Social feeds are already awash with vignettes of Greek summers: rugged coastlines; freshly cooked phyllo and feta parcels; swims in warm, azure waters. Though this year it’s not just the islands we’re yearning after — Athens is having its time in the sun, no longer seen as just a stopgap on the way to the port.
Not a month seems to go by without a chic design hotel, cool concept restaurant, trendy wine bar or pop-up gallery throwing open its doors in the city. It’s thanks to an influx of cool young creatives who have breathed new life into Athens’ walls after it struggled in the wake of the financial crash of the late 2000s. Add to this the monuments that have been drawing crowds for millennia, and there’s no wonder it’s the mini break on so many Londoners’ lips right now.
