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1st Acropolis Half Marathon
A Marathon (or half Marathon) Race is an event that takes place in order to commemorate the Marathon Battle which took place back in 490 BC between Greeks and Persians . The Greeks won and after the battle they sent a soldier … Continue reading
Clean Monday
See video “Clean Monday “, Kathari Deytera, is the the beginning of the great Lent of the Greek Orthodox Easter also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday or Shrove Monday. The common term for this day, “Clean Monday”, refers … Continue reading
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Tagged "athens walking tours", "clean monday", "orthodox easter", acropolis, athens, fasting, food, food tour, Greece, kite, shellfish, yiannis
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This is Home
No matter how difficult the financial situation becomes or how many noxious insults are flung, my city of Athens will survive. As a Greek-American living in Athens for the last 20 or so years I feel compelled to defend this … Continue reading
Posted in Acropolis, Athens city sightseing, Athens News, Athens Walking Tours, Culture & entertainment, Feedback, Usefull Tips
Tagged acropolis, ancient agora, athens, attica, culture, Greece, guide, plaka, thisio
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Protests in Athens
On February 12, 2012, in the very late hours of the evening, the Greek Parliament struggled but succeeded in passing new and more severe austerity measures, imposed by the EU, in order to avoid financial default. The measures are considered … Continue reading
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Tagged athens, athens safety, athens syntagma square, athens tours, athens walking tours
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Entrance tips to the Acropolis
The Acropolis of Athens has two entrances which you may use to enter the site; The main Acropolis entrance which is in the west The side Acropolis entrance which is in the South East. Ascending to the Acropolis from both entrances involves … Continue reading
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Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens International Airport
In cooperation with the Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens International Airport hosts from October 12th, 2011 through January 6th, 2012, a photographic exhibition of the Museum’s Permanent Cycladic Art Collection. Visitors will have the opportunity to have an overview of … Continue reading
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Athens Food Tour as seen in ERT WORLD NEWS
On September 5 CNN covered the Athens Food Tour, which gives visitors the opportunity to free sample a wide variety of local greek delicacies and foods. ERT WORLD NEWS (National Greek Television Channel) journalists were also there to cover the … Continue reading
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Tagged athens, athens food tour, city, Cnn, ert, food, Greece, news, Santorini, Tours
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THAT’s GREECE
The following video is being played on ‘You tube “recently and in only very short time has toured the world .Until now more than 370 000 people have watched this video and some of them have also left their comments … Continue reading
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Plans need to change sometimes
We take care no matter what! A few days ago and while Athens was struggling having to deal with the continuous taxi strikes. Trying to put ourselves to our clients positions and the situations they had to deal with we … Continue reading
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Strikes on public Transportation
Tomorrow (22 September 2011) all public Transportation means (Metro, Tram, Buses, Trains) will be on strike. All our clients that arrive tomorrow in Piraeus port you can take the Red Bus to Athens with a 20% discount! There is also … Continue reading