Pericles' wife, Aspasia, is one of Ancient Greece's most enigmatic figures: a foreign woman in Athens who lured the city’s ...

The ancient Greek lawgiver Draco introduced a new written legal system to Athens, but his code is remembered for its severity ...

It’s this progression that’s led to Athens revealing itself in layers. Think of it as an architectural moussaka. At the bottom are remnants of the ancient ... the Agora public space and ...

Other must-see sites include the Ancient Agora, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and the Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896. Away from the ruins, Athens has a lively side.

There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of a 2500-year-old temple with a corner restaurant serving authentic ...

Above the Arctic Circle, near Tromsø – often called the Aurora Capital – Viking guests are in prime position for one of ...

Free admission days to this central Athens site are offered on select holidays and winter Sundays. Tickets include entry to all of Ancient Agora's attractions, including the Stoa of Attalos ...

For it was here, I tell my family dragooned into a morning tour of Greece ’s best preserved Mycenaean palace, that Telemachus ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and the patron goddess of Athens. Despite enduring damage, that ...

Holidays can get expensive fast but with a little planning, there’s no need to blow the budget. To help your money go further ...

Must-see sites include the Acropolis, the Temple of Hephaestus, the Ancient Agora of Athens, and the Panathenaic Stadium (the world’s only marble stadium). The spring and summer seasons see Mount ...

Athens is a city of contrasts—where millennia-old ruins coexist with edgy street art, and tranquil morning strolls give way ...