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Traveling in Athens

editor — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 07:30:00 +0000

Traveling in Athens ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHTLIFE The weekly Athens News (‚1) gives locations, hours, and phone numbers for events, as well as news and ferry information. The Athens Flea Market, adjacent to PI. Monastiraki, is a jumble of second-hand junk and valuable antiques. Sunday is the best day, when it is open from 8am-lpm. Summertime performances are staged in Lycavittos Theater as part of the Athens Festival, which has included acts from the Greek Orchestra to Pavarotti to the Talking Heads. The Festival Office, Stadiou 4, sells tickets. ( 210 322 1459. Open M-Sa 8am-4pm, Su 9am-2pm and 6-9pm. Tickets

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Visit to Athens

editor — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 01:30:00 +0000

Visit to Athens DAYTRIPS FROM ATHENS TEMPLE OF POSEIDON. The Temple of Poseidon has been a dazzling white landmark for sailors at sea for centuries. The original temple was constructed around 600 BC, destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC, and rebuilt by Pericles in 440 BC; 16 Doric columns remain. The temple sits on a promontory at GCape Sounion, 65km from Athens. (Open daily lOam-sunset. ‚4, students ‚2. EU students free.) Two bus routes run to Cape Sounion from Athens; the shorter and more scenic route begins at the Mavromateon 14 stop near Areos Park (2hr. every hr. ‚4.30).

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Travel to Athens

editor — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:30:00 +0000

Travel to Athens ACCOMMODATIONS The Greek Youth Hostel Association, Damareos 75 in Pangrati, lists hostels in Greece. ( 210 751 9530; y-hostels@ote.net.gr. Open daily M-F 9am-3pm.) The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Stadiou 24 in Syndagma, provides info and makes reservations for all types of hotels throughout Greece. Reservations require a cash deposit; you must contact them at least one month in advance and inform them of the length of your stay and the number of people. (210 323 7193; grhotels@ote-net.gr. Open May-Nov. M-F 8:30am-l:30pm.) Student’s and Traveler’s Inn, Kydatheneon 16 (210 324 4808), in Plaka. Unrivaled location and lively atmosphere

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Athens Guide for Tourist

editor — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Athens Guide for Tourist AGORA. The Agora served as the city’s marketplace, administrative center, and hub of daily life from the 6th century BC to AD 500. Here, the debates of Athenian democracy raged; Socrates, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Xenophon, and St. Paul all preached here. Today, visitors have free reign over what is now an archaeological site. The 415 BC HHephaesteion, on a hill in the northwest corner of the Agora, is the best-preserved classical temple in Greece, flaunting friezes depicting Hercules’s labors and Theseus’s adventures. The Stoa of Atta-los was a multi-purpose building filled with shops and home to informal

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Athens Travel

editor — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:00:00 +0000

Athens Travel HELLINIKON OLYMPIC COMPLEX (HCO). The Hellinikon should be the worldwide symbol of recycling. Once the site of the old airport, parts of many of its buildings are reconstructed using the skeleton of old aviation buildings; in July 2003, an International Flights sign still hung from an entrance. The Hellinikon will host 7 sports. The Olympic Baseball Centre’s two fields will accommodate 7000 and 12,000 baseball fans (Aug. 15-18, 20-22, and 24; finals Aug. 25). The venue for softball (Aug. 14-20 and 22; finals Aug. 23), the Olympic Softball Stadium has also been built from the ground up. The

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