The walk along Peiraiki, Piraeus’ coastline, is one of the most beautiful you can enjoy in the city: your eyes open wide as you can’t get enough of looking at the sea. When it starts getting dark, the blazing sunset is spectacular. We spent an entire day wandering around it. From the Hadzikyriakio and the … Read more
There are year round ferry services from Piraeus Port of Athens to Rhodes. During the summer, there is at least one ferry a day. Athens to Rhodes Ferry Let me give you fair warning – the ferry ride from Athens to the Greek island of Rhodes is one of the longest you can take! Even … Read more
West of Piraeus, on the border between Nikaia and Perama, stretches the joint municipality of Keratsini-Drapetsona. Even though it’s neither small in size nor lacking in history, it’s completely unknown to many Athenians. It’s puzzling why this is, and why people might be more familiar with some of the area’s place names (the Tampuriafor instance, … Read more
The gastronomic map of the urban region stretching from Agios Dionysios to Drapetsona and from Keratsini to Tabouria was created within the decade between 1920 and 1930, with the inflow and settlement of Greek refugees from Asia Minor. At the time, Drapetsona was an industrial area which mainly consisted of slaughterhouses, olive oil mills, gunpowder … Read more