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Redolent with mythology, loaded with art and architecture, Athens is an affable city enlivened by outdoor cafes, gardens and urban eccentrics. The city may look like a concrete jungle, but beyond this off-putting veneer it has heaps of dilapidated charm. Almost every house and apartment has a balcony hanging with geraniums, and many of the city's streets and squares are fringed with orange trees.
Away from the museums and monuments, the Acropolis and Omonia Square, Athens has a lively outdoor culture and zest for life. Get to know the city better on a private walking tour, or use Athens as a base to tour surrounding highlights like the Temple of Apollo at Delphi or to cruise to the Aegean islands.
Best of Athens: Top 3 Must-Do Experiences
Best of Athens: Suggested Itineraries
From the Acropolis to Omonia Square, the Plaka to the ancient Agora, there's plenty to discover on tours in and around Athens. The following three-day itinerary highlights the very best of Athens and its surrounds.
Get your bearings with a city tour, then join the company of an expert guide on an intriguing walking tour of the fabled Acropolis. Athens walking tours take you beneath the skin of the city, so if the weather's fine why not take on the Plaka and ancient Agora, or museums and hills. In the evening, unwind in the entertaining company of bouzouki musicians at a Greek Dinner Show.
Delphi was one of the most sacred places in ancient Greece, the home of the classical world's most famous oracle. Today, a visit to the ruins of Delphi is an essential part of the Greek holiday experience. Explore the Temple of Apollo and other famous sites on a day trip from Athens, or venture further on a multi-day Delphi tour. Complement your experience of classical Greece with a half-day visit to Cape Sounion, where the picture-perfect Temple of Poseidon frames the sea.
Athens' proximity to the port of Piraeus makes it the perfect base for exploring the idyllic islands of the Aegean. For classic Greek islands, sail no further than Santorini and Mykonos. If time is tight, take a day cruise to the lovely islands of Hydra, Poros and Egina for a day of sailing, shopping, swimming and other leisurely pursuits. Multi-day tours can take you further afield to magical islands like Rhodes, inland on a wine-tasting tour to ancient Corinth or on a multi-stop tour of Epidaurus, Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi and Meteora.
Best of Athens: Top 3 Restaurants
The best place in town for mezedes - savory Greek tapas-style dining.
For that essential outdoor dining experience in Athens.
Elegant and sophisticated, upscale Greek dining in a restored old building in the Plaka.
Visit the archaeological site at Mycenae and then it's on to Nauplia, Epidaurus, Olympia and Delphi. Classical Greece -- all in 3 days.
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