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• Famous Greeks [4]: Aristotle Onassis

  
  Aristotle Onassis 1906-1975 Onassis was born in Smyrna of Asia Minor (now Izmir) at a time when a prosperous Greek population existed on the Turkish coast....

• Top 10 unknown Greek islands

  
  The readers’ response to last issue’s top 10 of popular Greek islands has been impressive....

• 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 [3]: Georgios Papanikolaou

  
  Georgios Papanikolaou (1883-1962)Georgios Papanikolaou is the doctor who discovered the revolutionary ‘Pap’ smear test used to this day regularly by hundreds of millions of women as a means of early detection of cervical cancer....

• 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....

• 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....

• A day at the beach

  There are dozens of beaches lining Athens’ southern suburbs, from Alimos all the way down to cape Vouliagmeni (Vouliagmeni Beach and Vouliagmeni Lake) and, should you wish to venture beyond, even further up to picturesque cape Sounion with its imposing ancient temple of Poseidon standing guard over the Saronic Gulf....

• Famous Greeks [5]: Maria Callas

  
  Maria Callas (born Maria Kalogeropoulou in New York to Greek parents) was one of the greatest opera singers of the past century....

• Districts of Athens

  
   Plaka Bordered by the Acropolis, Amalias and Mitropoleos Streets, Metro: Syntagma, Monastiraki....

• 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....

• 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....

• Athens In Your Pocket in iPaper

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• Open air cinemas

  Do not miss the opportunity to spend an evening in true summer Athenian style in one of the numerous summer open-air cinemas....

• 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....