They’re like enchanted pleasure gardens concealed in the depths of the city that open their gates for a few months every year.
And like so much else, Greece’s open-air cinemas — where you can enjoy a movie in the flower-scented moonlight with a drink, a snack and even a smoke — have been hard-hit by lockdown measures.
Under the country’s partial reopening, open-air cinemas started operating on June 1, a month late and with considerable restrictions: Far fewer seats and no interval, both of which are bad for revenues.
Business so far has been slow, due to these establishments’ main operational hazard even in sunny Greece — rain.