Royal Olympic Athens

... pictures.  I only want to state that it is so elegant and very impressively decorated and I urge people who are planning visiting Athens to stay at least 2 nights here if they cannot afford to stay longer. I won't give more info as I believe my ...

... my birthday at one of the most elegant Roof Gardens of Athens. The Ioannis Restaurant is on the highest spot of the Royal Olympic Hotel where we are staying. The highlight of this Roof Garden is the amazing view of the Acropolis footlight making it ...

... during our stay was fantastic. It was as if we had spring. I could not resist but asked to be permitted to go out to the swimming pool for some pictures. Get a picture of what it is like to be in the centre of Athens and still enjoy this awesome oasis! ...

... for one final night in another fancy pants place, again per Murray’s work entitlement!  Our room at the five-star Royal Olympic Hotel was great, and we had our own balcony with views of local Athens in the distance and the hotel pool below ...

... in Athens for my birthday, and we are to spend one day at our apartment at the Lycabettus Hill and 2 nights at the beautiful Royal Olympic Hotel opposite the Temple of Zeus. We firstly go to see the kids and spend some time with them reading and playing ...

... stands very near the Temple next to one of the busiest streets with heavy traffic. It is the street leading to Syntagma. During the Olympic Games the Arch was cleaned but I notice the change in colour again after all these years. As I walk pass it I ...

... pleasant stroll in the National Park I notice that my camera’s battery is flat! I am disappointed because I was planning to get to the other side to the Kallimarmaro –The Panathenaic Stadium of Athens which I will probably go another time. ...

It’s been three fun filled days in Athens.  Tomorrow we head to Mykonos. We are both still sleep deprived from the awesome wedding weekend and jet lag. Our trip thus far has been incident free. The grin from ear to ear on Frank's face when in ...

... 695 restaurants in Athens. The paradise of a vegetarian!! I have some pictures from the day of our visit, and my review on TripAdvisor. http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g189400-d2155243-r121886473-Avocado-Athens_Attica.html#CHECK_RATES_CONT ...

... was a wonderful guide and shared many interesting facts at each stop. Our first stop was the Panathenaie Stadium which was the original Olympic Stadium, built in 330 BC out of wood. In the 2nd century AD it was renovated to include marble seating, but ...

... introduction to Athens with a scenic drive around the city, passing some of the most important landmarks of the city. Watch for the Marble Olympic Stadium, where the Olympic Games were revived in 1896, Hadrian’s Arch and the former Royal Palace. ...

... really just a mound of marble and rock now. Great views. The tour took us through the streets of Athens and we stopped at the original Olympic stadium which was refurbished for the 2004 olympic games. Then drove past the house of parliament, royal palace ...

... , Athena makes an olive tree. Tells something about Greek frame of mind to choose olive tree over sea and a woman over a man. · Olympic stadium, old one where modern Olympics started being held again, on the site of the old one, the end of the Marathon ...

... not even done for show because we walked around the corner and found them doing the walking thing on a deserted street! But yeah we then saw the Olympic arena near the Olympiakos stadium and then got the bus back to the airport to meet the other ...

... one Visak) We started at 0800 and returned to our hotel at 1400. Saw the lost soldiers tomb, Zappeion, old Olympic stadium, royal palace, Temple of Olympican Zeus, Arch of Hadria, Theatre of Dionyssos, Agora and the Acropolis. The hotel (which ...