Athens

Athens was okay, not my favourite.. but I’m not a city girl by any means.

Tip: Don’t use taxis. Use the metro. Taxi drivers are like Speed Racer (I seriously thought I was going to die). And, if you HAVE to use a taxi.. make sure they charge you the right fare. Watch the meter, and make sure it is on “1” during the day/into the night (I think “2” is only past midnight into dawn). I got charged an INSANE amount from my taxicab driver, and lost a lot of my money, and seriously wanted to go home that night!!!

If you have any problems, they say to mention the tourist police :P

But.. besides that.. I would say visit the Plaka, and walk up the hill where the Temple of the Muses is… at night. You can see the whole city lit up, as well as the Acropolis. Very pretty :)

Culture galore! You won’t forget your first view of the Parthenon on the Acropolis.

If you want more info on travelling to Athens, or to any part of Greece, check out Matt Barrett’s Travel Guide to Greece on the internet. I stumbled across it years ago when I was planning my trip to Athens, and it was not only invaluable, but extremely entertaining. I still remember the headline for one of the Greek islands, which was something like: “A Million Scandinavian Women Can’t Be Wrong” (sadly, I couldn’t find it on the latest version of the site :). His love of all things Greek really shows.

25 days until Athens

I love history, and Greece has so much! The historic sites in Athens are fascinating, but the atmosphere of Athens wasn’t the best for visiting. They say the pollution is a lot better than in the past, but I still found it pretty bad. Visiting less populated Greek historic sites was a lot more pleasant, but you can’t beat Athens for museums and all.

I was amazed by the culture and history that was all around me all the time the sculptures and buildings. It’s so amazing The Ancient City of Athens is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens. It is intended primarily as a resource for students and teachers of classical art & archaeology, civilization, languages, and history as a supplement to their class lectures and reading assignments and as a source of images for use in term papers, projects, and presentations. We also hope that this site will be useful to all who have an interest in archaeological exploration and the recovery, interpretation, and preservation of the past.

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i go to greece evry copul of years, i have family over their. i absolutly love it. Its just such a diffrent expreicne and its so bueatiful, its one of those places evryone should go. I also recomend Lakonia, wich is loacted in the south of greece, its a truely remarkable place

Hot but fun!

What can be said about athens? There is culture galore. So much to see and experience. The only negative thing i can say about it is….exhaust!! So many cars in such a small confined place racing around made me feel like i could barely breathe. That wouldnt stop me from going back tho.