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• Athens in two days

  
   Day OneStart your day early in Syntagma Square. See the changing of the guard in front of the House of Parliament (on the hour) and walk along Amalias Avenue....

• Athens Portraits [1]: Where to, luv?

  
  Last year, London Transport honoured 92-year-old Alfred Collins for 70 years’ service as a cabbie in the city’s streets....

• Athens Portraits [5]: Touristas Gormless

  
  There’s a certain kind of visitor to Greece that seems to be under the impression that a brain is not essential for travel....

• Famous Greeks [10]: Yannis Tsarouchis

  
  Yannis Tsarouchis 1910 - 1989Widely-regarded as one of the most important 20th Century Greek painters, Yannis Tsarouchis followed two main approaches to his artistic career; the incorporation of the ancient Greek ideal as expressed by the Renaissance and the Baroque movements, and simultaneously rejecting these ideals....

• Famous Greeks [11]: Odysseas Elytis

  
  Odysseas Elytis 1911 - 1996Poet and Nobel Prize for Literature winner Odysseas Elytis is the quintessential Greek artist of yore; educated, worldly, passionate and utterly in love with homeland....

• Apokries (Greek carnival)

  
  If you love to party then Athens between Sunday 24th January and Sunday 14th February is the place for you....

• Athens & Epidaurus Festival

  
  What really sets Athens apart from other world capitals is its steadfast devotion to the arts. This has become increasingly evident over the years, with a myriad of festivals cropping up, ranging from the Athens Video Art Festival, to the Athens Photography Festival....

• Famous Greeks [9]: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

  
  El Greco (Domenicos Theotokopoulos) 1541-1614 El Greco was one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance....

• Sundays in Athens

  
  Unlike some European capitals where Sundays don’t differ much from any other week day, in Athens all shops are closed and a shopaholic visitor can get very easily depressed....

• Famous Greeks [6]: Nikos Kazantzakis

  
  1883-1957Nikos Kazantzakis is one of the greatest Greek writers of the 20th century, and author of the most widely translated Greek novel,‘Zorba the Greek’....

• Top 10 Greek Islands

  
  Greek islands for beginnersWith 227 inhabited islands, surrounded by crystal clear waters and offering world class beaches and landscapes, it is only natural that Greece was one of the first holiday destinations when mass tourism started a few decades ago....

• Surviving strikes & demonstrations

  
  So, you’ve made it to the city that gave birth to democracy more than 2,000 years ago. That in itself is a good start....

• Sexy Athens

  
   Athens is by no means a European sex destination. However, as a big city, it certainly offers a range of sinful pleasures to its locals and visitors....

• Famous Greeks [2]: Melina Merkouri

  
  Actress, singer and politician, Melina, as she is universally known, was born into a family of politicians....