ATHENS   >   GREECE   >   INDEX


Travelling to Athens, City trips Athens.


hotels, travel agencies, travel guides, transport / travelling to athens

links


Hotels in Athens

  Hotels in Greece   -   Hotel Guide Greece
Brochures of the hotels, room rates, hotel packages, special offers and last minutes, including real-time booking facilities.

   -   Hotels in Greece
Ebookers is a leading pan-European online travel agency specialising in worldwide travel.

  

  Athens30.com    -  
Athens Cheap Hotels, Hostels, Apartments and B&B's.

Travel Agent / Tour Operators

Thomas Cook    -   City trips Athens

  
Create your perfect trip to Athens   -   Flight, Hotel and Car



  Amathus Holidays 
  Andante Travels   -   Archaeology and Ancient History Tours
  Greek Sun Holidays 

Travel Guides Athens / Related books

 

Jumbogo 
jumboGo.co.uk is one of the leading Internet book shops for travel guides, maps and language phrase books. Did you know that jumboGo.co.uk offers books and maps from all well known publishers like e.g. Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Footprint, Cicerone, AA and many more.

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Athens 

Transport / How do I travel to Athens

  Athens Airport

  

  Ebookers   -    
Book cheap flights to Athens at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online.

Malev Hungarian Airlines    -   Flight tickets Athens via Budapest

  KLM   -   Flights to Athens

  Airline Tickets Athens / Bargain Flights
Flight tickets Athens / Price comparison possible

  OSE - Hellenic Railways Organisation   -   Greek Railways
Connections, timetables etc.

  KTEL of Attica   -   public bus transport in the vicinity of Athens

  Ferries.gr

  OASA   -   Athens Urban Transport Organization  -  public transport Athens

  Metro Athens   -   Attiko Metro

  ISAP   -   train connection between Athens and Piraeus


Links 

  Travel Insurance   -   travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

  Athens Today
Athens history | Athens scene | Athens sight | General Information | Greek cuisine | Museums | Transport | Sports | Need to know / Where to stay | Nightlife

  Athene City   -   City of Athens official website

  Piraeus   -   Port of Athens

  Greece Now

  Academy of Plato
Academy was a suburb of Athens, named after the hero Academos or Ecademos. The site was continuously inhabited from the prehistoric period until the 6th century A.D. During the 6th century B.C., one of the three famous Gymnasiums of Athens was founded here. Plato founded his philosophical school, which became very famous due to the Neoplatonists, and remained in use until A.D. 526, when it was finally closed down by emperor Justinian.
  Acropolis of Athens - Athens' trademark monument
The Parthenon visible from almost everywhere in the centre, is a gleaming marble monument to the legacy of ancient Greek civilisation. The Parthenon [ literally "virgin's quarters" ] is the largest Doric temple ever completed in Greece, and the only one built completely of Pentelic marble.
See Great Buildings - The Parthenon or 'The Greeks' at PBS [ 3D-version ]
  Aghioi Theodoroi Church
  Ancient Agora of Athens
The Agora was the heart of ancient Athens, the focus of political, commercial, administrative and social activity, the religious and cultural centre, and the seat of justice.
  Archaeological site of Kerameikos
Kerameikos was named after the community of the potters (kerameis) who occupied the whole area along the banks of river Eridanos.
  Archaeological site of the Olympieion
  Cave of Prophet Elias
  Church of the Gorgoepikoos
  Hadrian's Arch
  Hadrian's Library
The rectangular building of the Library comprises a Corinthian propylon on the west side, an open peristyle courtyard, three projecting conches on each of the long sides, a library, study and lecture halls.
It was built in A.D. 132 by emperor Hadrian.
  Horologion of Andronicos (Tower of the Winds)
  Kapnikarea church
  Kolonáki
  Lysikrates Monument
  Monastiráki Square  -  Flee market
  National Garden  -  Park
  Omónia Square
  Panathenaic stadium
The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 at the Panathenaic stadium, originally built in the 4th century BC as a venue for athletic contests. Today it is still used as the finishing line of the Athens annual Marathon and other races.
Every four years, a spectacular ceremony takes place in the stadium, when Greece gives the Olympic flame to the country hosting the next Olympics.
  Pedion tou Areos - Park
  Plaka
In Plaka, the Old Town, you will find small shops selling leather, jewellery, and hand-crafted items.
For traditional Greek atmosphere and specialities try one of the many tavernas, cafés or bars hidden in the small streets of the Plaka.
  Philopappos Monument
  Pnyx
  Roman Agora of Athens
Large building measuring 111 x 98 m., comprising a spacious rectangular courtyard surrounded by stoas, shops and storerooms. It has an east, Ionic propylon and a west, Doric propylon, known as the Gate of Athena Archegetis. It was built between 19 and 11 B.C. with a donation of Julius Caesar and Augustus.
  Syntagma square
  Zappion  -  Park

  Euböa island
  Gulf of Korinth
  Kanaal van Chaldika
  Saronic Islands

  National Technical University of Athens
School of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Rural & Surveying Engineering, Mining & Metallurgical Engineering, Naval Engineering, School of Applied Mathematical & Physical sciences

Cuisine - Greek recipes

  Greek Cookery: 300 Traditional Recipes   -  Chrissa Paradissis
Every country has its own sense of taste and its own manner of cooking. A culinary review offers proof that the concoctions of each and every ethnic group bear the stamp of the Greek art of cooking. This book will be a valuable helpmate and a source of inspiration for the contemporary homemaker. In it you will find not only hundreds of tasty recipes, but co-ordinated suggestions for delightful, impressive menus, a feast of main dishes and luscious dessert ideas, with step-by-step instructions so that you can cook them easily and correctly, and work real miracles in your kitchen. Recipes are organised in the traditional categories. When leafing through this book, you may notice the amazing true-to-life illustrations, which will help make your table a thing of beauty. At the end of the book you will also find helpful hints and advice.
Hardcover 208 pages (December 1, 1997);  Publisher: Efstathiadis Group,Greece;  Language: English;  ISBN: 9607436105.

  Restaurants in Athens

  Eat Greek toninght
If you love greek food and wish to enjoy it in the comfort of your own home, the recipe pages will fill your kitchen with the aromas of this delightful cuisine. Whether it's an exotic entree or your favourite appetizers. You can add your own greek recipes if you like.
  A Guide to Greek Food - by Matt Barrett
All you need to know about Greek eating and cooking and maybe more...
Retsina and Greek Wine, Ouzo, Sardeles Pastes, Souvlakia: The Source of Life, Patsa: Miracle Food of the Working Class, Cook Books, a few Recipes, Food Links, and more

History of Greece

Independent in 1829 from the Ottoman Empire

Greece has a history stretching back more than 4.000 years. The people of the mainland, called Hellenes, organised great naval and military expeditions, and explored the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, going as far as the Atlantic Ocean and the Caucasus Mountains. One of those expeditions, the siege of Troy, is narrated in the first great European literary work, Homer's Iliad. Numerous Greek settlements were founded throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and the coast of North Africa as a result of travels in search of new markets.

  Ancient Greece  -  history, mythology, art, culture and architecture

Music, Culture & Entertainment

  Ancient Greek Music  - 
This site contains all published fragments of Ancient Greek music which contain more than a few scattered notes. All of them are recorded under the use of tunings whose exact ratios have been transmitted to us by ancient theoreticians (of the Pythagorean school, most of them cited by Ptolemaios). Instruments and speed are chosen by the author. The exact sound depends on your hard- and software.
  Greek Music Links
  Hellenic Culture - Odysseus, webserver of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
  Culture Guide Greece -
The e-magazine cultureguide.gr is a project operated by the scheme "Domain of Culture" of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Cultureguide.gr covers many cultural and artistic events and activities in Greece
Cultural Olympiad | Theatre | Music | Visual Arts | Dance | Cinema | Photography | Folk Art | Literature | Architecture | Cultural Heritage | Greece Abroad | Various Events | Olympic Cities
  Rembetika Music
Rembetika music is the music of the Greek Underground. It originated in the hashish dens of Pireaus and Thessaloniki with the forced immigration of 2 million Greek refugees from Asia Minor. It evolved into Greek Popular Music.

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

  Athens City Guide
  Athen's Survival Guide
Basic Athens info, walking in Athens, Service in Athens, Getting out of Athens
  Athens Photo News

  Go Greece   -   doing busniess,  education,  sport & recreation etc..
  Greekshops   -   travel guides,  maps etc.
  Grecomar
  Greek radio stations /  tv stations on-line
  Travel Greece.com 

Enter your search terms Submit search form