McArthurGlen – Athens Designer Outlet

The Acropolis

Athens Designer Outlet – Something Ancient, Something New: The city of gods and legends now has a designer fashion first.  The McArthurGlen Group’s Athens Designer Outlet is now open.   There are some 125 designer and high-street brands at their usual permanently discounted rates. Athens is already a shopping mecca and the Athens Designer Outlet takes [...]

Find a Greek Phone Number

phonebuttons

Greek Phone Books, Phone Codes and Phone Directories Finding a Greek phone number is free online, and there are several free residential and business phone directories in English. The country calling code of Greece is 30, and every regular Greek telephone number (area code + subscriber number) has ten digits. There are currently two-, three-, [...]

A walking tour of Athens city

Changing of the Guards Ceremony - Athens

A walking route you can do on your own: Syntagma Square, in front of the Parliament House, is the main square in Athens.  It’s also known as Constitution Square and around this area you’ll find the banks, airline offices, shopping centres and malls, restaurants and hotels. This is a good starting point for a walking [...]

Greece and Greek Island Travel

Flag of Greece flying over the Acropolis

Greece Travel: a Europe Tour that’s a Gold Medal Experience! Greece travel need not be an Olympic marathon. Given Greek history, the most interesting tourist sights naturally tend to be in the more southern areas of mainland Greece rather than the north. After Athens, most tours concentrate on the major historical sites like Olympia and [...]

Tour Routes in Greece

Map of Greece

Places in Greece and the Greek islands you shouldn’t miss Greece travel can really be split into two: mainland travel and island travel. The only tours to visit the islands, as far as I know, are day-tours and cruises. As the latter always leave at sundown or so as far as I’m concerned they actually [...]

Useful facts for travel to Greece and the Greek Islands

Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Greece and the Greek Islands Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals The most significant festival in Greece is of course, Easter (Greek Easter traditions). The Greek Orthodox Church traditionally stresses Christ’s Resurrection rather than the [...]

Eating out on your Athens holiday

Dining at a Plaka taverna

Souvlakis, moussakas and calamari: Greek food is well known the world over and many visitors to Greece arrive already equipped with some knowledge of common dishes like mezes, souvlaki, moussaka, Greek salad, etc.  Some of the names may not be familiar, but we most probably have had some tyropitakia (small cheese pies), soutzoukakia (meatballs in [...]

Athens Sightseeing: The Acropolis

The Parthenon built for the goddess Athena

An awe-inspiring heritage from Greece’s Golden Age: A highlight of any holiday in Athens is a visit to the Acropolis.  One of the earliest religious complexes in ancient Greece, this awe-inspiring heritage from its the Golden Age still dominates the skyline of modern Athens. The Acropolis is an extremely popular tourist attraction and each day [...]

Greek sandals fit for gods and goddesses

Sandals from a famous sandal maker

Greek sandals by a famous sandal maker On my first visit to Athens many many moons ago, I stumbled upon Pandrossou Street and recall my heart rate spiking up as for me this was like discovering an Aladdin’s cave of shops.  Pandrossou Street is a pedestrian walkway jammed  with shops on both sides, many selling [...]

Shopping on your Athens holiday

A treasure trove of shops

Athens, a Shopping Mecca for all: Athens is a shopping mecca which caters for all types of shoppers.  From the souvenir collectors to the bargain hunters and to the more serious buyers of artwork, jewellery or sculptures, there is an abundance of choice here. When Athens was awarded the 2004 Olympic Games, the city centre [...]