On a Wine and a Prayer: Notes from the monastic cellars of Mt. Athos
Athens Insider’s wine expert Eleni Kefalopoulou goes where no woman has been before and culls secrets from the esoteric monastic cellars of the H...
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Two Classic Greek Christmas Sweets
It’s not Christmas in Greece until the zacharoplasteia start piling mo...
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Where to escape in Winter
Greece might rule the roost in June and July… but it’s also got some p...
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Why November 17 is still a date that resonates in Greece?
Always wanted to know why the date November 17 is such a big deal but didn’t quite know why. Nor did you quite understand why Greece’s most notorious terrorist group goes by the same name. Accomplished writer Sofka Zinovieff lends context and historical explanation to this all-important date in the Greek calendar in this excerpt from her ...
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What’s It Like to Walk A Marathon and Why I’d Recommend You Do It…
by Sudha Nair-Iliades As a competitive sprinter (many moons ago), I never thought I’d be championing walking over running, but into my third marathon this year, I’ve come to enjoy the joys of walking 42.195 kms spread across a good six and a half hours. Once you’re past the sniggers of “anybody could walk a marathon, what’s the big dea...
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If Athens were a dating app, which way would you swipe?
The Greek capital attracts a wide variety of suitors, all finding it irresistible for completely different reasons. Check which elusive dating profile matches yours, proposes Sudha Nair-Iliades, and you’ll be rewarded with an Athens that is your perfect match! Irreverent/Alternative [caption id="attachment_3951" align="aligncen...
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Epiphany Explained
January 6 marks one of the most cathartic and cinematic moments on the Greek Orthodox calendar. Many visitors to Greece at this time of year are charmed to witness the millennia-old spectacle of Epiphany. Men and boys, (traditionally), leap into icy waters to be the first to retrieve the Cross thrown by an Orthodox priest, as part of the ...
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High Priestess of Pleats
Her sculptural forms feel like moving pieces of fine art. She painstakingly twists and contorts silk into new forms and shapes that make for stunning showmanship and thought-provoking personal self-expression. Daphne Valente’s sculpted works of wearable art are as timeless in their sophistication as the designer herself. Visit the prieste...
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Athens Insider Summer 2022
This summer, Athens Insider toasts 22 incredible years of magazines, events, and a very long engagement with Athenian social life. We’ve been here through the highs and lows, and this year we’re celebrating that ingenious spirit of Athens that has powered forward to become the hottest destination for the creative set. That presents a new ...
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Athens Insider Summer 2021
A magazine full of summer cheer and insider tips on the exhibitions to take in , the museums to visit, new restaurants to try out, wines to take home, and must-have Athens experiences to have. Join writer and anthropologist Sofka Zinovieff as she explores the city in her engaging podcast. Get swept by bicentennial fever and stock up on so...
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What you need to know about Greece’s proudest day of the year…
October 28 – Oxi Day - is a day to recall Hellenic heroes and the daring deeds of our ancestors who fought so that Greece could be the passionate and free democratic country it still is today. On October 28, otherwise known as Oxi Day, we celebrate the 74th anniversary of when the Greek Prime Minister and Military General Ioan...
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Hydra’s lasting charm as an artist’s magnet
Art historian Els Hanappe researches into the making of an international artists’ community on the island of Hydra during mid-20th Century. Hydra 1936. Crumbling stone mansions testify to the glorious seafaring past of this long, bare and rocky island, close to Athens and across from the mainland of the Peloponnese. Less popul...
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