Attalos Hotel Athens

... wanted to visit H&M and Maggie wanted to visit a fancy chocolate shop) we set off. Thanks to the excellent location of the Attalos Hotel we were able once again to walk. It’s always a joy anyway to stroll through the Plaka and in the rain it ...

... museum was built in a reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos, a commercial (marketplace) building which was a gift to the city of Athens from Attalos II, King of Pergamon in 159 BC.  The museum turned out to be my favorite museum in Greece.  It ...

... the day's sweat and dust, but we went as quickly as possible because we'd heard great things about the roof-top bar of the Attalos--especially that it had an amazing view of the Acropolis--and it does!  First we watched the sun go down, turning the ...

... down, a quick bus trip to the terminal, thru security once again, to departure gate, just in time to board same plane to Athens!? We were met at Athens by the very warm & friendly face of Dimitris, our luxury cab driver...very professional & ...

We made here safely with no delays in flights, traveled on a double decker plane that was huge! Found our hotel after about an hour bus ride from the airport, it is nice and has an incredible rooftop terrace that is spectacular. Walked ...

... were finally hungry enough to eat dinner and try out Phase Three of “Operation Amazing Eats in Athens.”  We walked through our hotel and headed out into Plaka, stopping at another guidebook recommendation, Tzitzikas & Mermingas.  ...

... settled for a tourist class hotel in the Monastiriki area, a short walk from the Monastiriki Metro station. The small hotel, called Hotel Attalos, came highly recommended from one of the websites we had come across, and aside from having a nice ...

Hotel: Hotel Attalos. Fantastic view from the roof. Not to mention the endless supply of maps from the friendly and helpful hotel staff. Dec 31st Sites: Acropolis. The entire Acropolis site looked more like a construction yard than an archaeological ...

... past six years and so has the price of a souvlaki, but the atmosphere is much the same as it ever was. We arrived at our hotel, the Attalos just after lunchtime and checked into room 611. And what a room it is. It's a family room with 4 single beds (a bit ...

... to the bottom of the hill, where we found ourselves on the Panathenaic Way, walking past the Ancient Agora, the Stoa of Attalos, and then the Palace of the Giants. We found a huge marble water fountain and splashed water everywhere before climbing the ...

... ''public place of assembly''.  Nearby was the Temple of Hephistos and the Church of the Holy Apostles.  Also the Stoa of Attalos which houses the Odyssey and the ILiad statues both 2nd century AD.  And a statue of a goddess that could be ...

Back to Athens for a night........... Soaked up the view from the hotel rooftop once again before my flight to Istanbul tomorrow ...

... already set up even early in the day--though no protestors besides the tent city in Syntagma Square). We went back to the hotel for the afternoon and rested. We had big plans for the day including the Acropolis Museum and Kerimeikos cemetery but that ...

Nightmare train journey.  Great ...

... would be nice if reconstruction were made a priority. The value of reconstruction is seen at the Stoa of Attalos. This massive building was Classic Athens’ version of a shopping mall. Today, it houses various artifacts found in the Agora. One cannot ...

... and ideas to the masses.  There was a cool Museum that is housed in an exact replica of the Stoa of Attalos, which no longer stands, where artifacts and models of what the Agora looked like in antiquity are stored.  The Temple of ...

... and all the way out to the sea. Awesome. After winding back down the hill we went through the Ancient Agora (marketplace) and past Attalos' Stoa up to the well preserved temple of Hyphaestion (the lame - not sad or stink, he had a bad limp ...

... up at the Hephaisteion, just like I did.  Crazy!      I wandered back past the Stoa of Attalos and the Aguii Apostoli, a church with 11th century frescoes, then headed back past the Acropolis and towards the new Acropolis museum. ...