Athens Reviews

I visited Athens in 2004, a year that the Greeks were incredibly happy, what with hosting the Olympics and winning Euro 2004, they had every right to be louder and happier than ever! I spent a couple of months in the city and explored many districts including the suburbs. Athens is a very multi-ethnic city, too much for some Greeks some might say. ...  Read the complete review

I went here recently for four nights on a family trip away. We booked this on lastminute.com and so weren't really sure what to expect- we hadn't specifically target Athens, it just came up as a destination when we entered Newcastle as a starting destination. I was very happy to find that Athens was a fantastic place to be and whilst ...  Read the complete review

I'd been to Athens before, but not since 1973 so I was fully expecting a lot of changes, and to a greater extent I was right. For example, I was probably amongst the last tourists to be allowed full access to wander all over the famous Parthenon on the Acropolis hill. Since then it has been fenced off and variously concealed behind one ...  Read the complete review

When we travelled to Cyprus at the end of February we couldn’t get a direct flight on the days we had chosen but had to change in Athens. We decided to put in a stopover on the way back home and visit the Greek capital, we had already been there in the 1970s but thought that after thirty odd years our memory could do with some brushing ...  Read the complete review

Athens is a great city. It is the most colourful place I have seen in my life. It is safe, has exellent public transport ( visit the museum-like metro stations! it´s a MUST)is loud, ancient, modern....just different and interesting. Many people complain about pollution and traffic but...I was recently informed by statistical data that other cities ...  Read the complete review

I have lost count of the people (even Greeks) who have advised me never to visit Athens. I am glad that I followed my gut instinct and ignored them totally. We went to Athens at the beginning of February this year and loved it. The weather was mild - it was great eating al fresco in our T-shirt sleeves as we thought about all our friends in ...  Read the complete review

Everybody should go to Athens at some point!!!!IT is amazing how you feel that you travel back in time and how much you learn!! Ok, it is not the most beautiful city of the world. Greece is great, but Athens is not beautiful. It is very interesting though. Akropolis and Parthenon, surrounded by the old town of Plaka, are the most important ...  Read the complete review

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Athens is a unique city. The city centre contains many of the historical sites within a relatively small area. It is like stepping into a theme park based on historic ruins. The old and new stand side by side. If pollution is one factor that puts you off visiting then just remember that is that it doesn’t appear in the top 20 most ...  Read the complete review

last week was my 2nd time in Athens, and this time I manages to see a bit more than the journey to/from the airport at break neck speed Athens is a hussly bussly sort of place, a real mish mash of busy roads, old and new building, interspersed with ancient monuments of a bygone age. Due to local tax loopholes there a loads of buildings ...  Read the complete review

The trip to Greece, home of Homer, the Gods, Democracy, modern thought and a cast of characters too numerous to list and many with names too difficult to pronounce. The long awaited moment you have been saving for. But as you make your way through the Athens airport and then to your hotel downtown there is an uneasy feeling ...  Read the complete review

I have always wanted to see Athens and so on a recent holiday to Aegina, I took a boat trip to the Greek capital. On leaving the boat we were met with intense heat, the temperature had soared to over a hundred degrees and it was only June. First on the agenda was the Acropolis, Athens most popular attraction. I don't know how many ...  Read the complete review

Well, I have been this summer. I had my flight to and from Athens and I had to visit the city. This is my point. It's HOT but not that much. Just don't go out at 12:00!! Just try to visit places early at the morning or from 16:00 on. The Acropolis (and the Archeological Museum as well) is a must. Obviosly! Rest ...  Read the complete review

Athens is a city unlike any other I have visited. The most lasting impression I had was of the powerful contrasts between the Athens that was in ancient days, and the Athens that is now - polluted, noisy and in places almost 3rd world. Athens is one of the most polluted cities in the world. A problem which the government is struggling to ...  Read the complete review

You might have to miss a flight from Athens if you do not have your passport stamped before entering the country. The officer most probably would show dreadful face when he comes across your unstamped passport. I have a friend who travelled to Greece from Brindisi, Italy. Her passport was not stamped in Corfu, the place where she first ...  Read the complete review

I went to Athens last year around late august. The weather was fine, it wasn't too hot. The number of tourists there was bearable. However I found the polution there terrible. And the traffic was quite bad also. If you plan to go there, bring good walking shoes because that's what you'll be doing most of the time. Some guide ...  Read the complete review

Ouch, the title itself is indeed a bad start. My 3 days stay in Athens during the summer under the oppressive sun was an ordeal. Well, unless you are a sucker for a burnt charcoal body, don't even think about getting around without protecting your skin with sunblock, probabaly with SPF 100++, well,only if you can get it. There was not a single ...  Read the complete review

I visited Athens in March and would recommend that as the ideal time to go. The weather is pleasant (take a jacket) and the sites are not full of tourists. i was only there for 4 days so it was a quick tour of all the main sites. They are all accesible by foot as long as you stay in the centre of the city. The pavements are not very good so ...  Read the complete review

This is based on my trip to Athens during summer 99. The main reason to visit Athens is to see Ancient Greek history. Therefore, the only main attraction in Athens is its Acropolis. But it is definitely not a place worth going during the summer. It is so hot that you can easily get skin-burned. When you stand on top on the hill ...  Read the complete review