautiful boat “Ionian Spirit” for a couple of days and we quickly said ...
Kythera
The island of Kythera, which is also called Tsirigo by the older generation, is situated south of Peloponnesos right under the city of Neapoli. One ...
Visit a street market
Street markets or, as they say in greek “Laiki agora” (The People’s Market) are very common in Greece. In the bigger cities every area/townpart has ...
Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center Foundation (SNCCF)
The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center Foundation (SNCCF) project began in the late 90s’ but it was in 2006 that the plans got settled and the ...
Football in Greece
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. ...
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 ...