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- Athens
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
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- 10,623,835
- Population
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Top Hotels in Athens
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Athens Ledra Marriott Hotel
333 reviews -
Athenaeum Intercontinental Athens
492 reviews -
Sofitel Athens Airport
753 reviews -
Hilton Athens
641 reviews
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Titania Athens
215 reviews
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Hotel President Athens
186 reviews
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Royal Olympic Athens
526 reviews
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Hotel Grande Bretagne Athens
634 reviews
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Metropolitan Athens
147 reviews
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Grecotel Athens Imperial
342 reviews
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Stanley Athens
168 reviews -
Divani Caravel Athens
146 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Hotel - Athens City Centre
168 reviews
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Novotel Athens Hotel
623 reviews
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Divani Palace Acropolis Athens
215 reviews
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Hotel Zafolia Athens
62 reviews
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St George Lycabettus Hotel Athens
414 reviews
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Electra Palace Athens
626 reviews
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Armonia Hotel Athens
22 reviews
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Dorian Inn Athens
149 reviews
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Oscar Athens
75 reviews
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Grecotel Athens Acropol
93 reviews -
Melia Athens
298 reviews
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Park Hotel Athens
169 reviews
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Amalia Hotel Athens
340 reviews
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Grecotel Njv Athens Plaza Hotel
143 reviews
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Candia Hotel Athens
106 reviews
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Fresh Hotel Athens
623 reviews
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Hotel City Plaza Athens
61 reviews
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Best Western Fenix Hotel Athens
72 reviews
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Athens Electra Hotel
183 reviews
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King Jason Athens
105 reviews
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Athens Gate Hotel
1111 reviews
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Omonia Grand Athens
57 reviews
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Holiday Inn Athens
168 reviews
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Herodion Athens
334 reviews
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Polis Grand Hotel Athens
116 reviews
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Golden Age Hotel Athens
56 reviews
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Astor Hotel Athens
113 reviews
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Ionis Athens
118 reviews
Athens
Travel Blogs from Athens, Greece
The Goddess Athina
This is a top pick! ... I've ever seen! I could not help but treat myself to a lovely pair of leather sandals made from here. Something to remember Greece by. It was a wonderfully warm night and people were about wandering around. Shops were all open till about 9pm. We decided ...
Its all Greek to me
This is a top pick! ... ;Syntagma Square. We timed it well and got to see the changing of the guard. It was a fantastic introduction to Athens. Syntagma Square www.youtube.com/watch?v=15mAzcwamnI We decided to stop and have a bite to eat. We found a local ...
Escape from the Isle of Lesvos...
This is a top pick! ... and all sorts of things begin to appear on small plates. A point of information for your travels in Greece---there's a difference between cafes and restaurants, and it's hard to tell one from the other sometimes... Restaurants serve ...
chill out day
This is a top pick! ... CS) house and we would sit there, chatting and checking emails for 1,5h. Then we went to climb up Lekavitos - the highest hill in Athens, with a wonderful view from the top. We sat there for a while, admiring the view of panorama. On our way back home we ...
freaking hot
This is a top pick! ... , when my friend Marcin, after the April trip to Romania and Istanbul, said: "So, Bogna, in July we`re gonna hitchhike around Greece and Balkans, aren`t we?", I didn`t consider for too long. We were supposed to get a group of people to come along with us, ...
One last day in Athens
This is a top pick! ... by Greek and foreign artists, manuscripts, as well as a large collection of traditional costumes from the various regions of Greece. We wandered the building relatively alone. It was a really peaceful morning. The old Assembly hall in the ...
day at a beach
This is a top pick! ... after we got back home (about 10pm), as already at 11pm we were supposed to meet up with Malgosia - a Polish girl living in Athens. We went altogether with her to Keramikos district and we were walking from club to club, looking for her friends from CS. ...
Now Acropolis...
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Ancient Greece
This is a top pick! ... they said that we could ride with the rest of the group back to the airport on March 1st. Yesterday when we arrived in Athens the representitive from Friendly Planet said that everyone had done some sort of extension so there wasn't a bus going to the ...
Welcome to Athens
This is a top pick! ... ! Our first stop is the Ancient Agora, or old market, which was the commercial, trade and social center of Athens where Socrates, Sophocles and Aristotle orated their thoughts and ideas to the masses. There was a cool Museum that is ...
Greece PART III - Athens
This is a top pick! The last two days I had been to the capital of Greece, Athens. It is the center for arts, myths, legends, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, also, it was the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many ...
Athens and the Greek Islands...
This is a top pick! ... views everywhere 6. The Cave of the Apocolypse at Patmos and my own "Pilgramage Path" 7. Shopping and a haircut in Athens....after a month in Africa, I was feeling very UNcivilized! 8. Agio Sofia Cave....very cool spelunking! Lowlights: 1. ...
Athens
This is a top pick! Greece. Acropolis. Stones. Expensive coffee. Good food. Lots of argument. Cold nights. Although many blankets. Student discounts everywhere. Markets. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- ...
Patras to Athens
This is a top pick! ... price: 5 € duration: 4 h carrier: OSE the official travelling website: OSE in English from Patras to Athens nightly travel through the night. darkness all around. hard seats on the train. everybody is smoking. cant breathe. the ...
Socrates, Plato, Sophocles and Tjhung
This is a top pick! ... drugs and prostitutes? Yes. Is the city just one big, conrete, urban jungle? Yes. Indeed, by right, considering these factors, Athens deserves 'the hole' label. But with the clock ticking down, the end in sight, athens plays its trump card of all ...
Exploring Santorini
This is a top pick! ... the hotel we grab a snack and head to the airport via the most expensive five minute cab ride of all time. Only back in Athens for a few hours, we get a room at the holiday inn which is the most expensive airport holiday inn I've ever seen, and not ...
If a bird has the flu, does it sneeze?
This is a top pick! ... is beautiful and is a perfect day for a day in the Park. The National Garden is this oasis of green in the middle of Athens. It is beautiful even though it is still winter and the flowers and plants aren't blooming. The tree lined paths seem to beckon ...
Off with her head!!!!
This is a top pick! ... of time so we ate our last breakfast in the same place that we had our first, at Popeyes. We are driving back to Athens today and staying in Markopoulo at the Hotel Pantheon Markopoulo, near the airport. It is a suburb of Athens and is ...
Athens, Greece
This is a top pick! ... after all. Our rail passes allowed us half off the price of a cabin upgrade so we got a room for our 23-hour journey to Greece. Day 33 - The hotel floated into port about an hour late so the train that we would have raced to get was long gone. Trains ...
Acropolis Now
This is a top pick! ... We decided to start at the Dionyssos Theatre and purchased a ticket that allowed us in to most of the archaeological sites in Athens. Next was the Herodes Atticus Odeum, a Roman theatre that is still used for performances. Climbing up the hill we ...
in search of warmer weather....& olives...& Panos.
This is a top pick! ... those concerns. Anyway, the dishes continue to arrive, the belly dancers perform, I learn a lot about Greece and the lives of those around the table with me...the evening is incredibly delightful and this is a great welcome ...
Days 247-250
This is a top pick! ... ...., a few club officials, Fabio Aurelio (our injured Brazilian left full-back) and a few wives and girlfriends. Our accommodation in Athens was a boat! We checked in to a moored EasyCruise ship (thanks Stelios) and had a drink in the bar. Prinz got ...
Thank Zeus for Greece
This is a top pick! ... I regularly encounter people who have a very bad taste in their mouth when it comes to our country. While in Greece I considered employing the Socrates method, but upon further exploration, I realized that many people don't even want to have a ...
Greece is the word...
This is a top pick! ... ), but what would a trip around the world be if you didn't see the Acropolis? So we ignored the guidebooks which told us Athens is just a sprawling mess, brought out our credit cards and booked two night and a day in Athens. Just enough time to hit the ...
Cough Cough.
This is a top pick! 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 little ...
Meeting Carolyn
This is a top pick! ... metro stop. That afternoon, with beautiful puffy cumulus clouds and crisp skies, we went to the Acropolis for views across Athens, walking up slippery marble steps worn from millions of feet. The Acropolis was being restored so was covered with ...
History, shopping and food - this is the life...
This is a top pick! Since i last wrote, so much has happened. Athens has been fantastic. After the first full day and we've walked around the city lots more times. We went to the National Archilogical Museum. This was very interesting but not as big as i thought it would ...