"My Grecian Odyssey" Athens by Arial_27

Athens Travel Guide: 4,409 reviews and 10,123 photos

School trip

During my last year of high school, I was lucky to visit Greece, a country I've always dreamed of going to. A teacher from my school organized this trip for any students who were interested in going for 12 days in March. My friends and I here in the picture all signed up. Some of the main places we visited were Athens, Hydra, Rhodes, Mykonos, Delphi, Aegina, Poros, and Mycenae.
I became very fond of Greece and it's culture. I especially love Greek folk dancing, the food, the language, and of course the history!

Cruises

Hydra

There was something about Hydra that I loved! Maybe it was the circular form of buildings surrounding the harbour, or the view of mountains and hills behind the town area. Somehow I just loved how peaceful and lively it was at the same time, I felt very at ease there and had a great time. Besides Mykonos, I think Hydra would be my favourite Greek island. We went on two cruises in Greece: One of them was a one day cruise which took us to the islands of Poros, Hydra and Aegina.
The second one was a three day excursion with Royal Olympic Cruises that went to Mykonos, Rhodes, Patmos and Kusadasi, Turkey.
I'll be putting my information about these cruises in my Athens pages at some　point.

Pros and Cons

Pros:the history, monuments, food, folk dancing, mountains, nice weather, orange trees,
Cons:Athens is a little run down, and prices have gone up a little recently
In a nutshell:A truly enriching, facinating place to visit.

Last visit to Athens: Mar 2004
Intro Updated Dec 30, 2009
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Athens Ghetto Favorites (4)

In my opinion, there weren't many other things to do in Athens besides the Acropolis, Acint Agorra, Plaka district and a... more travel advice

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There are a few things to keep in mind when passing through the Plaka district. One of them is that the shop and... more travel advice

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y2ketan2007 Jan 21, 2013 at 9:37 AM

Nice page on Athens.Thanks for the information and all the pictures.
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hempist Jun 29, 2009 at 7:36 PM

Thank you! I like how you made the prounounciations easy.
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TheGreekSouthWest Jul 10, 2008 at 9:18 AM

Am a Greek who happened to read your comments and felt that you really enjoyed your time in Greece. And your "warning or dangers" tips are not offensive at all just description of what is happening which I agree with. That's impressive! Se euxaristw
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Kid-A Mar 18, 2008 at 12:29 AM

Hi, pretty good Athens page. Great tips! Greetings for Germany, Brian
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gilabrand May 7, 2007 at 10:09 PM

I added some of your tips to my travel guide for Athens which I am putting together the hopes of actually getting there.
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Confucius Jun 26, 2006 at 6:18 PM

Xronia Polla! Wishing you a happy birthday today! I went to Greece for Easter and can report that Olympics items are still available for half price. I bought an "Athens 2004" umbrella and a "Hellas" hat.
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tak_pap Jan 13, 2006 at 8:22 AM

interesting page, lots of good comments and "Warnings Or Dangers" tips
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Jim_Eliason Sep 8, 2005 at 9:51 AM

great tips, I hope to put them to use in a few weeks.
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cristiana04 May 6, 2005 at 10:07 AM

congratulations, you have nice page and pics! regards!!
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Karolina01 Oct 3, 2004 at 7:16 AM

Wonderful page about Greece.