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Hear about journey to Athens, Greece because the Beginner Traveler talks to journey author Sally Jane Smith about Athens as a cease on the best way to the Peloponnese Peninsula.
Sally Jane says, “Athens isn’t the main target of the itinerary, however it might be a horrible pity should you went to Greece and didn’t see Athens, particularly if it was your personal go to, your first go to. ”
What number of days do you have to spend in Athens? Sally says:
You might fortunately spend every week there with out operating out of issues to do. However I’ve given us two days in Athens, and I’m not going to element blow by blow all the things that you’d see there as a result of you have already got two episodes that speak about Athens in some depth.”
We speak about a few of the apparent locations just like the Parthenon and the Parthenon Museum however focus extra on the Roman Agora and the Historical Agora and out-of-the-way locations just like the Pnyx which was the guts of the Athenian Republic. A go to to the small Agios Demetrios Loumbardiaris church begs the query “did God save this church from a Turkish canon”?
Everybody loves the Tower of the Winds on the Roman Agora… however did you discover the very public restrooms? If you end up on the Historical Agora, don’t overlook the Church of the Holy Apostles which dates again to the late tenth century. The Bathtub Home of the winds is a public bathhouse from the Turkish interval that’s now a museum.
Sally Jane doesn’t usually suggest a hop-on hop-off tour however finds it a great way to get round in Athens. Additionally, the one she recommends from Metropolis Sightseeing Athens comes with free strolling excursions.
We finish this journey to Athens with a visit to the seaside and to Lake Vouliagmeni the place little tiny fish may give you a pedicure by consuming the useless pores and skin in your toes. On the best way again to city Sally Jane recommends a cease on the Church of Agios Sostis which was moved to Athens from Paris after a World’s Truthful and commemorates an unsuccessful try on the lifetime of King George I the primary king of contemporary Greece.
Many individuals depart Athens for the islands by the port of Piraeus. While you’re close to the port cease for a seafood meal at Mikrolimano Harbor.
Athens is a tremendous metropolis that’s value visiting by itself or as the beginning of a bigger itinerary in Greece.
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Present Notes
Sally Jane Smith
Journey to Greece – Episode 96
Journey to England and Greece Revisited – Episode 138
Journey to the Mainland of Greece – Episode 449
Peloponnese
Athens
Metropolis Sightseeing Athens (hop on hop off)
Panathenaic Stadium
Areopagus (Mars Hill)
Agios Demetrios Loumbardiaris
Pnyx
Acropolis Museum
Roman Agora
The Bathhouse of the Winds
Athens Information: Monastiraki
Monastiraki Sq.
Historical Agora of Athens
Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens
Kalamaki Bar
Paradox Venture – Escape Room
Arch of Hadrian
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens
Lake Vouliagmeni
Church of Agios Sostis
Port of Piraeus
Mikrolimano Harbor
Unpacking for Greece: Journey in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta
Neighborhood
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