I remember being so excited when I found out our hotel had a rooftop with views of the city — and so disappointed when ...

You cannot visit Athens without visiting the Acropolis hill above the city, dominating its skyline. The Acropolis is a symbol ...

Stylish European city or sunny Mediterranean beach? No need to choose if you head to Athens because, just 60 minutes from the ancient ruins and modern buzz of the Greek capital is the beautifully ...

Athens is a city of contrasts, where modernity and history meet in a vibrant urban landscape. Evidence of the Greek capital’s glorious past can be found everywhere, from the ancient ruins of the ...

Athens just might be the most underrated capital city in Europe. When I first visited over two decades ago to research my books on ancient Greece, I found it a sprawling, gridlocked and gritty ...

As a slew of exciting new hotels open their doors on the city’s age-old streets, Athens certainly is an ... Whether you want to be in walking distance to ancient ruins or would prefer a more ...

Its recorded history begins with Greek mythology, when the goddess Athena was said to have gifted an olive tree to the city, giving Athens both its name and its ancient symbol, according to Greeka.

He is a graduate of the University of Nottingham and City University ... example of ancient Greek graffiti may reveal the existence of a lost temple at the iconic Acropolis of Athens, a pair ...

Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens ... naturally into the city center. The Chalandri well is more than 20 meters deep and part of a network of 300 ancient wells, Dafnos said ...