A forest playground with treehouses, interactive games and many more surprises awaits children and the young at heart at The Ellinikon Experience Park located on the premises of the former Athens airport in Ellinikon. Photo source: The Ellinikon Experience Park Covering an area of over 5,700sqm, the Ellinikon Experience Park is part of a larger metropolitan park
The Olympia Municipal Music Theatre ‘Maria Callas’, located near Athens city center, will host a number of music performances and art exhibitions during the next three months, as part of the municipality’s new cultural program announced earlier this week. Athens’ cultural program will run between February and May. The theater reopened its doors in the […]
Photo Source: SEGAS The Greek Tourism Ministry has plans to boost international promotion for the Athens Marathon and also promote Greece as a destination through the major running event. The announcement followed a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) President Sofia Sakorafa during which they explored ways to
Photo source: ametro.gr Athens Metro Line 4 entered a new phase this week after the Municipality of Athens announced that it would be proceeding with landscaping works after the completion of the project. The municipality and the Greek Environment Ministry signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Monday which foresees among others planting 2,000 trees […]
Attiki Odos (archive photo) Attiki Odos S.A., the operator of the 70km ring road that connects the Greek capital with Athens International Airport and other areas in Attica, on Thursday announced that vehicles entering the motorway will not be required to pay tolls until 11.59pm on January 30. The highway reopened to traffic on Thursday […]
Registration for the 2022 Athens Half Marathon event will open on January 28, the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) and the City of Athens Sports, Culture and Youth Organization (OPANDA) announced on Thursday. The annual sports event is scheduled to take place in the Greek capital on March 20, in accordance with the health protocols announced […]
The significant role that horses played in the lives of ancient Athenians is highlighted in a new art and science exhibition that opened its doors in the Greek capital on Thursday. Organized by the American School of Classical Studies, the “Hippos – The horse in ancient Athens” exhibition opened at the Makriyannis wing of the […]
A major project for the upgrade of the sidewalks in Athens is underway in the city’s commercial center and neighborhoods, the Municipality of Athens announced on Monday. Budgeted at 24 million euros, the project started in July with the aim to improve safety conditions and the quality of life of people that live and work […]
The Acropolis in Athens. Photo: GTP Athens is among the world’s most beautiful cities to explore by night, ranking third on a list recently released by Premier Inn, a leading UK-based hotel chain. To compile the list, Premier Inn counted the number of Instagram posts which used the hashtags #[city]bynight for cities in the UK, […]
Athens and Attica have great potential to evolve into sustainable tourism destinations linking culture with travel and high quality hospitality, said Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview to Action24. Kikilias said the ministry had launched a special campaign promoting the Greek capital as a prime city break destination all year round and added […]


















