A walking tour of Athens city

A walking route you can do on your own:
Syntagma Square, in front of the Parliament House, is the main square in Athens.  It’s also known as Constitution Square and around this area you’ll find the banks, airline offices, shopping centres and malls, restaurants and hotels.
This is a good starting point for a walking tour of [...]

Greece and Greek Island Travel

Greece Travel: a Europe Tour that’s a Gold Medal Experience!
Greece travel need not be an Olympic marathon. Given Greek history, the most interesting tourist sights naturally tend to be in the more southern areas of mainland Greece rather than the north.
After Athens, most tours concentrate on the major historical sites like Olympia and Delphi and [...]

Tour Routes in Greece

Places in Greece and the Greek islands you shouldn’t miss
Greece travel can really be split into two: mainland travel and island travel.
The only tours to visit the islands, as far as I know, are day-tours and cruises. As the latter always leave at sundown or so as far as I’m concerned they actually miss the [...]

Useful facts for travel to Greece and the Greek Islands

Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Greece and the Greek Islands

Festivals
Public Holidays
Visas
Health
Time
Electricity
Weights & Measures
Money, Banks etc.
Useful Telephone Numbers

Festivals
The most significant festival in Greece is of course, Easter (Greek Easter traditions). The Greek Orthodox Church traditionally stresses Christ’s Resurrection rather than the Crucifixion, so it is regarded as a happy celebration, with candle-lit [...]

Eating out on your Athens holiday

Souvlakis, moussakas and calamari:
Greek food is well known the world over and many visitors to Greece arrive already equipped with some knowledge of common dishes like mezes, souvlaki, moussaka, Greek salad, etc.  Some of the names may not be familiar, but we most probably have had some tyropitakia (small cheese pies), soutzoukakia (meatballs in red [...]

Athens Sightseeing: The Acropolis

An awe-inspiring heritage from Greece’s Golden Age:
A highlight of any holiday in Athens is a visit to the Acropolis.  One of the earliest religious complexes in ancient Greece, this awe-inspiring heritage from its the Golden Age still dominates the skyline of modern Athens.
The Acropolis is an extremely popular tourist attraction and each day bus loads [...]

Greek sandals fit for gods and goddesses

Greek sandals by a famous sandal maker
On my first visit to Athens many many moons ago, I stumbled upon Pandrossou Street and recall my heart rate spiking up as for me this was like discovering an Aladdin’s cave of shops.  Pandrossou Street is a pedestrian walkway jammed  with shops on both sides, many selling souvenirs, [...]

Shopping on your Athens holiday

Athens, a Shopping Mecca for all:
Athens is a shopping mecca which caters for all types of shoppers.  From the souvenir collectors to the bargain hunters and to the more serious buyers of artwork, jewellery or sculptures, there is an abundance of choice here.
When Athens was awarded the 2004 Olympic Games, the city centre was spruced [...]