Greece promises dreamlike islands, good food, and a relaxed lifestyle. But for those traveling there for the first time, many ...

An expert shares his favorite hidden finds in the Greek metropole.

Greece is a country that has always loomed large in the American imagination. With its beautiful Mediterranean landscape, towering mountains and over 6,000 islands, it is a nation where magical ...

No city juxtaposes old and new like Athens, Greece. After you trace the origins of democracy to the Acropolis and Parthenon, you’ll cozy into one of the world’s best bars for craft cocktails, ...

Rachel Howard has been writing about travel – in particular Greece, the country where she has lived on and off since she was five years old – for three decades. She is a regular contributor to Travel ...

THE LAST DECADE has been a real roller-coaster ride for Greece. The country was on a high when it went on a spending spree to host the 2004 Olympics. Several years later Greece was begging for a ...

Koukaki is a once-quiet corner near downtown Athens that used to be home to families and, later, to an older generation of Athenians. Their grandchildren have since moved in and brought an injection ...

Athens through the eyes of a local: Australian model and Greece's Next Top Model coach, Mary Vitinaros “There are so many things I love about Athens. I feel like it really is such an underrated and ...

In Athens, Dionysus' hedonistic spirit thrives long after the Acropolis closes its gates. While tourists capture daytime selfies with ancient ruins, savvy night owls know that the city's true essence ...

Psyri is one of those places in Athens that has managed to get the mix between authenticity and gentrification just right. The neighborhood’s grimy old bars got a facelift, the bartenders raised their ...

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