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• Athens Portraits [9]: Recession-proof in Kolonaki?

  
  “Crisis? What crisis?” you might think if you find yourself in the fashionable streets around Kolonaki Square....

• Athens Portraits [2]: Laiki man

  
  If you really want to get a taste of a country, you have to head for its outdoor markets. And in Greece that means the local weekly laiki (common) market....

• Museum Free Admission Days & Concesions

  Admission to museums and archaeological sites is free the following days:6 March (in memory of Melina ...

• Day trip [1]: Delphi

  
  If you can’t get enough of ancient ruins during your stay in Athens, you should take a day off your sightseeing and head to Delphi, one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece and a hugely popular day trip among Athens visitors....

• Souvlaki: Top 10 take-aways

  
  The quintessential Greek fast foodBean soup is the official Greek national dish but souvlaki (together with mousaka of course) is what comes first to mind  when people think ‘Greek food’....

• CHRISTMAS IN ATHENS

  
  Athens gets less excited about Christmas and New Year than most of its northern European counterparts....

• Apokries (Greek carnival)

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

• 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....

• New Acropolis Museum

  
  Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a new museum in town. Though it seemed like it never would, the moment has finally arrived....

• Athens Portraits [4]: Driving force

  
  It takes special talent to tackle the streets of Athens with confidence – narrow streets, erratic traffic police, unexpected roadworks, colourful displays of temperament – and most of the city’s drivers are convinced that they have that talent in spades....

• 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....

• Athens Portraits [10]: Pavement Entrepreneurs

  
  Got an appetite for a luxury brand, but the finances of a strapped-for-cash student? Fear not....

• Athens Portraits [7]:The (Loud) Voice of the People

  
  In case you haven’t already heard it several times since arriving in Athens, this is where Democracy was born....

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

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