Newsletter February 2022
Feast on Athens in February
February can be kind of a blah month if you let it. No chance of that in Athens. One moment you can find yourself winter swimming in the Aegean; the next, marvelling at a snow-capped Acropolis. (Don't believe us? Check out this month's Instagram hero below!). February also sees tout Athènes embark on a three-week run of colourful carnival outings and festive feasts to usher in Lent. Feeling starry-eyed in this month of Cupid? The city’s growing fleet of Michelin-starred restaurants is dishing up some of the most romantic and best value-for-money fine dining in Europe.
Plate Expectations: 7 Michelin-star restaurants to flavour your February
With 2 new Michelin-starred hotspots to its name, Athens has never tasted better. Roadtest one of the city’s delectable Michelin destinations that combine excellent form with superb value.
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Athens welcomes 62 ‘smart’ street signs to salute the Foreign Heroes of the Greek Revolution
Strolling the storied streets of Athens has always been a remarkable history lesson. Now, the street signs themselves are sharing heroic tales of the fêted foreigners of the Philhellenic Movement who helped Greece win freedom from centuries of Ottoman rule.
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Choose your dream date with Athens
Rooftop restaurants, sexy speakeasies, seaside sunsets or moonlight opera? Athens turns on the romance for every kind of couple. Plot your perfect Athens fling with our list of unforgettable dates - whether you’re a foodie, culture vulture, nature buff or night owl.
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Amalia Kovaiou
It’s Carnival time!
Join the three-week party as Athens dresses up for apokries—Greece’s version of carnival - with costumes, carnivorous celebrations, meat-free feasts and kite-filled skies.
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3 Great Ways to get your heart racing in February
• Seduce your Valentine at one of the city’s sweet and petite love nests in downtown Athens. Choose from heavenly hideaways with Acropolis views, new secret boltholes and quirky inns;
• Take the plunge and enjoy the endorphin rush of winter swimming on the Athens Riviera. We’re one of the few European cities where you can swim all year round;
• Discover Greece’s version of the Blues at an authentic Athenian rebetika haunt, and stir your senses with their live laments of love and heartache. It's the perfect pastime for chilly winter nights!
What’s on in Athens
Athens Half Marathon 2022 | 20 March
Need a good nudge to break out the warm-up stretches and hit the running routes of Athens this winter? Get yourself race ready for one of the city’s most popular spring sporting events.
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Parallel Space: Terracotta Warriors | Until 13 February
Come face to face with the famous 3rd century Terracotta Army of Xi’an, built to guard China’s First Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife, in this digital exhibition.
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Melina Mercouri: Remember me and Love me | Until 11 March
Celebrate the stellar life of "the last Greek Goddess” with unseen photos, costumes, movie posters, and letters to the likes of Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Crawford.
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Anonymous Paths | Until 13 March
A photographic series inspired by the decade-long Greek financial crisis that explores the notion of loss and change.
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Cheap Smokes | 11 February – 13 March
A musical homage to Athens and unsated love as 90s cult film “Cheap Smokes” is respun by the Greek National Opera.
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