Plaka Athens

The Plaka, Athens , Attica, Greece
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    Attraction Type:

    Historic walking area, Neighborhood, Scenic/historic walking area

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    3of 132 attractions in Athens

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    Ancient Greece

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    We knew it was not going to be the best weather this morning, but when we heard the torrential downpour, we all rolled over and spent a little more time snoozing. After breakfast we sat in our room until the rain died down a little before heading out. We started at the Plaka, the market/vendors, mostly just going in and out of stores to avoid the …

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    Arrival - what great weather

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    Arrived in Athens Int'l Airport on time, Customs and Passport Control were a piece a cake All the baggage arrived on time and THEN

    Kathy got to experience the "Med's" culture. All the Buses and the Metro system are on a 24 hour strike protesting what ever is on the list of grievances the Greeks have. Never the less after a 50 Euro Taxi …

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    Atop The Acropolis

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    Aboard the MV Louis Cristal 4/29/11 8:45pm local time--

    Hello Again!

    Aboard the MV Louis Cristal, headed to Istanbul, Turkey. Getting online isn't cheap, so we'll make this quick. We had good weather in Athens for our visit to the Acropolis and the Parthenon, sites which dominate the Athens skyline and are truly imposing when …

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    All Roads Lead Back Home

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    Update -- 5/18/11 The following note was written after returning to Chicago.

    Hello Again!

    We're OFF the road (or bus or boat or plane) and back in Chicago. Our schedule the last few days in Greece didn't allow much time for a real update, so I thought it best to collect my thoughts, write a decent overview at home AND include the …

Related BlogsPlaka Athens

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    Now Acropolis...

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    ... out we headed for the central square of Athens, Syntagma Square where we were to meet a guide for a walking tour of Athens archaeological sites.  My cousin Caroline and her boyfriend Aaron gave us a guided tour of Athens for our wedding present ...

  • 2

    Athens and the Greek Islands...

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    ... for more altruistic purposes in the near future. He Said: Highlights: 1. The Acropolis and wandering through the Plaka area of Athens 2. Greek Food 3. The Islands, they have all been different and they have all been amazing 4. The relatively ...

  • 3

    Socrates, Plato, Sophocles and Tjhung

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    Cough Cough.

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    On arrival into Athens I was feeling quite sick. Anita and I went to our hotel in the hopes they would let us check in early, but as no one had vacated yet they let us, but we had to wait an hour. We went across to the main park and sat in a nice ...

  • 5

    Athens: all the classics

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  • 6

    Athens

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    ... my first, and Megan's second experience was much more pleasant. For a massively sprawling city that is home to half of the population of Greece, Athens is quite the presence. It took over a half an hour for our bus to make it from the edge of town into ...

  • 7

    Acropolis and more Plaka

    Last night went to an outdoor rooftop movie with a really nice aussie couple from the hostel.  We saw Away From Her about Alzheimers.  It was quite a love story depicting a level of intimacy gained over a lifetime of marriage both good and bad ...

  • 8

    Gyro Crack Strikes Again

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    ... to the airport later. We were scheduled to have dinner with Scout and Papia, but Scout got delayed on her train back into Greece from her weekend trip to Istanbul and the dinner had to be postponed until Tuesday. Instead, Godiva and I walked back to ...

  • 9

    The Last Hoof

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    ... and Ionic styles. But the Romans, those overwrought Italians, embraced Corinthian style. Thanks to the earthquakes ubiquitous in Greece and a greedy bishop who burned the marble for church-building plaster, very few of the original 104 columns now ...

  • 10

    Special Day Out

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    ... was off. But look what I understood without a translator! After our drinks at the café, we walked to Plaka, which is a beautiful neighborhood of Athens in the shadow of the Acropolis. We looked at all the shops, and Kyria bought me a Parthenon ...