The construction ingenuity of Athens' Parthenon has enabled it to miraculously survive natural disasters such as earthquakes.
Athens’ Acropolis offers a rare winter view, combining history with dramatic seasonal beauty.
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece invites a step back in time to explore ancient wonders.
The Dolli Eyes, a monumental sculptural work by Michael McDonough, is installed on the building’s historic façade in the ...
Books & the Arts / In A.E. Stallings’s Frieze Frame, the poet retells the many conflicts, political and cultural, the ...
Greece is rolling out a major digital upgrade aimed at transforming how visitors access its most famous cultural landmarks, including the world famous Acropolis. With millions of visitors every year, ...
On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.
International visitors will now have to pay €32 to enter the Louvre – a marked 45% increase from the previous €22 fee ...
Kypseli, a residential neighbourhood north of the city centre, offers a glimpse of how the Greek capital is evolving. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Athens sprawls across the Attica Basin, a valley surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges and on the fourth by the Saronic Gulf. Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ...
When people picture the ancient world, they often imagine ruins behind museum glass. But many of the world’s oldest cities are still alive, loud, and surprisingly ordinary. Streets mapped out ...
There’s nothing like a city break to jump-start us out of the great winter slump – but why wait until spring? European cities ...