Christos Ditoras makes the most of his love for the city and of photography to capture Athens in all its spring glory. Cascading wisterias, bougainvillaeas in shocking clusters of eye-popping magenta, Plaka's ice-cream hued homes and Athens' landmarks in their naked splendour, all find their way into his Lockdown album. The Ka...
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Costa Navarino gets ready to welcome its guests once again from June 19 at The Westin Resort Costa Navarino and The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort, with new experiences and upgraded services. The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort Welcome Back Offer Includes: Breakfast daily Complimentary upgr...
Read moreWhile these past few months have been hard and dispiriting, this is the time to show your solidarity and call for a seminal change in the way we view race and justice. It is heartening to see the heightened activism amongst Greece's youth who have taken on the initiative to organise protest marches in Athens and Thessaloniki. ...
Read moreCelebrated Greek artist Constantin Xenakis passed away in Paris on June 6, leaving behind a great body of work. His works reflected his own cultural influences and included the written script, symbols and codes of everyday life, traffic signs, alchemy, the zodiac, mathematical and chemical symbols, Egyptian hieroglyphics, letters from the...
Read morePeter Economides, the brand strategist whose work is focussed on change and the strategic responses to shifting culture, consumer habits and behaviour, gives us his reading of how we need to evolve into gentler, softer, more sensitive, more humane versions of ourselvesin our post-Covid world. His view is that brand strategy needs to be sp...
Read moreSend in your entries to our first-ever Bloomsday creative writing competition in English, organised by The Irish Embassy, in collaboration with Athens Insider, open to writers of all ages and nationalities. Bloomsday is marked around the world as a celebration of James Joyce, of course, but also as a celebration of Irish literature, moder...
Read moreCelebrated architect Achilleas Kritikos of The Interesting Design, combines function and form to create seamless designs that take away the not-so-pleasant reminders of the pandemic by creating cosy, intimate spaces to truly enjoy Greek summer. As tourism industry professionals scramble to find ergonomic solutions to travelling safely an...
Read moreUntil recently, Athens was merely a pit stop on the queer map for LGBTQ travellers on their way to the freedom and open-mindedness of gay-friendly Mykonos. Thanks to some pioneering bars, clubs, restaurants and Gen Z’s refusal to be narrow-minded or categorised by gender or sexual preference labels, the Athenian LGBTQ scene is finally OUT...
Read moreWhether you're a hoops-lover or not, Jordan Feinstein suggests that you head to Sepolia to slam a few dunks at the court that produced the 'Greek Freak', Giannis Antetokoumpo, who was bestowed with the title of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for 2019. Long before he was the best basketball player in the world Giannis Antetokounmp...
Read moreAnna Roins culls two personal pandemic stories - each story radically different, peppered with the highs and lows of this transformative experience, to compile a portrait of a society in flux. LAURA SLAUGHTER (34), Medical Aesthetician, Kifissia Laura Slaughter is a full-time mum to her two-year-old toddler, Siena and while she...
Read moreTypically, as we head into the summer of 2020, sports newspapers would have been chock-a-block with articles on potential gold-medallists and the glory of sport. Time to travel all the way back, to the very beginning, to the very origin of some of the sports. Did you know that these popular modern sports have their roots in ancient times?...
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