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Travel To Athens: A Gift From The Gods

Travelers who expect to be greeted by loneis just northeast of Athens and the ancient
standing relics of ancient Greece will beMycenaean excavation site at Velatouri is to
awestruck by the sprawling urban metropolisthe south, boasting the unearthed Thorikos
of today?s Athens. The capital city is antheatre. While the Grecian period is
explorer?s paradise as historic gems areomnipresent, Greece has fascinating Turkish
embedded within the modern day melee andand Persian cultural influences as a result
cultural nuances of a turbulent past areof many wars and takeovers until the collapse
written between the lines of concrete and theof  the  Ottoman  Empire in the 20th century.
sparkling blue Aegean Sea. Everywhere in
Athens is a testament to why this mythicClub  Hopping  or  Island  Hopping?
peninsula is considered the cradle of Western
civilization  and  modern  democracy.In the spring and summer evenings, enjoy the
café³ and restaurants as they begin to
Of particular interest, Athens received aspill into the streets and squares. Greece,
much needed facelift in preparation for theand particularly Athens, is notorious for its
2004 Olympics. Notorious for its nefos (smog)boisterous and tireless nightlife. The Port
resulting from rapid growth and congestionof Piraeus comes to life as many vacationers
following World War II and the Cold War,head out for their island excursions from
Athens realized the need to clean up its actthis historic cove. Athens is the perfect
when it became clear that historic monumentsplace to become immersed in Greek culture and
were eroding at an alarming rate due to acidlife before taking a ferry ride to one of the
rain from air pollution. Due to this Olympicsurrounding tranquil, historic or party
makeover, it is extremely easy to navigateislands ? the choice is yours. The port
around the well marked streets in English anditself is also of particular historic
Greek and transportation has never been moreinterest. One of the oldest in the world, the
streamlined.port was heavily used during the
Peloponnesian Wars in the 4th century BC and
Mythological  Mythosremnants of the long Themistoclean Walls,
which fortified the port and Athens together
Ancient Greece reached its societal peak induring this time period, still survive today.
the 1st century BC when magnificent monuments
like the Parthenon and the Temple of AthenaA trip to Athens is not only a journey of
Nike were constructed on the fortifiedhistory, but one of modernity and progress.
Acropolis and Socrates and Plato developedAfter Greece?s golden age, Athens? grandeur
their Western thinking schools of thought.was squandered to nearly nothing by invaders
While most of the major attractions from theand the sweeping tides of history. Today, the
time period are in the center of the city,free and booming capital city is again a
travel in the outskirts of Athens will bringtestament to its historic commitment to
encounters with many significant locationsforward thinking civilization. Experience the
from this time period. Marathon, of therebirth of the foundations of the western
famous battle (and today?s 26.22 mile race),world in Athens!



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