For a long time, my advice was to see the big sights, then get out. But Athens has dramatically changed. A century and a half ago, Athens was a humble, forgotten city of about 8,000 people. Today, one ...
The birthplace of Western civilization is surely where all Greek island-hopping should begin—Athens. Where the rambling streets of the Plaka rub shoulders with the sprawling squares of Sytagma. Before ...
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Acropolis, with its Parthenon and other structures, sits atop a hill in the heart of Athens. Ever since travel roared back from pandemic lockdowns, Greece has been ...