On the day we visited the Acropolis, high above Athens — and only on that day — the elevator to the top was miraculously working. Why? Because the minister of culture was visiting so they somehow got it to go. When Beth pushed me around the Plaka, a crowded, cobblestoned neighborhood and shopping area in Athens, my wheelchair came to a screeching halt when its seat belt got stuck in the wheels. Immediately, a man stopped his motorcycle — not to lambast us for obstructing traffic but to help get my wheels unstuck..."

Greece Tour Services

Natural Greece – Specializes in bird watching, botanical land animal and marine tours. "Explore the real Greece, far away from the crowds."

Greece National Theater

Stage performances and online streaming events - Website n-t.gr

History

Greece History and Famous Greeks

Archeology

Time Changes Spring and Fall

Daylight Savings Time in Greece

Preservation

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece

CHINA

China and Greece

General Statistics on Greece and on Europe

Eurostat

Xenophobia

Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia in Greece

Anti-Semitism in Greece

Economic Crisis

2011 – Creating the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) & the "PIIGS"

2017 – Another Greek Economic Crisis?

The Drachma almost returned to Greece 2013–2017

Greek economic Survival in the 1990s

GREEK GOVERNMENT

Greek Government 2018

Greek Government 2017

Greek Government 2015 (July Syriza government under Tsipras)

Greek Government 2013 (June reshuffle under Samaras)

Greek Government 2011 (reshuffle under Papandreou)

Timeline History of the SYRIZA political Party

"Friendship Clubs" in Greece

Moving to Greece, living in Greece

Moving to Greece, Living in Greece - Some helpful resources

Institutes

American Hellenic Institute
Greek-American advocacy group concerned with USA-Greece relations

HALC : Hellenic American Leadership Council
"HALC will utilize a national network of Greek American community leaders who have distinguished themselves in American civic life to encourage an active form of citizenship."

Museums

National Archeological Museum - Entrance ticket is valid for National Archaeological Museum, Epigraphic Museum, Numismatic Museum and Byzantine and Christian Museum. Address: 28is Oktovriou 44, Athina 106 82, Greece.

Tourism

Our information page on Greece tourism

HORECA Expo
Annual international exhibition for Hospitality and Foodservice companies

Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE)
Began 1991, association of tourist-oriented Greek businesses

International Travel Insurance

Athens Local Events

Athinorama [Greek Language]
Greek language site compiling info on Movie showing times, theatre, tourist site schedules, and more

Greek Festival / Athens Festival [Greek Language]
Theatre, Music and Dance presentations - National Greek organization with an annual schedule dedicated to the 'high arts' and fulfilling a national cultural mandate that began in 1955.

True-Athens [English language]
Site about enjoying Athens "off the beaten path" instread of the usual tourist haunts

Grocery stores in Athens

Lidl Hellas

Beaches Athens

Astir Beach

Beaches of Greece

Live Cam Athens

List of live Camera Views of Athens Greece (and elsewhere in Greece)

Greek Weather

Hellenic National Meteorological Service

Visiting Greece

Visiting Greece - Information

Cyclades Islands

Greek Literature

Hellenic Literature Society

Athens City Municipal

Attika Municipal Web Site

Insurance

ATLAS : Unified Insurance and Insurance Register

Banks

National Bank of Greece

Business Registry

Web site for searching legally registered businesses

Taxes

Article at TOVIMA on "When taxpayers who do not live in Greece are taxed"

Olive oil of Greece

Online resource representing the Greek olive oil industry at Liquid Gold

Greek Language

Greek Language - Alphabet and basic words

Movies about or related to Greece

Greece Movies

Carnival Season in Greece

Greek racism / xenophobia

Anti-Semitism in Greece

Racist Violence Recording Network RVRN

Auction Houses

Karamitsos – specializing in International Philatelic Auctions, but also has many collectible items such as books, photos, postcards, various objects

The Oleander plant

Page on the Movie Theaters of Greece

The Larissa Station train wreck near Temp 2023

About the Marfin Bank Deaths

Greek names derived from Turkish words

This article at TANEA [in Greek] is a brief overview of a 2018 edition of a book which researches the Turkish origins of 12,000 names and their Ottoman and Byzantium roots.

Covid-19 / Coronavirus in Greece

Covid-19 and Coronavirus in Greece

Images of Greece - L'IMAGE de la GRECE

Fred Boissonnas Images of Greece - L'IMAGE de la GRECE

This 1921 Book L'IMAGE de la GRECE - Athenes Ancienne from Fred Boissonnas has about 45 photos of Athens Greece from 1921. The images include various lanscape shots of the Acropolis and images taken from atop the mount, also various artifcats within the National Museum.

Link to Hathitrust online copy of the1921 book

More Greece and the Treuhand Experience

Article by Nick Malkoutzis – Not a Land of cheats and liars, 2011