Discover the Ancient Treasures of the Greek Capital, Athens, Athens, Greece

There is so much to see in the Greek capital of Athens, that I feel we only just scratched the surface of this ancient city.

Athens is unjustly overlooked by many when travelling to Greece. Often seen as merely a springboard to the Greek Islands, I wasn’t sure what to expect from our visit to this ancient city.

We stayed in good hotel in a nice part of town, because I was a little worried at the time, about how safe Athens was for tourists. We were visiting when the economy of Greece was not in a good place and the Greek citizens were voicing their growing anger at the situation. In the end we felt perfectly safe and didn’t witness any unrest at all.

The Electra Palace hotel has its own restaurant, so we didn’t have to wander the streets at night if we didn’t want to. The view from the rooftop restaurant was spectacular, with views of the Acropolis, and the food was pretty amazing too.

We had organized a few day tours to some ancient Greek sites. The first day was a tour of the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum. We made our way up the marble steps towards the Propylea, the entrance of the Acropolis, trying to understand why some tourists were wearing high heel shoes! We noticed the darkening sky above the city, which didn’t take long to start turning a menacing shade of green. The wind to started to pick up and we soon realized that we were going to be caught in a cracking thunderstorm whilst standing at the highest point in the city! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).