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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 tried to helped them as much as we could, no matter the cost or the physical effort. Few days ago we received this email…thank you Irv for sharing your experience in Athens with us!
“Hi,
Now that I have returned I wished to drop you a note. Having a small business myself, I know how important feed back is to help me prosper.
We had arranged for taxi pick up service for we felt that public transportation was a little to complicated for us. Unfortunately, the day we arrived the taxi drivers went on strike. I wanted to commend you for offering one of your office staff to meet us and take us to the tour meeting spot. We never would have made it other wise. I know, taking the bus, then the green line metro and transferring to the red line then walking to your office sounds easy enough. But by the afternoon even the metro train was not an option any more. Your wonderful Internet marketing girl was well versed that the trains were not coming very often and we could be late for our cruise ship departure. She rode with us by bus so we could get back to port on time.
Again thank you for your assistance and concern.
Irv Feinberg “
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 a TAXI strike tomorrow s we can offer you Private transfers with mini buses or coaches.
Is Athens Safe?
Yes, Athens is safe!
Athens is one of the ten top safest cities in the world according to the international report
In Greece as in several European countries like Spain, Portugal, Ireland etc facing a financial crisis people protest for the austerity plan and the strict measures their government had to take.
In Athens “the indignant citizens” protest at Syntagma Square where they gather and talk and suggest solutions out of the crisis, mainly in the afternoons wanting to be taken into consideration when the government decides on critical issues on their behalf.
On June 29, 2011 there was a general strike in Greece and thousands of peaceful protesters flooded the Syntagma area. All of a sudden some couple of hundreds of anarchists came up, mixed up with the crowds and clashed with the police. This had as consequence the peaceful demonstration to end up violent and chaotic. Media choose to show the bad images again and again as probably this sells better .
Athens is back to normal life. The Syntagma Sqaure is the place to stroll around, see the changes of the guards or do your shopping. Two cruise ships the Celebrity Equinox and the Brilliance docked in Piraeus next day, June 30 and thousands of people visited Athens.
Yes, Athens Walking Tours are conducted daily!
We at the Athens Walking Tours conduct our tours daily as scheduled in 100% safety and without any risk or obstacle so ever. We invite you to walk with us and explore the History of the city which is the cradle of the European civilization.
Photo Copyrights Athens Walking Tours – All photos were taken on July 4th 2011