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GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY in Athens

Where: Syntagma Square & Panepistimiou

When: 25 March 2023

Why Go: To see the cultural and military parades

Gadjo Dilo Gazarte Why Athens City Guide

GADJO DILO ‘Manouche de Grec’ at Gazarte

Where: Gazarte in Gazi

When: 28 December 2022

Why Go: To hear Gypsy Jazz music in Greek

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Odeon of Herodes Atticus

One of the legendary sites that sits beneath the slopes of the Acropolis on the southwest side, is the stunning open-air theatre, Odeon of Herodes Atticus. When Pausanias, the Greek traveller and geographer from the second century AD, visited Athens during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, he described the Odeon theatre as “the finest building…