Athens Greece

[Nunavut Patrick]

My wife (and no, you're not getting a picture) and daughter (don't go there either) are planning a trip to Athens; they want to stay about 4-6 days.

 

Any good hotel recommendations, beaches in the area, sights to see. They are planning to go around October and want to fly out of Paris-- so what would be a good airline?

 

Thanks,

[Redder Lurtz]

My wife (and no, you're not getting a picture) and daughter (don't go there either) are planning a trip to Athens; they want to stay about 4-6 days.

 

Any good hotel recommendations, beaches in the area, sights to see. They are planning to go around October and want to fly out of Paris-- so what would be a good airline?

 

Thanks,

 

I'll tell you for a picture of your wife. And I know a flight route too, I'm not kidding.

[Captain]

The Acropolis. Nuff said.

[bri]

athens 1 day end of, grab an internal flight to santorini or another island for 4-5 days much better.

[Harry Squatter]

Went for my birthday in July 2006. The Acropolis is good, although a bit of a hike, inghtlife is ok, nothing special though, head to an area called Plaka for bars and decent places to eat. You can get the Metro to most places of interest, but a lot is centred around the main squares. I stayed in a hotel near Sytagma square which cost me about 40 Euros per night, was right by the Metro and had a roof top garden where we watched the footy and had a great night-time view of the Acropolis.

 

Good trips apart from teh Acropolis are to Monastiraki flea market where you can shop without getting shafted, also try to go to Cape Sounion, just out of the city and has great views of the coast and city. Piraeus is good for an afternoon out if you like your seafood even though the place resembles Seaforth Docks.

 

Word of warning though, I thought Athens was very expensive, don't bother doing any clothes/aftershave/perfume shopping there as everything seemed about 10-15 Euros more expensive than even France and Italy.

 

I went on Easyjet from Luton for about 60 quid - probably of no use to your wife whatsoever though!

[RedKnight]

Horrible, smelly, badly designed place. The Ancient Greeks must love what they've done with the place.

[Bloodred]

Shithole.The transport system is the city's best asset. Nuff said.

[Monkeywool]

I would be more concerned with finding out why they are fucking off to Greece on holiday without you mate than helping them out.

[Unrighteous]

It's a shitehole. Don't go. Seriously... Never go to mainland Greece.

[Mr.SB]

Agreed city is a dump but the acropolis area is very nice.

[Flying Pig]

Never been, but ive seen it on TV.

 

Its full of Athenoians and Greeks?

 

Also, it 's open Monday to Sunday all day.

 

 

 

 

Name the place. I'm always here to help.

[Brownie]

I couldn't believe how horrible a city it was. And they had these weird apple strudel/pasty things on sale at EVERY shop.

 

Dunno why I said that but it bought back memories!