The city of Athens is the capital of Greece, and the largest city of the country.
Visitors are given a choice of over 200 hotels and over 500 restaurants.
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TREASURE HUNT
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.
POWERED BY WIND: CHARITY CROSSING
Start: 02/04/2012 - 20:36
Kiters and sailors join forces to raise funds for 3 charities
Most of us think twice before leaving our warm houses on a cold February day. For others, it is the opportunity to jump into icy cold waters to raise funds and awareness for charity.
This is what a group of kiteboarders and sailors will do in a few weeks.
ART CLASSES for children aged 8-12 yrs
Start: 01/28/2012 - 00:12
End: 02/18/2012 - 00:12
with Pascaline Bossu at Herakleidon Museum in Athens, Greece.
CYCLE C΄ from 28/1 until 18/2/2012:
"The art of Sonia Delaunay"
Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) was a Jewish-French artist who, with her husband Robert Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement
MATHEMATICS AND THE ARTS OF JAPAN
Start: 01/23/2012 - 00:36
End: 04/22/2012 - 00:36
The Herakleidon Museum in Athens,Greece, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Athens, present an exhibition of works by the sculptor Ntina Anastasiadou titled "Mathematics and the Arts of Japan".
The exhibition comprises 60 sculptures, ceramic works and constructions inspired by the Culture of Japan.
Kamishibai: Paper Theater
Start: 01/29/2012 - 00:17
End: 02/19/2012 - 00:17
Educational Program for children aged 4-7 yrs
Every Sunday from January 29th until February 19th 2012, from 11:00 until 12:30 at Herakleidon Museum in Athens, Greece, Vasilia Vaxevani will be unfolding stories from all over the world, using the kamishibai* technique, precursor of Japanese comics. Together, the children will create their own "paper theater".
Exhibition of the Byzantine & Christian Museum at Athens International Airport
Start: 01/10/2012 - 00:54
End: 04/30/2012 - 00:54
Athens International Airport, in the framework of its cooperation with the Byzantine & Christian Museum, hosts at its premises a photo exhibition of the Museum's Permanent Exhibition from January 10th until April 30th, 2012.
ROOMS2012
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.
Smyrna. The distruction of the cosmopolitan city 1900-1922
Start: 01/24/2012 - 22:44
End: 02/26/2012 - 22:44
Having carried out four years of research, the director and curator, Maria Iliou, and the historical consultant, Alexander Kitroeff present their work on Smyrna via previously unseen visual materials from archives from the US and Europe at Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece.
Studios
Start: 01/17/2012 - 00:25
End: 02/12/2012 - 00:25
The Art Foundation in Athens, Greece is pleased to present the annual exhibition Studios which opens on Tuesday, January 17th and will run until February 12th, 2012.
The exhibition presents a selection of works by recent graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts and emphasizes on the artistic practices that are currently developed in Greece.
Michalis Sourvinos: Classical Guitar Concert
Start: 01/26/2012 - 00:36
Thursday, January 26
7:30pm
Born in Athens, Greece, Michalis Sourvinos is a classical concert guitarist who performed as a soloist in multiple orchestras in Greece and with international ensembles all over the world.
Shopping in Athens!
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.
Gastronomic Neighborhoods in Athens
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.
Great Russian Painters 1920-2010 from Manege Collection in Saint Petersburg
Start: 12/15/2011 - 00:38
End: 03/11/2012 - 00:38
Works of great Russian Painters from Manege Collection will be hosted at B & M Theocharakis Foundation in Athens, Greece from December 15th 2011 until March 11th 2012 . The Manege Gallery Collection is a unique museum ensemble in Russia.
George Hadjimichalis. The Painter A.K.- A Novel
Start: 11/09/2011 - 00:43
End: 02/05/2012 - 00:43
The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece presents from November 9th 2011 until February 5th 2012 the new work by George Hadjimichalis titled George Hadjimichalis. The Painter A.K .- A Novel in the framework of the series ΕΜSΤ Commissions 2011.
Ten theme festivals give the holiday pulse!
Start: 12/16/2011 - 00:39
End: 01/05/2012 - 00:39
This Christmas, all the artistic forces of the city of Athens become the "spirit of the city" and work together to prepare festivities. Ten theme festivals give the pulse of this holiday season for the next 30 days and nights in all main squares of the city: Syntagma, Klaythmonos and Kotzia. The celebrations will spread at the same time in 17 different neighborhoods of the city
A Festive Day for Foster Families and the children of “MITERA”
Start: 12/22/2011 - 00:27
This Christmas, the radio station of Athens, Athina 9.84, "adopts" the Infant Care Center "Mitera" and its Branches (Penteli Convalescent Home, "Agios Andreas" Childland and "Agia Varvara Childland). "MITERA" is one of the main Child Protection Institutions in Greece, which- through adoptions and fostering of unprotected,abandoned and abused children- aims at securing for them a normal psychological and social future.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: «Swan Lake»
Start: 12/16/2011 - 00:19
End: 12/30/2011 - 00:19
CHRISTMAS AT THE ATHENS CONCERT HALL
A real Christmas treat for lovers of classical ballet of all ages, Swan Lake, will be presented at Megaron Athens Concert Hall for twenty-two performances, featuring some of the best-known names of international ballet.
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss and Christmas songs
Start: 12/19/2011 - 00:00
Four opera singers, Katia Paschou, soprano, Aggeliki Kathariou, mezzo-soprano, Yannis Filias, tenor, George Mattheakakis, baritone, along with Manolis Papasifakis in piano, interprete excerpts from the operetta, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, as well as Christmas songs at B & M Theocharakis Foundation Auditorium in Athens, Greece.
The Sounds of Christmas go Baroque!
Start: 12/27/2011 - 00:31
End: 12/28/2011 - 00:31
A Festive Concert by
the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation
featuring Italian Baroque compositions
for Flute, Recorder, Viol and Harpsichord
For second year successively the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation in Athens, Greece
celebrates Christmas with a festive concert of Baroque Music, dedicated to the birthplace of the kind, Italy.
ISLANDS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK...
Start: 12/09/2011 - 00:40
End: 04/23/2012 - 00:40
Islands off the beaten track is the name of a series of archaeological exhibitions being organised by and held at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, Greece, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The exhibitions will focus on the most remote, inaccessible, small and medium-sized islands of the Aegean archipelago.
