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What You Shouldn't Miss in Athens, Greece (If You Only Have One Day)

Delicious food, centuries of history and insider tips: our reporter Sarah Hucal tells you how to see the best of Athens, in just one day.
In this video you will find tips for how to visit the main sites in the Greek capital like the Acropolis and Roman Agora. Taking you off the beaten tourist track, Sarah explores Greece's rich musical traditions and shows us an authentic side of Athens that most tourists don't see.
Did you miss something in our video? Let us know in the comments!

00:00 Intro
00:36 Filopappou Hill, Acropolis views
01:13 Monastiraki Square
01:44 Historic neighbourhood of Plaka
02:22 Hadrian's Library and the Roman Agora
02:42 How to save money and visit the Archaeological sites
03:02 Finding local souvenirs at the Kypseli farmers' market
04:35 Street band Sourloulou
05:37 The Acropolis Museum and the Acropolis
07:09 Greek Rebetiko music and dining at Skordópistē restaurant

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera and editing: Marco Borowski
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Ala Champ •

PARĪLIO — Ala Champ

A stay at the Parīlio hotel on the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean Sea is akin to basking in an aura of serenity.

The 33-suite property was designed with great care by Athens’ based Interior Design Laboratorium and is touted as island’s first luxury property – an ideal place to avoid the crowds of popular islands like Santorini and Mykonos (in non-pandemic high-season times, of course).

It hasn’t been an easy year for the tourism industry. In Greece, the sector accounts for approximately 2
DW Travel •

Berlin: Best Spots for a Summer Day (Without Breaking the Bank)

From roller skating at the former Tempelhof airport to raving on a Sunday afternoon near the Berlin Wall, there are plenty of ways to enjoy all the German capital has to offer in the summer. DW's Sarah Hucal, a local by choice, takes you to some of her favorite summer spots in wacky, wild Berlin.

00:00 Intro
00:22 Breakfast at Zimt & Mehl, Neukoelln district
00:56 Prenzlauer Berg district
01:05 Mauerpark: flee market, Sunday karaoke, Musician Gray Contrast
03:44 Prater Biergarten (beer garden)
04:58 Tempelhofer Feld
05:53 Holzmarkt 25

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal, Kerstin Schmidt
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Monika Wenczel
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DW Travel •

Is Santorini Really Worth the Hype?

Tourists from all over the world flock to the Greek island of Santorini. But the island has become known for being overcrowded and, according to some, not worth the hype. DW reporter Sarah Hucal visited off-season to get a glimpse of what this Greek island is really like.⁠
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Peru's Machu Picchu and Inca City of Cusco: Prepare your travel with local knowledge

Come with us to Cusco! The former capital of the Inca empire high up in the Peruvian Andes is steeped in history. This can still be seen in its Inca temples and many buildings constructed by Spanish colonialists. From Cusco the journey continues to the world-famous ruined city of Machu Picchu, just 100 kilometers away. City guide Saul Palma, a Cusco local, shows us Cusco and Machu Picchu, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

00:00 Intro
00:08 Welcome to Cusco
00:37 Exploring the neighborhood of San Blas
01:06 San Pedro Market
01:49 The most important Incan temple of the region - Corichanca
02:20 Lunch time in Cusco - trying Guinea Pig
02:37 Machu Picchu - the ultimate Must-See

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal, Saul Palma, Alpaca Expeditions
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How to avoid the crowds on Santorini – DW – 04/19/2023

As one of the most popular Greek islands, Santorini is known for being overcrowded and expensive. But is it any different during the off season? DW's Sarah Hucal reports.

"Sarah, I want to go to one of those islands with the white buildings," my dad told me as we pondered Greek destinations to visit with my Michigan-based parents a few weeks prior. Although I prefer Greece's lesser-known islands — there are 227 inhabited Greek islands, after all — we decided on Santorini.

Although many will sa
DW Travel •

The Best of Rome in Just 12 Hours

From the obligatory meal of pasta and wine to a visit inside the Pantheon, DW journalist Sarah Hucal tried to see as much as she could in a short visit. Here’s what she found. Have you been to Rome?
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POLITICO •

Echoes of Lesvos as migrants get stuck in limbo on Canary Islands

GRAN CANARIA, Spain — If any lessons were learned from Lesvos, there’s little to show for it in Europe’s latest migration hotspot.

The Canary Islands have experienced a surge in migrant arrivals over the past six months. Though numbers remain much lower than those seen on Greece’s easternmost islands at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis, an eightfold increase — from about 2,700 people in 2019 to more than 23,000 in 2020 — has left authorities on the Spanish archipelago struggling to cope.
ABC News •

Protests in US shine light on Germany's struggle with racism and police violence

BERLIN -- Six years ago, Jeremy Osborne moved to Berlin to pursue a career as a professional opera singer. When he's not using his velvety baritone to perform in concerts and choirs, the black 33-year-old Arkansas native closely follows German and U.S. politics.

Along with 10,000 fellow protesters, Osborne attended the large demonstration in central Berlin on June 6 to protest racism and police brutality in the U.S. in the wake of the death of George Floyd. With an estimated 150,000 people atte
Curbed •

Cooking up a long-term home in Berlin

I finally had it: the lease to a Berlin apartment. It was open-ended, and thus my oasis in a sea of swiftly rising rents and scarce housing. For a freelancer who considers homeownership basically unattainable, this was the golden ticket, the sign that the city could be home—maybe for good.

The first room I saw was the small, rectangular one immediately to the left of my new front door. It was supposed to be my kitchen, the heart of my home, the place I would cook basic meals for myself and occa
ABC News •

Greek goldsmiths on the island of Rhodes keep a dying tradition alive

RHODES -- Tucked away on a cobblestone street in the medieval old town of the island of Rhodes, Greece is the workshop and store of jewelry-maker Nikos Vassilaras. Stepping inside his studio is akin to walking back in time —- myriad metal tools hang on the wall as he sits at his workbench, patiently engraving.

Vassilaras is one of few traditional jewelers left on the island, which is one of Greece’s most popular tourism destinations. Yet the influx of international tourists -— around 2.1 millio
ABC News •

Art exhibition highlights human side of European migration

PALERMO -- In a small room in a former fortress in the port town of Palermo, Sicily, a video displayed across one of the walls depicts a nondescript stretch of highway. A closer look reveals four white marks on the ground — the outline of a truck — and faint, brownish stains.

This is a crime scene simulated in video by John Gerrard, an artist who visited the location two days after the bodies of 71 migrants from Iraq, Syria and Iran were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near Vienna in
ABC News •

How Bogota is combatting child begging

A new center in Bogota aims to get Venezuelan migrant children off the streets.

BOGOTA, Colombia -- On a sunny Monday in January, Bárbara Méndez arrived at daycare center El Centro Abrazar in Bogotá, Colombia, to drop off her 2-year-old son Michal before heading to work. She had only been in the country for a little over two weeks and was doing her best to make a life for herself. Like many of the 1.6 million Venezuelan migrants who have arrived in recent years, she saw few opportunities back h
ABC News •

A Berlin club owner's mission to give back to Detroit, the city that gave Europe techno

The techno world could save Detroit from his economic problems.

BERLIN -- When Berlin club owner Dimitri Hegemann first visited Detroit in the 1990s, he was struck by city’s decaying, decadent buildings.

“In any empty building I see an opportunity—and there are so many opportunities in Detroit,” he told ABC News.

Hegemann, who has visited Detroit roughly 50 times by his own count, feels the struggling city can benefit economically by investing in the arts, specifically nightlife as Berlin has
DW Travel •

Rome: How You Can Save Money and Avoid the Crowds

Andiamo! Experience Rome like a local with DW's Sarah Hucal, who shows you how to visit the Italian capital's main sights, like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, on a budget. You'll also learn how to go off the beaten path, what makes Roman pizza special, and why it's crucial to toast the Italian way.

00:00 Intro
00:23 Trevi Fountain
01:04 Best time to visit
01:17 Pantheon
01:38 Italian breakfast at café L'Emporio alla Pace
02:11 Piazza Navona, where to stay?
02:46 'Nasoni', tab water
03:07 Getting around, public transport
03:43 Colosseum
04:14 Archaeological sites
04:25 Roman Forum, tips from tour guide Silvia Prosperi
05:55 Where to eat?
06:25 Pizza at bakery Antico Forno Roscioli
08:33 Palazzo Colonna
09:22 Trastevere
09:38 Meet actress Marta Anna Borucinska at Bar San Calisto
11:01 Big Star Pub

CREDITS:
Report: Sarah Hucal
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Wolfram Duntze
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