Athens - The Glass Magazine

Glass explores the Aegean onboard the Seabourn Encore

July 8, 2024

WE HAVE arrived in Athens to embark on a cruise onboard Seabourn Encore. For 7 glorious days, we’ll be whisked away on a voyage around the Aegean, discovering some of the smallest and most picturesque Greek Is...

Glass basks in the Grecian Sun at Costa Navarino

Jamison Kent

July 17, 2023

Feature, Greece, News, Travel

COSTA NAVARINO is a destination home to several distinct sites featuring five-star hotels, (Mandarin Oriental opens very soon), private residences, four signature golf courses, and many year-round activi...

Glass goes Island-Hopping in the Cyclades

Sean Sheehan

March 24, 2023

Europe, Greece, News, Travel

GREECE HAS more islands than it can count and there are around 30 in the Cyclades alone, so a shortlist is necessary if visiting some is to be practical. Mykonos and Santorini are the best known destinations bu...

Dior releases Cruise 2022 bag line modelled by Chinese Olympian Sun Yiwen

Jamison Kent

January 6, 2022

Fashion, News

LAST June, Dior held their Cruise 2022 presentation in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, unveiling a new collection along with an exciting new bag line. The accessories simultaneously celebrated Dior’s...

Glass reviews the Dior Cruise 2022 collection with an exclusive insight into the making of the collection

Imogen Clark

June 18, 2021

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

IT WAS from uncovering a series of photographs of Monsieur Dior’s haute couture collection from 1951 that creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri’s imagination lit up. Set behind a backdrop of the Parthenon in At...

Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens

Sean Sheehan

November 6, 2017

Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Athenian Delights – Glass finds compelling reasons for visiting Athens IF you’re tired of Athens – someone might have said once – you’re tired of life. It was a city of renown two and a half thousand years a...

Glass hits the spot in the western Peloponnese, Greece

Sean Sheehan

October 30, 2017

Feature, Travel

GREECE as a holiday destination suffers from a design fault and a product recall looks to be imminent as travellers discover there is more to the country’s appeal than the islands that dot the Aegean Sea. On th...

Patrón Tequila opens lab at London Cocktail Week

Allie Nawrat

October 9, 2017

Drinks, Food & Drink, News

PATRÓN tequila, an alcohol company who produce the traditional Mexican liquor using artisanal, classic processes in house at their Hacienda Patrón, Mexico, held a cocktail lab at London Cocktail Week, like they...

Six reasons why Athens rocks

Ben Olsen

November 3, 2014

Culture, Dining, Europe, Feature, Greece, Travel

Beyond the historical marvels – itself a central reason to visit the city – Athens has plenty more to offer on a weekend away Hit the heights Rising above Athens’ sprawl lies Lycabettus mountain, whose 277-...

Glass reviews Richard Avedon, Gagosian, Athens

Xenia Founta

June 6, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Greece, News, Photography, Travel

Richard Avedon said, “Portraiture is performance. You can’t get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface (…) All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, cost...

A fusion of fine art and luxury gaming – Alexandra Llewellyn

Amanda Bernstein

May 29, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, News

Luxury games board designer Alexandra Llewellyn has collaborated with fine artist Miranda Donovan to create an exclusive new limited edition backgammon board, launching at the Clerkenwell Collection on July 2. ...

Plisskën festival 2014 line up announced

Xenia Founta

March 25, 2014

Culture, Feature, Food & Drink, Music, News, Travel

The line-up for Plissken music festival 2014 has just been announced. The annual festival, held in Athens, features a wide array of various music genres and aims to bring eclectic artists to Greece. The music e...

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