Magna Grecia Athens

... reunited with our possessions, we hopped on the metro, which took us all the way to the center of Athens, where we found our hotel, the Magna Grecia Boutique Hotel.  It's a pretty cool little place, almost hidden away among the shops and ...

... Museums, and he spoke no English.  Still, we made it to our hotel safely, if a little weary, and checked back into the Magna Grecia Hotel.  Such has been our day.  Tomorrow we depart Athens, for Rome, then New York, where we'll stay a ...

We were told to go early in order to beat both the crowds and the suffocating Athens heat.  When we arrived atop the Acropolis, we were taken aback. Beautiful ruins were scattered amongst the top of this huge mountain. We were able to see the ...

... of the Greek God Zeus - Hadrian's Arch - originally the city gate linking the Roman quarters with original town of Athens - Dionysos Theatre - the world's oldest theatre where many great plays have been performed over the years - Parthenon built on the ...

... of New York City (10,000/square mile). Founded by Greek seafarers in the 7th century BC as part of a colonial territory called Magna Grecia (Greater Greece) in southern Italy, the city was originally called Néapolis or "New City" in Greek. ...