When to Visit Athens guides
Last updated: March 2026 Summer is the most intense time to visit Athens. The city is hot, busy, but full of energy. Days are long, nights run late, and everything happens outside, from rooftop bars to late dinners and walks through the centre. It’s also the time when most people visit. Cruise ships arrive daily,…
Spring is one of my favourite times of year in Athens. Temperatures make it comfortable enough to walk for hours, markets fill with seasonal fruit, outdoor cinemas reopen, and the hills around the Acropolis turn green for a short while. And then there are events like the Athens Half Marathon, the Athens Jazz Festival, and…
I’m going to be honest. Growing up in Athens, I always assumed the city had four distinct seasons. That changed when I spent a few months living in Denmark. Suddenly, a place with more than 300 sunny days and around 2,700 hours of sunshine a year no longer felt like it played by the same…