WHAT: See Shakespeare’s classic romantic drama set to music in Charles Gounod’s popular five act opera, staged for the first time here by the Greek National Opera. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette – a favourite ever since its 1867 debut in Paris - is the first in a series of works to be presented by the GNO from the French repertoire over the next thr...
Read moreWHAT: Australian director Benedict Andrews gives Tennessee Williams’ classic inheritance drama “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” a twist for the Trump era by moving the action to the present in this latest National Theatre Live performance starring Sienna Miller (as Maggie), Jack O'Connell and Colm Meaney. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern fam...
Read moreWHAT: Acquaint your palate with the outstanding wines that hail from the vineyards of the Peloponnese as one of Greece’s most popular annual wine festivals reboots at a new inner-city venue. The Peloponnese Wine Festival, staged by members of the Association of Wine Producers of the Vineyards of Peloponnese, introduces premium wines from the latest...
Read moreWHAT: Get your tango on during four giddy days and nights pulsing with rhythm, smiles and high spirits as the Tango Lovers Festival returns to Athens, uniting leading dancers from the international circuit, to the soundtrack of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. This year, the festival will kick off with an electric opening night performance by leadin...
Read moreWHAT: See world famous Belgian diva Lara Fabian perform her first English album for more than a decade and her greatest hits such as Je’Taime at a rare Athens gig. Fabian’s “Camouflage World Tour” promises to be an electric visual and audio experience, based on the star’s English repertoire. Here’s a taste of what to expect: https://www.youtube.c...
Read moreWHAT: Admire 90 different objects from the ancient Chinese civilization such as astronomical instruments, plows and early seismographs. On loan from the China Science and Technology Museum of Beijing, the exhibition covers discoveries, Chinese innovations and aims to highlight the culture’s remarkable achievements across many different scientific ...
Read moreWHAT: A marvelous mosaic of stories that reflect life through the eyes of children and teenagers in different parts of the world. CineDoc Kids movie festival aims to inspire a young audience with fiction films and documentaries that travel from the North Arctic to India and from the Swiss Alps to Mars! Featured at the festival will be movies lik...
Read moreWHAT: One of the year’s hottest tickets as rock legend Sting performs live at the historic Odeon of Herodes to open this year’s Athens and Epidaurus Festival. The Newcastle-born singer-songwriter and activist last performed at the venue in May 1996 during his “Mercury Falling” tour and is among the rare few acts granted permission to play at Ath...
Read moreWHAT: Homelessness in all its spiritual and psychological forms is the theme of this evocative monographic exhibition by Mike Kelley, an influential commentator on American class and popular culture. Kelley sought to explore how we constantly attempt to create ourselves from our unreliable and unstable memories of our own past. Curated by Douglas F...
Read moreWHAT: Explore money’s enduring symbology from the earliest forms of coinage to ancient Greek banking practices and the evolution of currency. Money: Tangible symbols in ancient Greece - in cooperation with the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection – looks at how, historically, coins have also been used to transmit ideas, status and propaganda. Admission...
Read moreEven the great Vincent Van Gogh – as radically ahead of his time as he was – would have had his mind blown by this very Millennial showcase of his greatest hits that’s making its way to Athens shortly! More than 3000 paintings, sketches and animated images of the great Dutch Master will enliven the Athens Concert Hall in a thrilling major multi-me...
Read moreA charming and fully-equipped one-bedroom apartment with large terrace offering stunning views to the north face of Acropolis, Tower of the winds, Athens' Roman agora and Hadrian's Library. Metro nearby and an eight-minute walk to Syntagma. Walk-up (no lift) to heaven. Available for short term and long term rentals (€100-150 a night, longer-term ra...
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