Athens Guest Houses

... of the Stoa walls, and across the rails, the busy street of Adhrainou, with its sidewalk cafes, souvenir shops and guest houses.   We stroll down the path towards the lovely Temple of Hephaestus. This is the only temple anywhere in the ...

... and on the way back after dinner one night we thought we might take a short cut but ended up getting lost among half finished houses and had to stumble through a field of thyme and wild flowers to get back to the main road. I think we were definitely ...

... meals and some extra beer! That's less than $45pp, and worth every rupee. The boat was more luxurious than some of the guest houses I've stayed in - it had 24 hour electricity, a fan, running water, mosquito nets and enough seating for about 20 people ...

... beautiful hotels and romantic meals together.  Even though we conveniently booked our ferry trips & accommodations back in Athens, we noticed plenty of available "rooms to let" and eager businesses offering discounts. Still, with limited drinking ...

... he also bought me lunch and a beer. I was to meet this type of generous natured character a few times in Greece. Athens had a checkered history like Thessaloniki with periods of growth followed by destruction. The site of the Acropolis on a hill in the ...

... was the birthplace of the dictator Enver Hoxha and of the most famous Albanian poet ad writer,  Ismail Kadare and their houses are other touristic attractions that I skipped. From Girokaster you have to take a wounding mountain road along which you ...

... . Speaking of the cruise--who knows where we are going! Two stops--Oman and Jordan--have been cancelled and replaced with Athens, Greece and Malta (in the Meditteranean)...and...with the current SARS health scare in Southeast Asia, I would not be at ...

... ;fly out to Athens 1/4 to work as Contiki Tour Guide and Cruise Representative. I will be based in Greece and work Athens mainland, Mykynos & Santorini Islands and a little of Turkey. Still very vaugue on the details but guess I will learn more ...

... don't want to rattle on too much as we have a dinner to attend so I will conclude. Milos is amazing. Hills, white houses and crystal clear water. I would attach some photo's but Yiayia only has dial-up Internet and the downloading would take to ...

... listed there was a cemetery just across a strait on the island of Rinia. There is an array of ruins of temples and rich houses with decayed columns and mosaic floors you may still see – in wonderful designs of dolphins, bulls, lions, Gods and ...

... for us. We quickly hurried downstairs and settled our hotel bill. As I’d mentioned before, I was particularly wary of Athens taxi drivers. I’d read plenty of horror stories about them charging exorbitant fares to clueless travelers. I had also ...

... under constant horns from passing drivers. Montazah, as suggested my so many Egyptian friends, is indeed a pretty garden that houses the impressive Castle and the Hotel Palestine. King Farouk's old palace is now the guest house for foreign dignitaries. ...

... early English history?).  We averaged more than 5 miles a day of walking, just for pure enjoyment.  Some highlights: Oast Houses – which have conical roofs and were used to dry hops for beer-making Orchards – It is harvesting time ...

... labour-intensive and accordingly pricey) and c) the obstacles inherent in excavating land that is occupied by currently-lived in houses, producing olive groves, etc.  Old Pella is partly under current Pella.  People who live there know that ...

... . From then until the early 1800s Cartagena was the unsurpassed queen of the Caribbean, often called the Athens of the Americas with many grand houses and estates being created. Many still stand. For over 270 years Cartagena was under Spanish rule but ...