Acropolis of Athens

Clashes occurred on Tuesday morning on the sacred rock of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, between tour guides and activists protesting against the war in Gaza. The activists hung a banner which read: "Stop Israel Crime at Gaza". According to reports, tour...

The magical August full moon will be celebrated across Greece with many museums and Greek archaeological sites staying open until midnight and presenting various events free of charge on August 10. For the fourth consecutive year, the August full moon events offer great opportunity...

This year's World Tourism Awards were of particular importance as they were held at the hotel Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, in Athens, Greece which shows that the global tourism market has given a vote of confidence to the country's efforts to return to growth. World...

Thousands of visitors to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece will be able to have medical assistance during their tour at the Greek monument as of Thursday. Greek Minister of Culture and Sport Kostas Tasoulas asked Health Minister Makis Voridis to appoint a generalist to...

An application by the Committee for Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments and Acropolis Restoration Service allows a virtual tour in  Greece's most important monument, the Acropolis. The virtual tour of Acropolis consists of high-resolution pictures and panoramas of important Greek monuments...

Glyfada is a suburb of Athens,  located just 25 minutes South from the Acropolis.  It looks like a suburb of an American town with wide, clean streets surrounded by trees, beautiful houses and a very vivid commercial center full of nice...

In late May 1941, just a month had passed after the surrender of Athens to the Germans, who were in the process of seizing Crete. Two young Greeks, Manolis Glezos and Lakis Santas, like thousands of Athenians, couldn't stand seeing...

Greek restaurant 'Strofi, at the bottom of the Acropolis hill in Athens, has been included in the 32 restaurants with the best views in the world, according to U.S. website BuzzFeed. The 32 restaurants on the list are located in...

Athens, Greece is included among the Top 10 metropolises for selfies. Athens was ranked 10th given that the historical monuments of the city such as Acropolis, the temple of Olympian Zeus and the picturesque streets of Plaka and Thisio are the...

The Acropolis’ famed Caryatids, Greece's most celebrated ancient beauties, are currently undergoing an extreme makeover to clean the century-old statues from pollution, smoke, and whatever else has settled on the statues for over more than a century. The Caryatid statues, which until...