Are you ready for an adventure? If so, we invite you to enter and explore the fascinating world of illusion. The Museum of Illusions offers its visitors a unique and amusing experience and is one of the few museums where you don't need to book your visit or have a guide. The illusion rooms, explain everything in the most understandable way. As the museum managers describe it, ‘Optical illusions are a brilliant reminder that our senses are imperfect and our perception of the world can often be distorted. Come and check out our vast collection of visual illusions to find that out.’
15 Illusion Rooms
15 rooms challenge the visitors' senses and prove that our visual perception may ultimately be just an illusion. The rooms have imaginative names such as the Chair Illusion, Head on the Platter, Anti-gravity Room, Rotated Room, and Infinity Room. It’s a perfect place to confuse yet educate children and adults alike! Awesome tricks will teach you about vision, perception, the human brain, and science; you will understand how some physical laws actually work.
The Museum of Illusions is located at Ermou 119, just below Monastiraki Square in central Athens. It is open Monday to Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm, and on Saturdays it is open until 10 pm. The museum welcomes all age groups, and promises an intriguing and educational experience!
Fashion filmmakers will meet in Athens for the first time on February 25 to 27, at the Athens Concert Hall.
The 1st Athens Fashion Film Festival aims to bring together two different art forms - fashion and cinematography - by offering insight into the innovative world of fashion films. It is a cultural meeting for filmmakers, fashion designers, artistic directors, advertising agencies, production and fashion companies, actors, screenwriters, journalists, bloggers, fashion schools, audio-visual studies schools, NGOs that engage in sustainable fashion, as well as fashion and cinema enthusiasts in general.
The first Athens Fashion Film Festival will present a selection of approximately 100 fashion and documentary films, including spellbinding short films by major fashion houses such as Prada, Gucci, Cartier, Hermes, Ferragamo, directed by top directors like Anderson and Polanski.
Constanza Cavalli-Etro, founder of the Milano Fashion Film Festival and Corriere Della Sera columnist Valerio Cappelli will attend the festival. Founder and artistic director of the institution is the producer and director Nicole Alexandropoulou. This event runs from February 25-27 at the Nikos Skalkotas Hall.
On Wednesday, February 4, the 8th edition of ÈSO comes to the Amphitheatre of the Onassis Cultural Centre. ÈSO, the leading showcase for design and architecture in Greece, aims to provide a platform for fruitful discussions and become a great source of inspiration to its attendees. After 8 consecutive years of success, ÈSO is now a well-established event that continues to grow and evolve. Like every year, the event welcomes important representatives of Greek architecture, interior and graphic design and successful professionals from Greece and abroad.
The event will be hosted and coordinated by Poka Yio, the painter and visual artist who, along with Xenia Kalpaktsoglou founded the Athens Biennale in 2005. ÈSO’s keynote speakers, designers, photographers, artists, and award-winning architects will explain and analyze their creative process, and provide insight into their professional experiences. Among them, Giannis Tseklenis, a highly acclaimed Greek designer, who since 1956 has managed to stimulate his audience's aesthetic quality and elegance.
Enjoying a cup of coffee in an atmospheric and inspirational environment is the definition of well-being and joy and we’ve put together some of the most unique museum cafes in Athens to relax and refuel while sightseeing around the city.
Acropolis Museum
Located on the museum’s second floor with a stunning view of one of the wonders of the ancient world, the Parthenon, the Acropolis Museum not only boasts a one-of-a-kind collection but also a unique restaurant and cafe of 700m². The museum cafe operates daily from Monday to Sunday and offers quality coffee, hot beverages, and excellent food. There is also a second coffee shop on the museum's ground floor that offers coffee and light snacks.
Museum of Cycladic Art
Located at Noefitou Douka in Kolonaki, the Museum of Cycladic Art aesthetically reminds you of Cycladic culture, with a very modern bright space, a phenomenal garden, and a pleasant atmosphere that warmly embraces its visitors. The cafe offers excellent coffee and a variety of snacks during its operational hours.
Benaki Museum
The Museum's cafe sits remarkably overlooking famous Lycabettus Hill, the Acropolis and of course the National Gardens – a rare glimpse of abundant green space in Athens. The wooden, elegant tables, the earthy decor and the bright light all harmoniously compliment each other and create an aura of tranquillity and relaxation.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
An all-day cafe-restaurant can be found on the ground floor of the SNFCC, with splendid views of the canal and the elaborate premise of this architectural landmark. It is open daily until late at night and offers a unique, relaxing getaway.
Goulandris Natural History Museum
Located in the northern suburbs of Athens, in Kifisia, the Natural History Museum has a delightful garden that it is worth visiting especially when the weather is good. However, even in winter the vast greenery, and peacefully quiet location create an impressively heart-warming atmosphere.
Art Lounge - Athenaeum InterContinental Athens
Art Lounge is the perfect place for a well-deserved break in the middle of a busy day while enjoying a warm sip of hot chocolate, aromatic coffee, or lightly-scented tea. The George Lappas sculpture at the entrance indicates the importance of art which is the hotel's predominant element. Visit the Art Lounge at any time of day and enjoy an imaginative variety of sweets and snacks!
