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Thursday, 01 March 2018 07:00
Al Hammam Turkish Baths
Travel blogger and author Rebecca Hall from Life Beyond Borders explores the Al Hammam baths in Athens with members of Travel Bloggers Greece and shares her experience!
Al Hammam Turkish Baths are located in Chania, Crete and in the Plaka district of Athens. Actually, more towards the Anafiotika area of Athens, literally under the Acropolis, so imagine the views from the rooftop terrace where one can sip tea and eat Turkish treats after your experience? It’s literally a 100 metre walk from the museum Bath House of the Winds.
The one hour experience the Travel Bloggers Greece were offered was called the Al Hammam. This included:
- 30 minutes sitting in the Hammam followed by;
- 15 minute body exfoliation with a kese glove
- 15 minute hair wash
- 15 minute olive soap bubble massage
First you sit in the Hammam ‘mist’ room. After changing in the (rather small) changing rooms into either disposable underwear (if you’re happy to go topless), or swimsuit (like me), then you enter the marbled, humid, steamy room and sit around, basically like a sauna and getting hot and sweaty. But it’s larger than a sauna; it’s circular and as you gradually get hotter and hotter, you can fill up a bowl of cold water and basically pour it over you!
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Thursday, 03 November 2016 07:00
Record-Breaking 'Extra Supermoon' On November 14th, 2016
If you missed some of the amazing astronomical phenomena this year, then you could make up for it in one outing. On November 14th, 2016, the Moon will come the closest it has been to earth since January 1948. The supermoon, as the phenomenon is called, will appear up to 14 percent bigger than an average full moon. This is the closest the Moon will get to Earth until 25 November 2034, so you really don’t want to miss this one!
To read this article in full, please visit: Tornos News
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Tuesday, 01 November 2016 07:00
Greece Among Europe's Most Charming Villages
A popular travel website, AFAR, recently named the 13 most charming villages in Europe and Greece made the list! Ano Mera is a quiet and colorful Cycladic village in Mykonos and is actually one of the oldest villages of the island. Visitors often explore the Panagia Tourliani church and the Paleokastro Monastery, which are centuries old. In addition, there are graves of the ancient Geometric era of Greece in Ano Mera.
To name a few, AFAR's list also included Les Bateliers in France, Glen Country House in Cork, and Vernazza on the stunning Amalfi Coast. Mykonos came in at number 4.
To read this article in full, please visit: AFAR
To read this article in full, please visit: AFAR
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Monday, 31 October 2016 07:00
Barley Cargo
Located along the thriving bar strip of Kolokotroni St, Barley Cargo is geared towards tasting and exploring boutique beers and it taps into the growing trend of craft beer. Barley Cargo offers a beer tasting experience in central Athens with more than 230 international beers including 70 Greek beers and 17 on tap varieties. Established in 2012 by Marios Mantzoukis and Nectarios Kefalas, Barley Cargo is the perfect place to get acquainted with Greek beers, which are winning awards all around the world.
Popular with locals and visitors to Athens, there is a delicious tasting menu to compliment the beer list, which changes according to the season. Produce is local and fresh. The friendly staff at Barley Cargo are eager to share something distinctive about each of the beers and the three litre pouring canisters are a popular choice for groups or to settle in with for a lazy afternoon.
Where: 6 Kolokotroni St.
Telephone: 210 323 0445
Opening Hours: Open Monday through Saturday from 11:00 to 03:00 and Sunday from 19:00 to 03:00.
Where: 6 Kolokotroni St.
Telephone: 210 323 0445
Opening Hours: Open Monday through Saturday from 11:00 to 03:00 and Sunday from 19:00 to 03:00.
To read this article in full, please visit: Why Athens
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Monday, 31 October 2016 07:00
Graffiti By Local Artist In Athens Goes Viral
A dilapidated, abandoned building in the dreary streets on the corner of 52 Konstantinou Paleologou, and Samou St. in Athens, Attica presented the perfect canvas for a street artist to express his creativity. The graffiti, inspired by Jimmy Hendrix’s “Knowledge Speaks-Wisdom Listens”, was created by famous street artist ‘WD’ in the framework of the Athens Municipality’s Petit Paris d’ Athènes festival and has drawn the admiration of the internet community and Reddit.
The owl symbolizes wisdom and the goddess Athena. The artist said on his Facebook page, ‘Knowledge speaks – Wisdom listens.’
To read this article in full, please visit: Tornos News
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Sunday, 30 October 2016 20:07
October 25 - October's National Pride
Learn more about OXI Day in Greece and explore Athens in the fall!
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Sunday, 30 October 2016 19:56
October 18 - Greek Culture Known Around The World
Discover Greek culture around the world! There's an online museum bringing Greek hisotry and culture to audiences worldwide, The Clumsies made the list of top 50 bars in the world, a Greek theatre hosted a play after 2,000 years, and Greek olive oil is used for medical research!
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Tuesday, 01 November 2016 07:00
TripAdvisor's Top 10 Restaurants In Greece
Greece is known for its heart healthy, delicious Mediterranean cuisine and some of the best restaurants in the world. After analyzing user reviews and ratings, TripAdvisor released a list of the ’top 10’ restaurants in Greece, highlighting all the favorites from an upscale modern restaurant in Athens to a beachside cafe in Santorini.
Funky Gourmet - Athens
Where:13 Paramithias Street and Salaminos, Keramikos
Telephone: 210 524 2727
Eleas Gi - Athens
Where: 4 Dexamenis, Kifisia
Telephone: 210 620 0005
Where: Main Beach Rd, Pefkos
Telephone: 224 404 8213
La Maison - Santorini
Where: Imerovigli
Telephone: 228 602 5649
Sea Side by Notos - Santorini
Where: Agios Georgios Beach, Perivolos
Telephone: 228 608 2801
Melenos Lindos Restaurant - Rhodes
Where: Lindos, Rhodes
Telephone: 224 403 2222
M-eating - Mykonos
Where: 10 Kalogera, Mykonos Town
Telephone: 228 907 8550
GB Roof Garden - Athens
Where: 1 Vasileos Georgiou A_ Str., Syntagma Square
Telephone: 210 333 0766
The Windmill Restaurant - Skiathos
Where: Kotronia Skiathos Island
Varoulko Seaside - Piraeus
Where: 52 Akti Koumoundourou, Piraeus
Telephone: 210 522 8400
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Thursday, 27 October 2016 07:00
Dionysus - God Of Wine And Ecstasy
Worshipped in temples, theaters, public festivals and private parties, Dionysus brought joy and relief to ancient Greek life.
Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, often seems a familiar, likable figure, perhaps because wine and its associated rituals are such a characteristic ingredient of our own modern-day existence. Like other deities, Dionysus appears in human form and is credited with divine powers; yet thanks to his love of drinking, dancing, music and uninhibited merry-making with free-spirited friends, he offers an even more evocative reflection of the human condition and represented a favorite figure in ancient Greek religion and art.
Dionysus was the son of Zeus, ruler of the Olympian gods, and Semele, a Theban princess and daughter of King Cadmus. After his mother was tricked and killed by Hera (Zeus’ vengeful wife), Dionysus was rescued from Semele’s womb by his father and implanted in his thigh. On his son’s birth, Zeus placed Dionysus in the care of nymphs who inhabited the mythical mountain Nysa – variously located by mythologists somewhere to the east, perhaps even in distant India. As he matured, Dionysus took up wandering from land to land, accompanied by an entourage that included his tutor, Silenus, satyrs, maenads and the lustful god Pan, a human-like figure with the horns and legs of a goat.
Dionysus was considered a latecomer to the Greek pantheon and an exotic, somewhat foreign divinity.
Athenians honored Dionysus in a series of annual festivals, celebrated at three key spots sacred to the god: the “Lenaeum” (location unknown); the sanctuary “In the Marshes” (location unknown); and at his temple on the south slope of the Acropolis, adjacent to the Theater of Dionysus.
To read this article in full, please visit: Greece Is
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Thursday, 27 October 2016 07:00
Ancient Greeks May Have Inspired China's Terracotta Army
Greek craft workers may have helped inspire the most famous Chinese sculptures ever made – the 8,000 warriors of the Terracotta Army who have been watching over the tomb of the first emperor of China for more than 2,000 years.
Archaeologists and historians working on the warriors say they now believe that the figures’ startlingly lifelike appearance could have been influenced by the arrival in China of ancient Greek sculptures, and even that Greek sculptors made their way there to teach their designs.
Li Xiuzhen, a senior archaeologist at the site says, “We now have evidence that close contact existed between the first emperor’s China and the west before the formal opening of the Silk Road. This is far earlier than we formerly thought,” she said. “We now think the Terracotta Army, the acrobats and the bronze sculptures found on site, have been inspired by ancient Greek sculptures and art.”
To read this article in full, please visit: The Guardian
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