Traveling is an exciting type of spending free time. People travel all over the world. There are lots of ways to organize travel to any part of the world. Our task, for now, is to organize a trip to Athens.
The guide we used is the online Athens Greece guide, as it gives the whole necessary information about the country and its sights.
We plan the travel on the 15th – 19th of August, because this is a great time to be in the city in August as it is not too warm, and the streets are not too crowded.
We are going to depart at 5:30 am from Orlando (MCO) and arrive in Athens (AHN) at 10:04 am. It will cost $466.74 + $33.20 taxes and fees = $499.94 per person (1499.82 per three persons)
To get from the Airport to City Plaza Hotel by taxi costs € 25 – € 35, approximately 45 minutes. To get from the Airport to City Plaza Hotel by bus costs € 3.00 + € 0.80, approximately one hour. To get from the Airport to City Plaza Hotel by Metro costs € 8.00, approximately 45 minutes. We are going to choose the appropriate variant on the place. All destinations by metro (except Airport) cost € 0.80 per way. The minimum fare for a taxi is € 2.00. City Plaza Hotel is 35 km distance from the Athens International Airport, 9km distance from Piraeus Port, walking distance from Syntagma square (shopping center), Plaka (old town), and Kolonaki (shopping center), 1 km to the railway station.
We are going to stay at City Plaza Hotel. It is situated in Athens, Acharnon street and Katrivanou street, 78. Zipcode is 10434.
The Phone number of the hotel is 0030 210 8225111 or 8215112 and the fax is 0030 210 8225116. E-mail is [email protected]. The website is www.city-plaza.gr €89 is the price per night in a single room. Check-in: 3pm. Check-out: 11am. The City Plaza Roof Garden Bar offers the guests a panoramic view of the illuminated Acropolis and Lycabettus Hill while enjoying the wide selection of cocktails, snacks, and light dishes. It is opened from 8:30 pm till 01:30 am (May-Oct). Breakfast is from 06:30 till 09:30. Lunch is from 12:30 till 14:30. Dinner is from 19:30 till 21:30.
The best way to get to Acropolis is to walk there either from Syntagma, Plaka or Monastiraki, at the end of Adrianou street, we can walk up to the Acropolis through the Agora or going up the steps from Dioskouron street. The easiest way is to take the Metro of Athens and get off to the Acropolis station, at the exit towards Dionysiou Areopagitou located the entrance of the new Acropolis museum and after 3 minutes walk next to the Odeion of Herodes Atticus is the entrance to the Acropolis. There are also organized tours, where a visit to the Acropolis is the main attraction.
The Acropolis is opened from 8 am to 6:30 pm every day. These hours can be changed depending on the season and sometimes it is opened in the evening of the full moon in the summer. The entrance cost is about 12 euros.
I have chosen this site as I have found all the necessary information about the place there, when it is opened, and a lot of photos of Acropolis.
There are a lot of works of art in the museums of Athens. Ancient art is very important in our life, as it is our past. People who know their past deserve for future. Being in Athens we urgently recommend visiting Acropolis and museums in Athens. Especially we advise to see Anavysos Kouros, from Anavysos cemetery, near Athens, ca 525 BCE in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. It is a male statue of life-size with a smile on its face, as a symbol of liveliness and vitality (Sayre 170). Greeks athletes performed nude and they were the beginners of the “cult of the body”. It is rather interesting to see what gave rise to that cult.
The other work of art we recommend seeing is Core from Chios. Ca, 520 BCE. It is a sculpture of a woman, which is a votive offering to Athena, and it also shows us the example of an ancient dress in the sixth century BCE (Sayre 172 – 173). We suppose it would be interesting to observe the contrast between exposing male and female figures.
We are going to visit two restaurants we found the most suitable for us. First is Alekos Metropolitan (Bar Restaurant). The phone number is 210 3319650, it is situated on Mitropoleos 74, Sintagma. It offers lots of various dishes, Italian cuisine, and unbeatable desserts.
And one more is Alexandras. Phone number is 210 8832711, the address is Alexandras, 10 (Park Hotel, ATHENS CENTER). The restaurant offers Mediterranean cuisine, in classic surroundings with live piano music.
So, the plan of a trip is ready. Of course, it is not the only way of organizing the travel to Athens, but we did all depending on us to make it the most exciting, vivid and impressive. We hope you will enjoy the trip.
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