Greece is a country that has always loomed large in the American imagination. With its beautiful Mediterranean landscape, towering mountains and over 6,000 islands, it is a nation where magical ...

Athens no longer plays the layover. What was once a perfunctory pause en route to the Greek islands now rewards those who linger—and wrong-foots those who think they already know it. The old pillars ...

Psyri is one of those places in Athens that has managed to get the mix between authenticity and gentrification just right. The neighborhood’s grimy old bars got a facelift, the bartenders raised their ...

Koukaki is a once-quiet corner near downtown Athens that used to be home to families and, later, to an older generation of Athenians. Their grandchildren have since moved in and brought an injection ...

Beyond the Acropolis, I found Japanese fusion, herbal spa treatments, and some friendly stray cats.

As told to Trupti Rami, the assistant managing editor, digital, at New York “Athens is the definition of Mediterranean. You can see this in the kitchen, in the seaside, in the nature. It’s a really ...

Greece is the Mediterranean family’s mellow, hippyish sibling. Its craggy islands topped with distinctive clusters of sugar-cube houses are the stuff of travel ads the world over – but there’s more ...

Athens through the eyes of a local: Australian model and Greece's Next Top Model coach, Mary Vitinaros “There are so many things I love about Athens. I feel like it really is such an underrated and ...

Greece’s wide scattering of differently sized, culturally distinct islands makes it a dream for a multi-stop trip. Come May and June, ferry services ramp up for summer, with hops between different ...