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Expo: Best-kept secret

11 June 2015

Spread across a basin in a picturesque peninsula surrounded by the sea, Athens offers its residents a choice of beaches to enjoy away from the hustle and bustle of the daily city grind. The views aren’t too shabby either…

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Athens

Think of Athens and the first things that spring to mind are ancient ruins and camera-toting crowds (before they hotfoot it to the island-bound ferries at the port of Piraeus, that is). It’s true, the Acropolis is ever…

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Kolonaki and Psiri

17 June 2007

Leave the summer hordes behind in favour of a toothsome flat-hunting tour around Greece’s ruin-strewn capital. Kolonaki and Psiri, two very different neighbourhoods, offer up some smart urban boltholes and investment opp…

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Athens Greece

9 May 2019

Vouliagmeni is Athen’s wealthiest neighbourhood, where old-school rules. And now it has a revived hotel that’s set to pull in a jet-ski set.

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Picking up the pieces

22 September 2014

An ambitious new generation of Greek architects is on the rise, demonstrating a unique approach to design. Forced by the nation’s economic malaise to raise their game, they are taking their skills around the world.

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The Urbanist - Athens special

6 December 2018

To coincide with the release of our new Athens travel guide, Monocle’s Venetia Rainey takes the temperature of the city she calls home.

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Classical revival

18 August 2015

Greece has recently been grabbing the headlines for all the wrong reasons. But while commentators indulge in unhelpful schadenfreude, we think it is high time to celebrate the things the country still does rather well.

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The Monocle Travel Guide, Athens

Think of Athens and the first things that spring to mind are ancient ruins and camera-toting crowds. It’s true, the Acropolis is ever present and during summer the city thrums with schools of holidaymakers. But there’s much…

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Athens: The Monocle Travel Guide

4 December 2018

The weekly pilgrimage to a ‘laiki agora’ is at the heart of Greek lifestyle. To celebrate the launch of our latest book, Monocle Films takes stock at one of its favourite Athenian food markets.Available now at The Monocle…

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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 11: Athens, Exarchia

22 November 2016

With a reputation as a stronghold for anarchists, students and intellectuals, the district of Exarchia in downtown Athens is going through the gradual process of gentrification. It is not famous for its food – yet. But that…

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Documenta 14

21 August 2017

This contemporary art exhibition opened in Athens this year, as well as its home town of Kassel in Germany. It features artwork and performances from global artists about boundaries, displacement and the relationship bet…

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