athens sightseeing bus Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/athens-sightseeing-bus Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:29:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Athens Travel Destinations http://toursmaps.com/athens-travel-destinations.html http://toursmaps.com/athens-travel-destinations.html#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2016 06:00:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=226007 Athens Travel Destinations SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES In 776 BC, nearly three millennia ago, the first recorded Olympic Games were held in the olive-shrouded plains of Olympia on the Peloponnese. Two hundred ninety-three Olympiadas later, in AD 393, Roman rulers banned the practice in Greece, and the Games did not return to Athens again until 1896. In the summer of 2004, from August 13-29, 5.3 million spectators, along with 4 billion viewers across the globe, will watch the Olympic Games return to the land of their ancient birth. The city has been busy preparing for the return of the Games. The

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