Author: Celeste

Luxury hotels aren’t just for honeymooners and couples. Families with young children who truly want a relaxing vacation or city break know to head to a hotel that offers a kids club. Kids can have fun with other kids while parents get some time to themselves to explore, relax and recharge. In November 2016, we tried the St. George Lycabettus Hotel Kids Club. This five-star boutique hotel is located in the center of Athens in the posh Kolonaki neighborhood near all the shops, Athenian must-sees and restaurants. The hotel is kids- friendly with many facilities for families. My children loved…

Are you looking for kids Art workshops in the center of Athens, would you like to have a relaxing Saturday whilst your children are engaged and inspired? Theory and Practice Surrounded by the energy of art objects, sculptures, and paintings, my children participated on Saturday in the Athens Art Workshop at the St. George Lycabettus Hotel. The workshop was held in the beautiful light setting of the SG Art Gallery with a view on the green garden outside They experimented with shapes, lines, and colors. The focus of the day was Kandinsky and other artists of his time. The children put his color theory to…

Where can you stay in Athens that is not only luxury but loves your kids? A hotel in the heart of the city but next to the green slopes of the lycabettus hill? The St. George Lycabettus Boutique hotel in the center of Athens is that magic combination of five star and family friendly. It’s a boutique hotel complete with period antiques and exquisite decor. This would usually mean “children not encouraged”. But I have found out that the St. George Lycabettus however loves kids. They were able to accommodate the three of us in a charming combination of two connecting…

In the last weekend of January 2017, Travel Bloggers Greece, celebrated its second anniversary. For that occasion, a trip to Pelion was organized by Spyrou Philoxenia, the destination expert for the area. With a touring bus from Les Hirondelles, the best Transportation Supplier, we travelled from Athens to Tsagarada. We were hosted by Hotel Aglaida Apartments. With the touring bus at our availability, we had a chance to visit most of Pelion’s attractions in only two days. In this post, you will find everything that you need to know about Travel to Pelion, Greece. Travel to Pelion in Greece Pelion is the peninsula region of…

Are you looking for baby swimming classes in Athens? If you are interested in baby yoga, music classes, baby swimming or pregnancy swimming, read on and found our review of Ydria. My experience with Ydria started when I was looking for baby swimming classes. Greece is a country with lots of beautiful beaches and sea. The climate in Greece allows us to enjoy sea swimming most of the year. Spending much time on a boat and travelling often to the Netherlands (another country with lots of water!) I wanted my babies to learn how to swim as fast as possible.…

In January of 2017, I visited Hotel Aglaída Apartments in Tsagarada in Pelion. I spent a wonderful weekend here to celebrate the two year anniversary of Travel Bloggers Greece, the first professional blogger network organization in Greece. It was a weekend full of hospitality, gastronomy, nature and fun. The destination specialist Spyrou Philoxenia sponsored and organized the trip and represents the hospitable Aglaída Apartments. It was here that we stayed for the weekend and I reviewed the hotel For Family Goes Out. I found this basic but charming accommodation hospitable, value for money ánd family friendly, and therefore it deserves…

After some very successful weekend events last year, the popular Saturday LUNCH & PLAY events return to the St. George Lycabettus Lifestyle Boutique Hotel with art workshops. The Athens Art Workshops started earlier this month and offer children aged 5-12 years old interactive educational programs and artistically creative workshops allowing kids to cultivate their skills, imagination, and creativity. We have discussed it often before on this blog, the benefits of introducing kids to art are numerous. Creative arts benefits in early childhood education are expansive, ranging from the physical to the emotional to the mental. But how can the creative arts develop…

In April 2015, I traveled to Montanema Handmade Village. It was an amazing stay in luxury accommodation surrounded by a pine tree forest. This mountain hotel in Greece offers family experiences in the broadest sense of the word in a traditional setting but with 5-star luxuries. It represents the green hand-picked accommodations that this blog loves to promote. Where is Montanema Handmade Village? The houses of Montanema Handmade Village lies in the dense forest and high in the mountains, located in the gorge of the Agrafa Mountains. These mountains are part of the Pindos Mountains in Central Greece. The nearest town is…

The iconic 5-star St. George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel is a classy hotel with old-world charm and considered a landmark in Athens. The hotel is well known for its sky bar, its Art gallery, its events and pool club. Read on and find our review of this family hotel in Athens! St. George Lycabettus Boutique Hotel It is located in the heart of the Greek capital in the chic Kolonaki area and nestled against the green slopes of the Lycabettus Hill. The hotel offers a breath-taking panoramic view over Athens, the Acropolis and the Saronic Gulf. At night, it is also…

In November 2016 my family had the chance to experience a stay-cation at the 5 star St. George Lycabettus Boutique hotel. St. George is a classy family-run hotel and a landmark in my hometown Athens well known for its hospitality. It is located in the Kolonaki area nestled against the green slopes of the Lycabettus Hill. The hotel offers a breath-taking panoramic view over Athens, the Acropolis and the Saronic Gulf and is located near some of Athens’ best shops, galleries and museums. St. George Lycabettus Boutique hotel is famous for its award-winning restaurants ‘Le Grand Balcon’ and ‘La Suite…

I was recently discovered the handmade soap bars from APTIPHYSI, a small production company using only organic ingredients and Greek olive oil. This Greek Olive Oil Soap can be used for the skin but also in our home and on our clothes, they are handmade and manufactured sustainably. I found the following information with the soap: These are 100% premium quality, natural, handmade Greek Olive Oil Soap that has been produced with love for humans and respect to nature and its sustainable resources. A virgin olive oil recipe enriched with shea butter and other selected oils, dried botanicals and clays…

Varnavas forest was the destination of a recent Sunday morning September outing. My friend Sofia invited me and the girls to drink a coffee near Kapandriti, her home village. Kapandriti is situated in the green corner of North Attika, 37 km from Syntagma square. Sofia a ‘small paradise’, a picnic place where the children would be able to play in the forest and we would be able to watch them and relax. I could not agree more with my friend. The place that we found is indeed a small paradise. It is located in the Varnavas forest and called Kioski. It…