THE GRAFFITI ON the walls ... Athens. Barely any of the silver steel on the carriages are visible as a kind of burst of technicolour zips through the suburbs of the city. In this corner of Piraeus ...

In 478 the walls erected around Athens enclosed an area of 3.5 square kilometers, including the Piraeus, or harbor district. The full population of the city was over 140,000, but only 40,000 of ...

These trains make multiple stops in and around Athens. Line 1 operates between Piraeus and the northern suburb of Kifisia and offers the closest stop (Monastiraki metro station) to Ancient Agora ...

Following almost a decade of financial troubles, topped by the challenges brought by the pandemic, Athens is now, again, on the up. Parts of the city are being rethought through art, including an ...

By Nikos Konstandaras Contributing Opinion Writer ATHENS — Piraeus ... B.C. They fortified it and built walls linking it with Athens, just a few miles away. Piraeus’s original design itself ...

For lashings of local vibes, make a beeline for Aisthimaties, a cosy hole-in-the-wall bar where the DJ plays rousing Sixties and Seventies Greek hits. When the sun goes down over Piraeus’ port ...