On the scene | POSTCARDS
Those who still view Athens as the gritty gateway to the Greek Islands have missed the memo. Athens is achingly cool. In fact, the Athenian charm comes from the heady mix of dense, traffic-clogged streets and sun-drenched marble monuments. A modern Mediterranean metropolis scattered with Byzantine churches, crumbling Doric columns, Ottoman mosques, Neoclassical mansions and ancient ruins – crowned by the fabled Acropolis. From this chaos comes an abundance of creativity; a reinvention among the relics of a great civilisation. There's a new energy emanating from the city. You can feel it everywhere from the stone-paved
