Divani Athens

... with no delays and was greeted by our airport transfer person very promptly.  We were taken to our hotel here in Athens, called the Divani Palace Acropolis. Has a wonderful view of the Acropolis from the top of the hotel, which also hosts a ...

... brought us the  modernized Olympic games.  In 1896, Greece hosted the first formal international Olympic games here in Athens.  The  stadium built for these games is still standing and unfortunately is no longer able to house  ...

... 60s) so we had no problem outside.  Our tour went to two historic sites today, Mycenae and Epidaurus, roughly 90 minutes outside Athens.  Epidaurus was an ancient spa area, said to be the home of Asklepios (Ask-LEP-ee-os) the ...

... ; By the way...we left Chicago under cloudy, rainy, chilly skies.  Guess what?  We have cloudy, rainy, chilly skies in Athens. The good news...it'll clear tomorrow and temperatures should be in the mid to upper 60s and perhaps 70 ...

... spent in Athens we had dinner at a nice restaurant popular with locals and well known to tourists not very far from our flat in Athens. Usually tourists spend much time on the net trying to find a nice hotel and when they find one they start searching for ...

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... . We did about 2 hours of shopping and walking around before we decided to go up to the “highest” point of Athens - Lycabetus. Based on directions from Joanna, we approached the local cops to help us out (which was very dismal – they ...

... nbsp;the skies had cleared and the sun made the ruins sparkle.  That evening, we had a terrific farewell dinner back in Athens at a marvelous restaurant called Daphnis in the city's Plaka section, a busy mix of tourists, locals and any number of ...

The Story: We were booked on Lufthansa flights from SFO, with a stopover at Munich, to Athens. Friday went way too fast and before we knew we were in the Super Shuttle headed to the airport. A few weeks back there was so much chaos with the EU flights due ...

... 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 you get to the top to see them up close.  We'll spend tomorrow afternoon ...

... & sat in a resturant people watching, oh well much to short a time ,could have skiped crete. today the 21st we are in athens went to the Acropolis & parthenon this morning , ok but to many people. leave sunday morning to go to nigeria , have a ...

... ;you are unbeatable”! We walked up and came to the amphitheater – magnificent as all the other stadiums we saw in Athens – intact and well preserved. Beyond that there was 15 minutes of steep hike up the hill to another stadium – ...

... off to bed knowing we had a fairly big travel day ahead. Travel Recommendation: Taverna Maska Cafe-Bar Grill in Kanoni Corfu (between starbucks and Divani Palace) Thanasis Vasilas. Footnote: The Old Town of Corfu is UNESCO World Heritage ...

... the other restaurants close by. Everyone quickly ate their lunch and headed out to explore the unique village before heading back to Athens. After lunch, Maria told us that we would be retracing the way back to the plains and then hitting the highway to ...

... main office where everyone was re-sorted on to their particular tour bus. Our first stop was Delphi--about 2.5 hours out of Athens--you know, where the Oracle used to give all kinds of advice to people? The bus ride was interesting through the ...