Let’s get the bad news over with: the transformation of Athens from a country’s diamond tiara during the Olympics to the war zone of 2011 has been as astonishing as it has been swift. There are no-go areas in the city, where even two years ago there were trendy bars, and the hulks of empty […]
Churches you shouldn’t miss in Thessaloniki
Many forget that for centuries, while Athens had been reduced to a small hamlet under the Akropolis, Salonika was the biggest and most important city in the Byzantine (and later Ottoman) Empire after Constantinople/Istanbul. There is a continuity in the city’s history, which one can not find in Athens, whose sights flip-flop between ancient and […]
What you didn’t know about Thessaloniki’s Architecture – Photo Blog
This is a photo blog on the variety of Thessaloniki’s architectural styles. Because the city was full of rich merchants who were always on the move, fin-de-siecle styles such as Art Nouveau and Eclecticism plus later Art Deco arrived in the city as soon as they were in vogue in Western Europe. Click on the […]