Mayor: Athens Urban Regeneration Program Largest in Decades

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis. Photo source: @Olympia Forum An ongoing urban overhaul of Athens that includes the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St and Syntagma Square, city park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square and park cleaups, is the largest such program to take place in the Greek capital in the last decades, said Athens Mayor

Athens Named Best European Capital for Food Lovers

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Athens, Greece. Photo Source: @Athens Attica Athens has been named “Best European Capital for Food Lovers” by Uswitch.com, a London-based online telephone and switching service that compares prices of products and services. Uswitch conducted research to identify the best European capital cities for foodies to live in and used TripAdvisor data on the following variables

Tourism Promotion of Athens on Agenda of Talks Between Ministry, City’s Airport

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Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias and AIA CEO Yiannis Paraschis Ways to further promote Athens as a tourism destination, especially during the winter months, were recently discussed between Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias and Athens International Airport (AIA) CEO Yiannis Paraschis During a meeting that took place at AIA’s headquarters in Spata, coordination issues and

Greece’s Lavreotiki Geopark Aiming to Join UNESCO Global Network

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Photo source: @Lavreotiki Geopark The Municipality of Lavreotiki (Lavrion) has initiated a nomination process for the inscription of its geopark, located on the southeastern tip of the Attica peninsula, on UNESCO’s Global Geoparks Network list. A UNESCO field evaluation mission recently visited Lavreotiki to inspect the geopark and tour some of the area’s main sites […]

Athens Limits Traffic to City Center with New Alternate Day Regulation

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Athens, Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas Starting on October 25, entrance into a defined area in the center of Athens will be allowed to certain vehicles based on an odd/even traffic regulation system dubbed the “green daktylios”. Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis announced the reinstatement of the decades-old system which, he said, will for the

DAVE Red Athens Enters Greek Capital’s Hotel Scene

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Rooftop at DAVE Red Athens. Israel-based Brown Hotels on Thursday announced the official opening of the 87-room DAVE Red Athens on Omonia Square in the center of the Greek capital. The new addition to Athens’ hotel market is the fourth property of the chain’s budget-friendly “DAVE – Son of a Brown” urban brand and the […]

Athens Aiming to Have 10 ‘Pocket Parks’ by End of the Year

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The City of Athens is speeding up efforts complete a network of 10 pocket parks in the Greek capital by the end of the year. With the addition of new innovative bioclimatic green areas, the municipality aims to upgrade the quality of life in the city’s neighborhoods, offer more free space to its residents and […]

Athens’ Divani Caravel Hotel Announces Reopening of JuJu Bar

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The award-winning JuJu Bar in Athens is getting ready to open its doors and once again excite guests with its Art Deco ambiance, signature cocktails and entertainment in a lavish environment. JuJu is located at the Divani Caravel hotel in the heart of the Greek capital. Literally meaning “a spell for good luck”, JuJu Bar […]

New Tram Service Ready to Start in Piraeus

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A new tram service set to initially connect the port of Piraeus with Neo Faliro is scheduled to take off next month, said Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister George Karagiannis this week. Speaking on SKAI radio on Monday, the minister admitted there were problems but went on to say that the government was committed to […]

Next Regeneration Project for Athens: Panepistimiou Street

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An impression of Panepistimiou street after renovation works are complete. The municipality of Athens is moving ahead with the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St as part of a general urban redevelopment plan that has included so far park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square overhauls. The renovation of Panepistimiou St, to cost 3 million euros, […]