Tourists can take exclusive guided tours of Greece's Acropolis starting in April 2024. An official from Greece's Ministry of Culture told AP that one tour will cost €5,000 ($5,500 USD). This August, ...

Tourists shelter from the sun during a visit to the Acropolis, as a heat wave rips through Athens, Greece on July 20. Photo / Milos Bicanski, Getty Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece’s most ...

While there are plenty of countries that rely rather heavily on tourism dollars to help power their economies, too much of a good thing invariably leads to problems. In fact, in recent years, in ...

The Vatican announced in December 2022 that Pope Francis is returning three pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the Vatican's collections for over a century. The deal was finalized in March 2023 ...

“IT WAS so hot tourists were collapsing!” my taxi driver proclaims, throwing his hands in the air as he recalls tales of Greece in the height of last summer. In mid-June the temperature hit a ...

Woody Allen once quipped that he never could live in this sprawling metropolis because its greatest contribution to civilization was the right turn on red. Full of Manhattan haughtiness, that line ...

A tourist cools off in Athens on Thursday, amid an ongoing heat wave that has forced the Acropolis and other archeological sites in Greece to operate on reduced hours. Some experts predict that ...