Economy Hotel Athens

... would be to get us on a flight if ours was cancelled. We hope we make it! The next hurdle is the Green economy and their political demonstrations. Our Greek travel agent assures us that they have NEVER demonstrated in our hotel, just nearby. He sounds ...

Arrived in Athens at 3pm local, equivalent of 10pm at home - we have been travelling the whole weekend when you factor in the time change! We were so pleased we booked a private car to meet us at the airport. We knew we would be exhausted and just wanting ...

... is in the heart of things.  Now that I have spent the better part of a day walking all over Athens, I appreciate the location.  Outside the hotel door are chic bars and café’s – less than a mile from here is the Acropolis (BTW ...

... Nice-Athens direct; unfortunately it just has a dumb name that made me feel I was going to crash. I arrived into Athens at 2pm but did not get to the hotel until 430pm...that is how far out of town the airport is and how long it took to get luggage and ...

... less than 90 minutes at that airport! The final 11 hour flight home was uneventful -- Craig slept most of the time (United Economy Plus seating helps), and Efren kept busy watching movies.  We arrived back to SFO around 8pm on Saturday night.  ...

... all my money, passport, cards etc.  Really rattled me.  Pick pockets and bag snatchers huge problem in Greece apparently - economy is really bad.  I decided then that I would stay at this hotel and not bother walking the streets to find ...

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens I am out after the rich breakfast I had at the hotel and I am going to show you around the Temple of Olympian Zeus first. It is a beautiful spring-like day, the day of my birthday and I am full of excitement and ...

... iPods and searched out some cheap accomodation. We found a hotel that some of our freidnsnon the previous tour stayed at, the 'economy hotel' (what a name!) it was actually excellent despite the name. The location was dodgy, in a pretty rough area of ...

... eye flight arrived in Athens just before 5 am. We got into the centre of Athens with no problems, but proceeded to find that Athens is a fairly dubious city. Whilst walking from the station to our hotel we were accompanied by a couple of dogs, which we ...

... rock to the ticket office.  For a mere 3€ we could see all of these ruins up close.  I love the weak Greek economy.  We spent the better part of our Christmas Eve at the Acropolis.  How fantastic does that sound!  Look at ...

... the brightest spot of our time in Athens.  We had a miserable seven hour ferry ride from Santorini to Athens.  We made the mistake of purchasing economy tickets, which mean you sat outside in the cold wind.  We managed to find a place that ...

... amazing archealogical sight. The difficulties were actually waiting for me as I tried to drive my way back into Athens and to my hotel. Navigating my full-sized Volvo through the narrow, winding streets of Athens was challenging enough without all of ...

... talk before going to weekend night clubs. Among the culture both ancient and new, clearly Athens was a modern metropolis with good infrastructure, a thriving Euro economy, and relatively clean air.  Coming from Cairo, the cleanliness and expensive ...

... information centres have all closed down recently. One would expect that Athens would want to encourage tourism given their ailing economy and growing debts. Athens was a great way end the European part of our tour and we would give Athens a rating of ...

... , and demonstrations are not uncommon.  I've already had a few conversations with local Athenians about politics, America, and the economy. There are a lot of free roaming dogs in the city.  They are friendly and don't bother anyone but are ...

... had been travelling in Greece or elsewhere in Europe, and the others flew directly to Athens.  We met at the Hera Hotel in Athens.  The first night Robert, David and I had supper 'al fresco' at 'God's Restaurant'.  Excellent meal, despite ...

... was a racing car driver at up to 160kmh, whilst the return trip the next day we got the full run down on politics, economy, which nationalities were good, which were disliked, along with how corrupt greek politicians are and it was all better under the ...

... classical tends to be austere and simple.  Blame the influx of Persian money into the Makedonian and greater Greek economy, as well as the influence of the East with its more conspicuously spectacular and less restrained style, both results of ...

... walk the length of the international terminal.  When we arrived at the gate we walked straight on the plane. Premium economy is definitely the way to go for international travel.  Constant drink service including wine.  Two meals plus ...

... to school for at least 9 years and how he kept pointing out unfinished buildings - apparently a sad result of the suffering economy and tax loopholes - but I digress, back to the Temple!  When we got there it was actually quite cloudy and ...

... tents, blankets and roles of clothing for pillows.  I was the only whitee there and certainly could have been a boon to this local economy had someone chosen to rape me of messenger bag.  However, never did I feel any energy of the sort directed ...