athens travel guide pdf Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/athens-travel-guide-pdf Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Traveling in Athens http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-athens.html http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-athens.html#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2016 07:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=226030 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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]]> http://toursmaps.com/traveling-in-athens.html/feed 0 Travel to Athens http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-athens.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-athens.html#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=225968 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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]]> http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-athens.html/feed 0 Athens Guide for Tourist http://toursmaps.com/athens-guide-for-tourist.html http://toursmaps.com/athens-guide-for-tourist.html#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=226002 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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