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and today we are going to talk about some of the top attractions we hit along our way
on our recent trip to Greece.
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Now the first attraction I think anyone should see when visiting Athens
is probably the most obvious. The Acropolis.
If you are not familiar with the Acropolis it's a
granite hilltop about 500 ft above
the city that rests right in the center.
And once you are at the top you will have a 360 degree
Panoramic view of the city that is unobstructed.
Which makes for some phenomenal sunsets if you are there at the right time.
Now the Acropolis entrance fee is about $20 / person.
This walk.....
is a little intense.
We will be working up a sweat.
Well we have to get to the top.
It is golden hour upon us and it is gorgeous now.
Now be aware that they close 30 minutes early from whatever they post.
As they start to usher people down the hill top
to the base to get them outside the property gates.
I made the mistake of setting up my camera when I had a beautiful sunset
and started a time-lapse when all of a sudden
the security guards came by and said I have to take the camera down and start
making our way back down to the base. So that was a little disappointing.
We had to leave a little early.
A storm came in.
and it started to lightning pretty bad.
And they we ushering us out. cause it was close to 8pm.
Now if you do miss the sunset because of this
have no fear there is a smaller hilltop
that is free to get to that is next to the Acropolis.
Now you can also get a nice sunset shot there as well.
it's not as good as the Acropolis but it's pretty close.
You just have to deal with a lot more people because
it's a lot small hilltop to take your pictures at.
Along the way to the top of the Acropolis you are going to pass
a lot of different artifacts with signs posted
giving you the history of it. you will also see some pretty interesting
theaters that are there and give you an idea
what the theater scene was like. It's pretty remarkable
and very interesting in my opinion. Now once you are at the top
You'll see two main buildings which are my next attractions.
Ok, so once you are at the top of the Acropolis the main
attraction there has to be the Pantheon. It's the largest
building there with the many columns made of granite
and marble there. Beautiful structure.
When we were there actually renovating it at the time.
Now following Greek mythology these temples were dedicated to Gods.
The Pantheon was dedicated to the Goddess of Athena
which is the God of war, wisdom and...
craft.
it really is remarkable to see the size of these columns
that hold up the structure. And to know that thing
has been standing there for well over 2000 yrs and
is still there.
Well we finally made here to the top of the Acropolis which is actually the hilltop itself.
Behind us is the Pantheon. It was a little bit of
a hike to get up here.
The roads are semi-paved. It's a lot of
marble and granite. It's just kinda....
laid around. So it's slippery. But, up here it finally cooled down.
We hit golden hour. It's no too crowded but
certainly a lot of people here. It's nice views.
Beautiful views up here. You can't beat it.
It's very remarkable. Great for Instagram pictures.
So be sure to check it out.
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Be sure to check that out. Now the next attraction is right to the Pantheon.
It's called the Erechtheion.
and I really hope I pronounced that right and didn't butcher it.
It is another temple that was dedicated to the God
Poseidon, God of the Sea. and I actually kinda like this one more.
Yes it's a little bit smaller but I like
the columns because they carved them in the shape of women.
And they have 5 or 6 columns there and it makes it look unique.
I did get a very good picture there when the sun was setting. And it was very beautiful. It's right
next to the Pantheon so be sure to check it out. And snap a picture, of course, when you are there.
Now once you have gotten all your Instagram pictures that you wanted
to take at the Acropolis, head your way down and
once you are at the base they have the Acropolis Museum.
and inside the Acropolis Museum there is thousands of
artifacts that they have collected around that area
to help tell the story of what local life was like during those times.
Very interesting. Again,
you can spend several hours in there.
and I would probably dedicate one full day just to the Acropolis
on it's own for as much time as you can spend there.
Now once you have visited the Acropolis
I think one of the things I like to try and find when I am in a
foreign country is a local market.
and in Athens they probably have one of the biggest markets in Europe.
We just entered the fruit market. We just walked through the seafood area
and the meat area.
and we are going to check out the fruit stalls here.
It's called the Athens Central Market and it's huge.
I've never seen so many butcher in one place before. There's a lot of them.
There are a lot of meat vendors.
there's fishmongers. There's produce vendors.
Now once you are there at the market it's a good idea
to find you a produce vendor and
probably sample some fresh nice fruits you can't find anywhere else.
Which brings me to my next attractions.
If you haven't done one on vacation I highly
recommend it and I always do one of these when I am in
another country. And that is to take a food tour.
Now when we were in Athens we hit up a awesome walking food tour
with the Athens Food Tour company. I would highly recommend that one.
It was great. Our guide, she was awesome!
We went to so many different places and tried deserts
tried spinach pies...
It was so much food that by the time we were done we were stuffed.
We even tried the Greek version of there hamburger
which is a gyro or hero or gia-ro.
However you want to pronounce it.
The other thing you might want to try is their
famous liquor called Ouzo. Which is a liquor made from
Anise. it has a liquorish flavor. And is typically served
at parties when you meet someone at a house
as a greeting gift or after dinner typically.
Now another thing I would recommend is visiting
the neighborhoods. Now there's one neighborhood called Plaka
that is very popular. They are known for their restaurants in the street
There's also the Plaka Stairs where
coffee shops and tables
are on the stairs as they go down.
And a lot of people congregate there. Just know it can get
very very busy. Another place that isn't as
busy, or well known
at this point but is still pretty unique, it's called Patikka Street.
And Patikka Street is in an area that
typically was known to be a very industrial and warehouse area.
Not really for tourist.
But over the last 10 yrs investors have come in and invested
a lot of money into a gentrification of that area.
and made it very nice. There's restaurants, there's
ice cream shops. Weird and unique things
There's even a fire breathing dragon on one of these buildings. Its different.
I don't know how to explain it. You just have to go and check it out.
And there is something else there called the Rage Room.
Now I didn't know what the rage room was when I was there. But our guide
told us all about it. And it's basically a room
that if you had some frustration and just wanted to break something
you go in there, put on
proper safety equipment
and have a bat. You can then start breaking things.
When you are angry and want to break stuff
You come here and you break glasses, you break TV's, you break anything. Of course you pay for that...
Things from windows, mirrors, TVs,
you name it they have it in there and you can break it. Unfortunately
it was closed when we were there because we were so early. But I would have loved
to gone in there and done that
and video taped it for you guys.
So one of the things you should definitely do in Athens
is that dinner on a rooftop restaurant. There is several in the city
and there was one at the hotel we stayed at
which was the Herodion Hotel. The hotel was actually really good.
I would recommend that hotel. It is very centrally located.
Walking distance to the Acropolis, the museums
public transportation you name it. It has a killer
view for dinner on top
of the rooftop bar. Also if you stay there at the hotel
you get a couple free glasses of wine if you make reservations
at their rooftop restaurant.
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