THINGS TO DO IN PSIRI ATHENS

THINGS TO DO IN PSIRI ATHENS

Do Some Procuring Psiri is likely one of the greatest areas in Athens for a procuring spree. This classically working-class neighborhood is filled with artisan retailers promoting all the pieces your coronary heart wishes. From handmade garments to leather-based...
Vasilikos: A Farm Bistro in the Heart of Northern Greece

Vasilikos: A Farm Bistro in the Heart of Northern Greece

The cheeses are made by Nikos Katsamperis in neighboring Kariotissa. Vasilikos is on the coronary heart of a group of high quality purveyors, providing meats akin to pork from a local breed of pig (the ‘Ellinikos hoiros’ – Greek pig) raised on Makis Tapkos’s farm in...
A Bright New Home for Aigai’s Royal Splendors

A Bright New Home for Aigai’s Royal Splendors

Regal burial items defy historical past’s tribulations A big corridor presents the “Remembrance” exhibition’s stirring fruits, with elite and royal funerary items from the Aigai necropolis and its burial tumuli of “The Temenids” and “The Queens.” Right here, Kottaridi...
Modern Love: Couples Who Shaped the Culture of 20th-Century Greece

Modern Love: Couples Who Shaped the Culture of 20th-Century Greece

One Single and Everlasting Greece –Rallou Manou and Pavlos Mylonas “Δεν υπάρχει άρχαία και νεα Ελλάδα, αλλά μόνον Ελλάδα, αιώνια, ζωντανή και ωραία” (Ελληνικό Χορόδραμα 1950-1960 1961, p8)  “There isn’t any distinction between ‘historic’ Greece and ‘fashionable’...
The Parthenon in Color: Shades of the Amazons

The Parthenon in Color: Shades of the Amazons

The polychromy of the Parthenon – the observe of adorning architectural and sculptural components in quite a lot of colours – is a widely known phenomenon. Certainly, within the nineteenth century, students who flocked to the traditional monument in Athens recognized...
Experiencing the Splendor of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese

Experiencing the Splendor of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese

In any season of the 12 months, Arcadia is a superb vacation spot. Arcadia actually has all of it – a different terrain wealthy in mountains, gorges, a wetland, even a cave. Cultural treasures span the wonders of Historical Greece, via historic monasteries and the...
Unraveling the Mysteries of Early Cycladic Culture

Unraveling the Mysteries of Early Cycladic Culture

Over 5,000 years in the past, nestled amidst the azure waters of the Aegean Sea, the Cycladic islands bore witness to the rise of a dynamic tradition that flourished throughout the Early Bronze Age (c.3200-2000 BC), lengthy earlier than the large-scale palatial...
Karytaina: A Two-Day Getaway to the Heart of Arcadia

Karytaina: A Two-Day Getaway to the Heart of Arcadia

One of the crucial historic villages in mountainous Arcadia, medieval Karytaina is a small however lovely settlement, constructed within the space of historic Vrenthi at an altitude of 582 meters. This small village of 250 individuals, constructed of stone and...
A Sea of Stories: Preserving Cycladic Maritime Culture

A Sea of Stories: Preserving Cycladic Maritime Culture

Manolis Zisimopoulos from Paros, remembers taking journeys on kaikia (conventional picket boats) from the age of seven, recalling the times when his grandfather and father transported barley for the manufacturing of beer to Athens. Captain Kostas Prasinos on the...