Athens Flights

Holidays to Athens - Where It All Began                                

Athens holidays offer a glimpse of the birthplace of civilization. There are loads of historic tourist sights in Athens. The Agora, the Temple of Zeus, built around 1500 years ago, Hadrian's Arch, the Dionysos Theatre, which is the oldest theatre in the world. There’s the National Historical Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, and Greece’s National Art Gallery. 

Athens Holidays - A Centre of Culture

Athens is much more than just historical attractions.  It has the finest restaurants and most varied nightlife in the whole of Greece.  Its also a major European Centre of Culture, and the Athens Festival is major event each year.  Hosting the olympic games in 2004 brought many new developments to the city.  This included major sports venues,  an improved transport system and the upgrade of several hotels.

Holidays to Athens - Perfect for City Breaks

Smog? What’s all that about Athens smog? Like so many things in Athens, The Athens smog is history. Well, almost. Traffic isn’t so bad these days, with more and more streets excluding traffic. There’s great public transport that puts London to shame and has gone some way to get that Athens smog put down. It’s not perfect yet, but what big cities don’t have a problem with traffic pollution? You will likely arrive in Athens on your Greece holidays so be sure to spend a couple of nights exploring this fascinating city.

Flights to Athens – A mightily flashy new airport

Flying into Athens is a lot easier and more laid back since the Olympics were held there. The airport as been modernised and extended and it’s a pleasure to travel through these days. Flights to the new Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (pronounce that if you dare!) bring you to a friendly place, Greece’s manic capital city. See Athens and die? Some people love it, others detest it. Five million people live in the city and it is hot, crowded, busy, full-on and occasionally smoggy. On the positive side, there’s enough to do to keep you busy for weeks. And flights to Athens put you within easy reach of the quieter bits of Greece, the country’s resorts and jewel-like uninhabited islands.

Athens Flights – Old stuff everywhere

Not many cities show so many of their ancient bones. The oldest bits of London are underground, buried and forgotten. But Athens’ history pokes through the modern stuff everywhere you look. Flights to Athens are ideal for history buffs and academics, who will relish strolling through the Agora and the view from the Acropolis. The Olympic Games improved living standards for locals in all sorts of ways and the city’s now much nicer to walk around with renovated buildings, green stuff, new parks and loads of fresh pedestrian-friendly areas. These days you can walk safely around the whole Acropolis area including Thission and Keramikos, all 90 percent pedestrianised.

Flights to Athens – City breaks and romantic long weekends

Flights to Athens airport can be delayed, like flights anywhere. Some of the locals recommend that, unless your delay is a significant one, it might be best to stay in the airport and relax than brave the chaos outside. The food at the airport is really good, staff are friendly and it’s a cool pace to hang out away from the traffic fumes. Choose flights to Athens for a city break with a difference, a stag or hen weekend or a romantic long weekend and you won’t be disappointed.

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