Acropolis House Pension

... . Or you could look up onto any of the surrounding mountains and gaze at the remains of old stone forts, churches, temples, and an Acropolis. I would go swimming for forty five minutes at a time, which is a lot for my lazy ass, as I'm not a great ...

... Athens streets at various resolutions (please fix this Google), I made a rough estimation of where we were based on the position of the Acropolis (we were on the wrong side of it) and a sign that reminded me of something from one of the guidebook maps. I ...

... been amazing! Pergamon On Sunday we drove up to Bergama(the city of Pergamon). We arrived, checked in, and went to the acropolis(which means city on the hill). The acropolis is spectacular, with a vertigo enhancing amphitheater and a very cool temple that ...

... a simple kebab dinner in a local hostelry and hit the sack.   On Tuesday we headed up to the main attraction, the Acropolis and sundry temples, theatres etc started by one of Alexander the Great's generals who was left in charge of a large wad of ...

... me. I continued on in the gathering dusk. I rounded a corner and saw a sign: Mama's Restaurant. In English, no less. It was a pension, too. I had a good meal and a good, snake-free sleep. The next day was a very long hike. Part of it was in a light ...

... the forest and up on the hill above were the well-preserved remains of an amazing mausoleum, an old Byzantine church, and another Acropolis. Since I love old things, I wanted to go up and see everything now. "Let's go tomorrow," said Ece, who was aching ...

... am not a ruin person, too lazy to read all the background materials and too cheap to hire a guide, a compact itinery of Acropolis, National Museum, then Santorini was rather satisfactory. Seeing Acropolis with one's own eyes is of course a privilege, even ...

... places Favourite Famous Sight: Great Wall, China; Eiffel Tower, Paris, France; Sahara Desert, Morocco Most Disappointing Sight: Acropolis, Athens, Greece; Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy; The Forbidden City, Beijing, China Favourite Activity: Husky Dog ...

... ;I spent the rest of the day. Luckily I was feeling much better by the next day, and checked out Bergama's main attraction, the Acropolis. I really liked it, situated on the side of a mountain/hill, it's kind of like Turkey's own (very scaled down) Machu ...

... frequent flyer points and splurged on a night at the Hilton, one of the best hotels in the world. Rooms overlooking the Acropolis and a rooftop bar with the best sunset and most glamorous clientele in the Mediterranean - it makes the night spent on the ...

... , caffes, shops, and markets right by where we were, so we got to see a lot of stuff. We headed first for the Acropolis, which was incredible...we were able to see the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike, The Odeon Theatre, and tons of other ...

... Saint Sophia, another interesting church. In the northern side of the city, around the old town there is the Eptapyrgion, the acropolis and byzantine fort with ten (not seven-epta) towers only recently restored after being a prison for many years and the ...