There are over 30 5-star hotels in Athens, most of them located downtown, close to the historical center, and a few of them spread in the suburbs to the north and the…
Athens is bustling with cultural activity year-round. It has always been like that, and during the last decade’s financial crisis, artists from all over the world started flocking to the Greek capital.…
Are you among the luxury lifestyle connoisseurs aspiring to build in Greece? Creating a home, a hotel, a restaurant, or other architectural structure in a country that is architects’ must-visit destination is,…
As we explained in the article on the Athenian concert venues, Athens has been a cultural epicenter since ancient times. 5th century BC is described as the Golden Age of sculpture and…
A brief visit to the National Archaeological Museum, where famous 19th c. amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann’s solid gold artful finds from Mycenae (16th c. BC) are on display, will be indicative of…
This city graced with a long history, important monuments, and vibrant cultural life is filled with interesting museums with a rich calendar of exhibits and events. The vast majority of the archeological…
Greece might be home to 7,500 species of plants, 850 of those to be found nowhere else in the world, and many being used in formulas for Greek cosmetics by companies like…
A 45-minute flight from Athens and a 35-minute speedboat ride from Ios, Santorini is a spectacular setting where white-washed houses stand against a colorful-cliff backdrop. This world-famous Southernmost Cycladic island is the…
A 35-minute flight or 2.5-to-5-hour boat ride from Athens, the so-called ‘Island of Winds’ is the most cosmopolitan island of Greece and among the most expensive tourist destinations on earth. It is…
Back in summer 2020, Greece was gradually and relatively early opening up to international tourism despite all adversity related to Covid-19. The strategic moves against the pandemic were orchestrated and curated by…
As we mentioned in our article on yachting the actual number of inhabited Greek islands ranges from 166 to 277. 80 of them have more than 100 residents, and around 30 Greek islands…
As we mentioned in other articles, island-hopping in Greece is best enjoyed and understood in the quintessentially local way; yachting. Recreational sailing is possible year-round, weather permitting, and preferably from as early…
Raised in a family of interior design connoisseurs and aesthetes, and well into her second career as Creative Director of a swimwear and beachwear brand, Sophie Deloudi is determined to empower women…
Books are great gifts, and some are also sophisticated decorative details. Rather than being mere interior design accents, we picked for you those with intriguing content, showing you Greece from a far…
Over the last year, we have finally started focusing on self-care, a shift that was unfortunately triggered by the pandemic. As we can afford to spend more time with ourselves, we are…
When the temperature goes above the 22°C/71.6°F mark in the daytime around Athens – most definitely by early May – the nearby islands that are not connected with flights are the ideal…
When the temperature goes above the 22°C/71.6°F mark in the daytime around Athens – most definitely by early May – the nearby islands that are not connected with flights are the ideal…
Greek-born Lizy Manola is an accomplished and globally exhibited documentary photographer currently involved in a long-term project concerning religious ceremonies in peculiar worship places. She lives and works among Athens, New York,…
It might sound too early for a dive into the chilly waters of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, yet from late March onwards some of the islands start having few daring…
It might sound too early for a dive into the chilly waters of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, yet from late March onwards some of the islands start having few daring…
It might sound too early for a dive into the chilly waters of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, yet from late March onwards some of the islands start having few daring…
It might sound too early for a dive into the chilly waters of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, yet from late March onwards some of the islands start having few daring…
Paolo Colombo holds a special position within the art world as both a fascinating artist and an accomplished curator, a global career that started in the 1970s. Born in 1949 in Turin,…
Sharing a conversation with the photographer who has produced some of the most iconic images of Greece since the 50s goes definitely beyond any other grecophile notion, to a level that is…
Rachel Weaving: The Author of “Gardens of Corfu” Guides Us Through the Greenest of the Greek Islands
Known as ‘The Garden Isle,’ Corfu has long inspired artists, writers, and travelers. Rachel Weaving has been one of them. Today, the acclaimed garden maker and author divides her time between Washington,…
She is the author of Athens Riviera, a book that was released in May 2020 as one of the latest additions to Assouline’s series of books on magical travel destinations. French journalist…
Athens never counted as a fashion capital but has always been a designer inspiration. Greek culture and imagery produced since antiquity have been an infinite source of creative ideas for the global…
A magnificent 40-mile long coastal stretch of land that has been described in the media as an equivalent to the French Riviera since the 50s, is part of the city of Athens…
A brief visit to the National Archaeological Museum where famous 19th c. amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann’s solid gold artful finds from Mycenae (16th c. BC) are on display, will be indicative of…
Halkidiki, also spelled as Chalkidiki, is a 3-fingered or 3-legged peninsula to the northeastern part of the Greek mainland. On the map, it also looks like Poseidon’s trident, a 3-pronged shape that…
Peloponnese is a picturesque peninsula in the southern part of the Greek mainland, looking more like a big island, yet connected to the rest of the Greek mainland with a narrow stretch…
Art advisor and curator Artemis Baltoyanni opened in September 2019 her own exhibition space The Intermission with a new concept, just next to her close friend Sylvia Kouvali’s Rodeo gallery, in the…
