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Before Midnight
A big love in Messinian Mani
A big love in Messinian Mani
As the third part of a trilogy telling the story of a big love, Before Midnight is released in June. Directed by awarded Richard Linklater and with two famous actors starring in it (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) the movie was filmed against the beautiful landscapes of Messinian Mani. Read more...
Blue flag beaches 2013
393 Greek beaches and 9 marinas!
393 Greek beaches and 9 marinas!
Greece once again ranked second on the Blue Flag quality award list among 49 countries, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature announced at a special event held on 26 May at Voula beach, in Attica. Read more…
Nisyros
An island of lava
An island of lava
A volcanic cone emerged from the sea thousands of years ago to become one of the most beautiful islands of the Aegean Sea. Craters with still simmering holes, villages on the caldera and black beaches make up an unforgettable uncanny landscape. Discover it…
Summer cinemas
Screening under the stars
Screening under the stars
Jasmine and honeysuckle scenting the atmosphere, pop corn challenging the hunger, new editions of legendary old films pleasing the cinema lovers, and Athenians spending evenings watching their favourite films under the stars in a beautiful romantic way. Share the experience…
Summer fruits
Juicy bites
Juicy bites
Melons, water melons, peaches, cherries, figs, grapes: cooling like nothing you’ve had before, fruits are the stars of summer in Greece. Taste them in salads; let them refresh you in juices; enjoy them in delicious jams; use them in cooking. Yum-yum…
Windmills
The stone giants of the Aegean
The stone giants of the Aegean
Trademarks of the Cycladic landscape, these great monuments of modern Greek architecture heritage, defy time and space and stand proud and mighty staring at the blue of the sea and the sky on the windswept hills of the stunning Greek islands. Visit them...
Upcoming events
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Acropolis Museum fourth year anniversary
On Thursday 20 June 2013, the Acropolis Museum celebrates its fourth year anniversary. The exhibition areas will remain open from 8 a.m. until 12 midnight. The restaurant will be open during the same hours. On this occasion, admission will be reduced (3 euros) for all visitors.
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Across visual arts exhibition at the Hellenic American Union
If you are downtown Athens, stop at the Hellenic American Union galleries to visit the exhibition Across by visual artist Mary Christea which will last until June 21, 2013.
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Patti Smith and her band come to Athens Festival
Patti Smith and her band come to Athens for a unique rock concert on June 22, 2013 in the context of Athens Festival 2013.
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European Music Day 2013
For the 14th consecutive year, MESO NPO (the national agency for the coordination of the Greek organisers of the European Music Day network) has set up various events filled with music.
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2nd International Music Festival at the MontofoIi Estate
Following last year’s big success, the International Music Festival at the Montofoli Estate returns to fill the night with music on June 22 and 23, 2013.
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3rd Kavala Airsea Show 2013
In the beautiful city of Kavala, with its dreamy beaches and rich history, the 3rd Kavala AirSea Show is taking place from June 21 until June 24, 2013.
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Matala Beach Festival 2013
The Matala Beach Festival is back! From June 21 until June 24, 2013, Greece’s largest free festival will take place in Matala, Municipality of Festos on the beautiful island of Crete.
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My Love Soon at Athens International Airport
A video work by the Swiss artist Yves Ackermann entitled My Love Soon will be welcoming the passengers and visitors of the Athens International Airport until June 25, 2013.
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Your Planet Needs You Live in 2050 exhibition
Visit the interactive multimedia exhibition Your Planet Needs You! Live in 2050, held at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre and presented in collaboration with ACT until late June 2013.
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6th Vassiliki Watersports Festival & International Regatta
On the island of Lefkada, in a bay famous world-wide for its amazing location and conditions for windsurfing and sailing, the Vassiliki Watersports Festival & International Regatta is going from strength to strength and the 6th edition of the event is scheduled for the last week of June this year.
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Nights full of music in the 22nd Nafplion Festival
Nafplion Festival returns with a lot of artistic events from June, 21 until June, 30 2013.
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The famous jazz diva Diana Krall at Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The famous singer, pianist, songwriter and composer, the unique Diana Krall is coming on the first day of July at Odeon of Herodes Atticus, as part of the Athens Festival, for an evening full of glamour, jazz and blues, charm and true enjoyment.
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Peace by Aristophanes starts its summer tour
Aristophanes’ anti-war utopian comedy Peace will be the summer production of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. It will be the opening act in the Festival of Philippi – Thasos Island on July 5 and 6, 2013 and the beginning of the National Tour.
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Tango Acropolis 2013
The 1st global tango meeting is to take place in Athens from July 5, 2013 until July 7, 2013 for a magical music and dance event in the foothills of the Acropolis!
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Video Portraits by Robert Wilson
The Onassis Cultural Centre presents Video Portraits by Robert Wilson, a famous multi-faceted avant-garde artist, until July 7, 2013.
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Rockwave festival 2013
The festival best loved by music fans, where some of the biggest stars have given memorable performances, is coming of age this year and will be hosting a four-day huge music party from July 6 to July 9, 2013!
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Primal Matter at Athens Festival 2013
Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2013 is back with you this summer to bring you art and culture with its shows and activities. To draw the curtain there goes Primal Matter, running from June 1st to July 14th 2013, to mark the return of Dimitris Papaioannou to the Festival.
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Insenso returns to Athens Festival
Insenso by Dimitris Dimitriadis, staged by Michael Marmarinos, one of last summer’s most talked about performances is back at Peiraios 260, for a few days only, on July 12 – 15, 2013.
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EJEKT Festival is back
On July 16, 2013 spend the evening at the most beautiful open-air venue of Athens – Plateia Nerou, right by the sea – and feel the sounds and rhythm of EJEKT Festival 2013.
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Athens World Music Festival P.I.I.G.S.
Enjoy the rich music tradition of P.I.I.G.S., the 5 European countries that were hit the hardest by the recent financial crisis, at the Athens World Music Festival which returns in Technopolis from July 15, to July 19, 2013.
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73rd PanHellenic Mountaineering Meeting on Mt Olympus
A special mountaineering event is to be organised by the Hellenic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing on Profitis Elias Summit on July 21, 2013, for the celebration of the centenary year of the first ascent on Mt Olympus.
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Kyriakos Katzourakis at Benaki Museum
Benaki Museum (Peiraios street Building) hosts a retrospective tribute to Kyriakos Katzourakis, which will last until July 28, 2013.
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Martino Gamper 100 chairs in 100 days
Pay a visit to Martino Gamper’s exhibition 100 chairs in 100 days. A Platonic interpretation hosted at Benaki Museum (Peiraios street Building) until July 28, 2013.
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50th Aegean Sailing Rally
The 50th Aegean Sailing Rally is ‘setting sail’ on July 19th, 2013. The Hellenic Offshore Racing Club is organising the 50th Aegean Sailing Rally, which will be held from Saturday 19th to Monday 29rd July 2013.
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Dimitris Hantzopoulos exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete
In the beautiful town of Rethymnon in Crete, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete hosts the painting exhibition Potatoes with oil on wood by Dimitris Hantzopoulos until July 30, 2013, in parallel with a presentation of selected caricatures about the crisis.
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Archaic Colours in the Acropolis Museum
Don’t miss the chance to visit the famous Acropolis Museum in Athens. Moreover, until the end of July 2013 you will have the opportunity to discover there the colours of the Museum’s archaic statues, the Archaic Colours.
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The one and only Roger Waters is coming for The Wall Show
Roger Waters will visit Athens on July 31, 2013 for a unique spectacle titled The Wall.
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The Antikythera Shipwreck exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens
The National Archaeological Museum of Athens launched on April 6, a temporary exhibition entitled The Antikythera Shipwreck: The ship - the Treasures - the Mechanism, to run until August, 2013.
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Socrates Now is back
For the second consecutive year the successful performance Socrates Now will take place beneath the Acropolis on several dates in June, July and September starring Emmy Award winner Yannis Simonides.
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3rd Athens Open Air Film Festival
The Athens Open Air Film Festival, established in the summer of 2011 by the Athens International Film Festival - Opening Nights and CINEMA magazine, and kindly supported this year by the Greek National Tourism Organisation, infuses the city with film screenings and other cultural events against a unique urban backdrop: Athens' most characteristic monuments.
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Depicting Transcendence at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros
This summer the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros presents the exhibition entitled Depicting Transcendence and travels its visitors through a period starting with the Byzantine tradition and ending with contemporary art.
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Costa Navarino Engaging Art
All guests of Costa Navarino in Messinia, southwest Peloponnese, are given now the opportunity to enhance their artistic knowledge by experiencing the destination’s brand new contemporary art platform Costa Navarino: Engaging Art. Its first exhibition titled 60 picks per minute will last until October 6, 2013.
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Exhibition The Costakis Collection and the Russian Avant Garde
Celebrating the centenary year of the birth of Greek born collector George Costakis, the State Museum of Contemporary Art (Moni Lazariston) in Thessaloniki holds a large exhibition on the collector’s work, which will be running until the end of this year.
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Archaeology behind battle lines in Thessaloniki
If you visit Thessaloniki, the charming city of Macedonia, make a stop at the Archaeological Museum hosting the exhibition Archaeology behind battle lines. In Thessaloniki of the turbulent years 1912-1922 until the end of 2013.
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