Athens Travel Tips and Insider's Guides
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The Acropolis Museum, next to one of the most important historical sites in the world, holds a stunning collection of artifacts... [Read the full story]
It is said that the gods fought over Athens. Ocean god Poseidon and his niece Athena, goddess of wisdom, both desired patronage... [Read the full story]
Athens is a city that interplays both east and west. From the deluxe hotels and modern office buildings, to the bazaars that... [Read the full story]
Greek food can be bizarrely good; and following is a guide to some of the best restaurants in Athens, Greece. The flavors of Greek... [Read the full story]
Athens is a large city with good hotels, but the best hotels are always near the Acropolis, in the neighborhoods of Monastiraki,... [Read the full story]
For the first-time visitor to Athens, Greece, the city presents as a mixture of chaos and beauty. Immediately, you are struck... [Read the full story]
In preparing for the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens underwent a major facelift and infrastructure upgrade. New highways now divert... [Read the full story]
After hiking around the Acropolis, eating spanakopita, and watching the changing of the guard, there was one more important cultural... [Read the full story]
Athens overwhelmed us. We stepped out of the metro system into Plateia Syntagma, astounded by sunlight, crowds pushing past us... [Read the full story]
Few destinations ignite in me the same combination of childlike wonder and intellectual curiosity as Athens, Greece. From my... [Read the full story]
John and I came to Athens, the birthplace of Western democracy, to marvel at ancient ruins and sites of mythology. Sure enough,... [Read the full story]












