Breathtaking highlights

The Association of Greek National Guides is organizing a TREASURE HUNT on Sunday February 5,2012.
The event is under the aegis of The Municipality of Athens,GNTO, The Athens Tourism and Development Agency and Breathtaking Athens.The occasion is the International Day of Tourist Guides and the aim is to promote lesser known archaeological sites and museums of Athens.

Kappatos Gallery in Athens, Greece organises and presents from Thursday January 26th until February 12th, 2012, for twelfth time since 1999, the annual contemporary art exhibition ROOMS2012, at St.George Lycabettus Hotel, Dexameni, Kolonaki.

Athens has an impressive variety of goods to offer shoppers, from top designer labels and exquisite jewelry to fine antiques and high quality leather goods. The sales period is the big chance to obtain all things offered by the Athens shopping paradise at a better price. Winter sales in Athens start in the middle of January and last approximately until the middle of March when you can get discounts of up to 50% and 70%. Most shops are open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 9 am-3 pm and on Tuesday and Thursday 9 am-8 pm.

The Greek food throughout its history and continuing today is for the Greeks a philosophy. In Athens, there is a large variety of excellent restaurants, ranging from the traditional Greek and Mediterranean cuisine to Asian and Arabic with chefs, menus and waiting staff that impress even the well-traveled gourmand.

Athens is celebrating

at 3 main squares, in 17 neighborhoods and at 11 cultural centers, with 10 events and 700 artists for 30 days and 30 nights

CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S in Athens!

Program of events

Friday, December 9th 2011
Syntagma Square
11.00-13.00
Decoration of Syntagma Square
18.00
The lighting of Syntagma Square
Presentation: Larissa Vergou-Leonidas Antonopoulos
Philharmonic Orchestra of Athens Municipality

New artists revive with their work the empty shops of the City.

This Christmas season, Athens is reviving. Young people take action in bringing a sign of hope and participation to the City. The festive program that the City of Athens has prepared this year, concentrates on solidarity and joint efforts. For this reason, the artistic workforce of the City is giving an emphasis on giving life to the commercial center of Athens, which has lately been hit from the financial crisis, with lots of shops shutting down.

The 3rd Athens Biennale 2011 MONODROME opened to the public on 23 October and will last through 11 December. The international contemporary art festival of Athens takes place at Diplareios School (Theatre Square) and at the Arts Center and the Eleftherios Venizelos Museum (Eleftherias Park). More than 100 artists, art groups, curators and theorists participate in the exhibition and the events programme of MONODROME.

Athens Photo Festival is the annual festival of contemporary photography in Greece and a premiere cultural event in Athens, organized by the Hellenic Centre for Photography. It is the oldest festival in Greece and one of the five oldest international festivals for photography in the world.

ReMap3 starts on Monday, September 12th (17:00) in Athens, Greece with a dense and versatile international programme of exhibitions and events open to the public.
This year's event, the third one in the history of ReMap, further reinforces its international character, as it becomes a meeting point for more than 250 artists, art historians and curators from around the world. Within the 30 independent and the 25 gallery projects comprising this year's ReMap, the artistic community of Kerameikos - Metaxourgeio will also be represented.