Phaedra Hotel Athens Greece

... from our room than from the Acropolis Museum and almost every other spot in the city. If you ever go to Athens, stay in Plaka and at Phaedra Hotel. It will not disappoint. We arrived in the late afternoon so we had planned on going to the Acropolis ...

... to just go around the block which ended up taking an hour and a half (as they discovered all the one way streets in Athens).   That night our sea legs took us to the closest restaurant where we scored a free carafe of wine and some traditional ...

... at 17:45 and after a short walk up Vyronos Street hauling our suitcases behind us, we arrive at our lodging, the Hotel Phaedra.   The hotel is a small older hotel with just 21 rooms, almost all with balconies, some overlooking the Acropolis. It is ...

... hour ride on a full public bus brought us to Athens, birthplace of western civilization.   We booked ourselves into the Hotel Phaedra for three nights.  The hotel is located in the Plaka area (old town) right under the Acropolis.  No ...

... , a Nigerian sat by me.  She had been converted in Nigeria, then fulfilled a full time mission there before coming to Athens for a better life.  She speaks English quite well but does not speak Greek much.  She has been here 11 ...

... we're staying.  Also the church is right there.  Hotel is excellent location for all the sights and transportation.  Hotel Phaedra turns out to be very nice.  Room 105 with balcony. We rode the SuperFast bus from Patras to ...

... on a well traveled motorway and soon arrive at the outskirts of Athens . We follow the signs to the Plaka districts and arrive at our Hotel Phaedra by 18:00 . We are very fortunate in finding a parking space right by the hotel, a rare piece of luck for ...

... Acropolis where the Greek flag has flown every day since liberation from the Nazis at the end of WWII. The view over Athens is astounding.    We take a break and step out of the grounds briefly to enjoy a wonderful breakfast of coffee ...

... nbsp;                          Athens A quick bus ride from Delphi brought us to Athens where we had to catch a tram to the Metro link. Construction had closed ...

... lot of the Greek artifacts have been carried off to other countries.  Part of the reasoning for not returning them is that Greece did not have a suitable place to house them.  So the New Acropolis Museum was designed and built.  The hope ...

... Flying Dolphins cannot run when the sea gets a little rough. After getting thoroughly wet, even with our ponchos on, we came back to the hotel and dried out.  It rained off and on all day.  But we were able to get out again, get some good food, ...

While walking in the pedestrian area we ran into Adam and Dantzelle again.  They had been in Santorini for a few days.  They said the sea was rough and threatened their return ferry trip.  Some other time we'll have to go to an island and ...

We left the Hotel Phaedra at 0600 to catch the subway to the harbor of Pireaus.  Our Blue Line ferry to Naxos left the dock at 0735.  After some tense moments due to going the wrong way in the subway terminal and then finding out that the red ...