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trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Enjoying life with the ancients in Athens

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:08:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cr01 - Look at any guidebook or map of Athens, and there seems to be a bewildering amount of Ancient Greece to be able to explore. A quick wander round the city reveals perspex covered holes in the pavement or preserved columns at the side of Metro stations...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND FUN!

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:44:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author nwadc10 - We travelled to Greece last summer and island hopped most of the trip. We did visit Athens at the end of our vacation for 2 nights. We did Athens last so we could easily access the new Athens airport which is absolutely beautiful and has many shops and...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens off the tourist track

Tue, 5 Jul 2005 09:54:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author agglida - The first thing I should say is that I never visited Athens purely as a tourist. I lived in Greece for three years, and spent the first two in Halkida, on an island called Evia, about an hour and a half north of Athens (well worth a day out for seafood...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: It's Big, It's Greek - Get George to Guide you!

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:20:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author doug2705eads - Athens and our Tips We loved Athens and mainly due to our personal guide. It proved reasonable, and here now is a personal bio of a man who built a life by personal travels and trials - read on and become engrossed with our new Greek friend and...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens Greece (I lived there for 1 year as an American)

Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:09:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Gwennie68 - I am going to try and give you a tourist view, I lived there so it might be a bit like a moving to Greece review. It is true about smog, parking on sidewalks and all they have said. The drivers are rude in Athens and will run you over so watch out...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens - ancient and modern - side by side

Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:33:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author azielinski - Back in September I wrote a review of Lufthansa (which most of you seemed to like) but I never got around to writing a review on my destination. My destination was (drum roll, please) Greece. My adventure started in Athens. I arrived at the new Athen...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Olympic City with Ancient Charms.

Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:37:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author carld - It has been said of Athens 'it is an acquired taste'. My wife and I visited the city near the end of Summer when it is a slightly cooler climate. Our first impressions were not favourable. Ugly,hectic traffic, and a not very friendly taxi driver - all...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens: the student way

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:53:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mridula - Let me state that this is my contribution to the 'helping hands write off' and I am rather late. But you people, I am sure, will forgive me.

First I was in Athens in the original dates of the write off and took ill immediately after landing in...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens in June

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 00:45:04 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author grethunt - My husband and I just returned from a trip to Greece, starting with a short trip to Athens, followed by several days on the Greek Islands. I had been to Athens about 15 years ago and found little had changed in the way foreigners are treated and the...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: What you should know before you hop a plane to Athens

Wed, 27 Jun 2001 14:56:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author smile7724 - Since I'm from New York, it was pretty convenient and extremely economical for me to fly to Athens from Toronto rather than any of the local airports. If the US dollar/Canadian dollar exchange rate is good during the time you're looking to head to Greece...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Greece Yes, Athens NO

Fri, 22 Jun 2001 02:44:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kevangi - Greece is a very beautiful country, but I hate Athens and Im Greek. My parents have a house in Athens, most of my relatives are there, and I have many friends in Athens. However, looking at Athens from a tourists point of view, its disgusting. When I go...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: PARTHENON AND ACROPOLIS STILL A THRILL

Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:06:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jdrum - It is startling to see the Parthenon sitting above the crowded, polluted modern city of Athens. It provides a fantasy similar to the sight of Disneyworld. There are other things to see on the Acropolis besides the Parthenon and the high ground offers...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: ATHENS: MUCH MORE THAN THE ACROPOLIS

Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:45:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dcomin - If you are planning to travel to Greece, obviously you cannot miss Athens but do not to stay much more than three days. Why? Athens is facing big-city problems such as congestion, traffic and noise, pollution and...cockroaches in the streets; plus three...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Acropolicious!

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:44:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bassy - Athens would be a very beautiful city - if it weren't for all the pollution.... So it has to settle for just beautfiul. Here's a quick things to do and then a few bits of info ....

Things to do:

ACROPOLIS - you can't go to Athens and not...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: A mixed bag, but worth a visit

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 19:21:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bulldg60 - I'd been looking forward to my trip to Athens. It was the end to our whirlwind family tour of Europe, or, more accurately, England and Greece. We'd just flown into the Athens Airport from Crete, where it had been breezy and mild, perfect vacation...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens - off season

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:42:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author yippee1999 - GENERAL

I just returned from my first trip to Greece, which was during mid-November. Much to my surprise, I loved Athens, even though I'd heard many negative things about it, prior to my trip. However, it is possible that because I went...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Part 1/3 - Athens: Hub to the Islands

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:18:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author NYCattitude - As one who has to fight tooth and nail for only two weeks of vacation a year, I am happy to have made this trip. In mid-September, I took off a week and two weekends to go to Mykonos and Santorini. Athens, merely the hub to the Greek (Cycladic) islands,...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Postcards from Greece, Part II: Hurry Up and Wait

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:36:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 -
Review Topic: Practical Information

NOTE: This is the second in a series of Epinions highlighting my honeymoon in Greece. The first is subtitled <A HREF= http://film.epinions.com/trvl-review-45A9-B87104B-39E46A55-prod1...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Postcards from Greece, Part I: Arrival in Athens

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:28:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marley209 -
Review Topic: Practical Information

October, 4:55 PM -- Arrived in Athens about 2:30 with no problems. Quite impressed with Sabena airlines, as they went out of their way to make everybody comfortable on the long flights to...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Ancient Sites: Acropolis

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:53:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author October999 -
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions

The next morning, after paying 2500 dr for 2 small cups of coffee at the hotel, we set off for the Acropolis. It was another 100 degree day so we were glad we got there early (around...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Lamb, french fries, and ouzo

Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:23:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author October999 -
Review Topic: Restaurants

MILTON'S -- When we arrived in Athens, we took a taxi to the Plaka. Unfortunately for us, our Athens travel information and recommendations were in our luggage which we would not be able to access for...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: The Taxicab and the Taverna Scam

Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:46:02 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kpwatt -
Review Topic: Practical Information

Athens is an experience and then some. I have read the other epinions and most everything seems to have been covered except I don't see anywhere mention of the "Taxicab and the...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Visiting Athens: 10 Useful Tips

Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:38:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Enlightenment - Traveling overseas is never easy and it's always nice to have some useful advice from someone who's actually been there and done it. After our recent trip to Athens, I wish I'd had the following information to make our trip simpler and more enjoyable...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: Athens: More than just a path to islands

Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:12:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ngurevic - Athens is the capital of Greece, but it is considered my many Greeks to be the "provincial" city, especially in comparison with the metropolitan and fashionable Thessaloniki. Many of the residents of Athens are people who moved there from...

trvl-Dest-Europe-Greece-Athens: YUCK!

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:49:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Mer29 - Well, to put it bluntly my hubby and I absolutely hated Athens and are quite happy that we only stayed there for 2 nights on the way to the Islands, and then one day on the way back to Canada.

When we arrived that early morning our luggage...