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A LOCAL ATHENIAN RESIDENT HAS SHARED HER DRESS CODE DO'S AND DON'TS TO UK TOURISTS 12:23, 30 May 2025 A local Athenian resident has shared her advice over dressing appropriately in

Greece. Bex Hall, who lives in Athens, revealed how you should conduct yourself when exploring areas of the country, beginning with cultural and religious monuments. She said when visiting

buildings such as monasteries, Bex urges holidaymakers to be aware may have preferences over women covering their shoulders, and their legs. The local advises wearing a long, loose skirt

when going into churches or monasteries, as well as bringing a shawl or scarf to cover your shoulders up with. READ MORE: UK TOURISTS IN EUROPE WARNED ABOUT FOOTWEAR FINES OVER £250 However,

Bex did add she wasn't just going to "single women out," as she recollected a memory from one summer when a male backpacker sat buy her - topless. Article continues below In

her blog on the Life Beyond Borders web page, she states: "I had an experience back in the summer that made me think of penning this post: Quite happily minding my own business in an

Athens coffee shop in the heat, a male backpacker plonks himself down at an outside table opposite me, takes off his backpack – _and his shirt_ …leaving himself topless in the middle of a

busy Athenian street. "I’m not a prude and love wearing summer clothes, but look – just don’t do it please. "Show some modicum of decency. Do you walk around topless (males) in

your home city in the summer?" She added using your common sense, and showing a "modicum of decency" is essential when exploring parts of Greece. Under her post, in a response

to a holidaymaker, Bex also explained how her guidance on clothing does not apply to "everywhere." READ MORE: UK TOURISTS IN MAJORCA, MENORCA AND IBIZA WARNED OVER £645 DRESS CODE

FINE The resident said: "The skirt over trousers thing isn’t everywhere – but just in some of the stricter places." In Greece there are laws surrounding dress code with fines of

up to £250 for being topless in certain places, as well as £760 fine for wearing high heels at archaeological sites, according to The Sun. If you are heading to Greece this year, it is

important to be mindful when exploring the country. Article continues below