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Entry to seven archeology sites with one e-ticket
The new multi-ticket will be launched in mid-June, ahead of the summer tourist season
Gallery of slopes
On the first level of the museum there are the findings of the slopes of the Acropolis. The long and rectangular hall whose floor is sloping, resembles the ascension to the rock. Then, the visitor is found at the large trapezoidal hall which accommodates the archaic findings. On the same floor there are also the […]
International Women’s Day with the Caryatids
Literally, the caryatids are the maidens of Karyai, an ancient town of the Peloponnese where the goddess Artemis was worshipped. It comes as little surprises that these objects of femininity were chosen to shoulder the architectural burden of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens. They represent womanhood that is beautiful, strong and, in the […]
Carnival spirit culminates around Greece this week
Carnival spirit builds to a crescendo this week, the final week of apokries (carnival) time!
Athens Metro: A huge excavation site! (photos + videos)
The Athens Metro is like a hop on/hop off sightseeing bus
Chocofactory with confectionaries galore! (photos+video)
The most delicious place to be in Thessaloniki
The 180-year-old battle to reclaim the Parthenon Marbles
British Museum Director Dr. Neil MacGregor may like to claim that the Greek authorities have never formally asked for the return of the sculptures or have requested to loan them, however the struggle for their repatriation has been a long and hard one
