Cultural New Entries in Greece: Suggestions for your 2025 travels

The New Year holds new experiences for us all. Here are a couple of ideas on cultural places and other attractions you might be interested in, while you visit Greece this year.

The Acropolis Museum in Athens houses a small newly inaugurated museum on its basement level, titled Museum of the Excavation. The exhibits include the remains of houses, workshops, and cemeteries of the ancient neighbourhood around the Acropolis walls, before and after they were integrated in the urban grid of Athens City during the 5th c. BC. While you’re in the capital, make sure you also visit the Elytis House Museum located in Plaka, a traditional Athenian neighbourhood, in the city centre. It is dedicated to the life and extensive works of Odysseus Elytis, a famous 20th century Greek poet and a Nobel laureate. Visitors will get acquainted with his works of literature, visual art items, manuscripts, archives, and audio documents. They will also see Elytis’ study room, which includes his library (counting 700 volumes), his couch, table and favourite paintings.

In the heart of Macedonia, North Greece, a new underground railway system was inaugurated in Thessaloniki City on November 30th, 2024. What’s special about it is that, during the excavations a staggering 300,000 archaeological finds were unearthed there! So, if you happen to travel to Thessaloniki and use the underground you will be able to see on Venizelou Station a large exhibition area where Decumanus Maximus, a Roman avenue, and the shops and houses which lined the ancient Via Egnatia are on display on the exact space and depth they were found! This site is the largest international archaeological location on display within a major modern-day underground public infrastructure facility. On Agia Sofia Station, too, you can visit another small museum on the ground level with numerous ancient finds which include the above Roman road and a public square of that time.


During your summer holidays on Ios, a Cyclades Island in central Aegean Sea, you can visit the Gaitis - Simossi Museum, inaugurated in September 2024. Items on display include paintings, installations (by Gaitis) and sculptures (by Simossi), crafted by this couple, who lived and produced their art on Ios. The museum buildings are located on a hill offering amazing views of Chora (the island capital), and the harbour, as well as of the neighbouring Sikinos, Paros, and Naxos Islands.

Next, we will take you on a trip to the Greek South: a mountain village on the island of Crete has recently entered the list of the Best Tourism Destinations according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Built on the slope of Mt Psiloritis, Anogeia is a community in Rethimno region, which fosters environmental protection and sustainable development, while promoting forms of alternative tourism. Visit this village to experience the warm hospitality of the locals, enjoy the lovely mountain scenery and traditional architecture. Have an authentic & responsible travel experience, taste the delicious local cuisine, and learn about the area’s history and cultural heritage.