Athens Hotels

Athens is an interesting city steeped in traditional Greek mythology yet blended with modern urban pleasures. You'll find the city abounded by outdoor cafes, pedestrian streets, parks, and gardens. A nice city on most accounts, Athens is plagued by high environmental smog called nefos, which covers the city like a thick blanket. There are over 100 hotels in Athens. An Athens hotel accommodation can cost you around 70 US dollars for budget hotels and can cost over 200 US dollars a night for luxury hotels in Athens. Athens hotels availability can be checked online.

Athens is flanked by three mountains on its three sides and there are approximately eight hills in the city. The mountains surrounding Athens are Mt Parnitha, Mt Pendeli and Mt Hymettos. The hills are good places to spend a peaceful weekend with the lovely view and tranquil ambience they have to offer. It is not difficult for tourists to find their way around in Greece since all the signposts are in both Greek and English. Athens has a Mediterranean climate. During July and August, temperatures can rise as high as 40 degrees celsius.

The Greek carnival season starts before Lent and lasts for three weeks. Easter is the most significant festival in Greece. Athens is full of interesting places for tourists with equally fascinating stories associated with them. To name a few, there's the Acropolis, the city of temples, the Parthenon: an illustration of sophisticated Greek architecture, and the Agora, which was the centre of all administrative, commercial, political and social activities in the olden days. The Benaki Museum, National Archaeological Museum, National Gardens, Roman Agora & Tower of the Winds, The Keramikos, Theatre of Dionysos are also significant attractions well worth checking out.

One and two-day getaways around Athens include Anafiotika: one of the most scenically beautiful districts in the city, Athens' First Cemetery: one of the few green areas in Athens and the resting place for the departed loved ones of the local families, the Flea Market: the local market typical of Athens replete with noise and chaos, the Lykavittos Hill or the hill of wolves and Panagia Hrysospiliotissa or the Chapel of our Lady of the Cavern which is reminiscent of the ancient days.

The airport in Athens is quite busy and well serviced by flights from most parts of the world. Trains to other parts of Greece leave from Larisis and Peloponnese station. Trains also leave from Larisis for Turkey, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and northern Europe.

There are two main intercity bus stations. The traffic conditions in Athens and air pollution are the main negatives of the city, therefore, traveling by road is not advisable, it is more convenient to travel by train. There is also the blue and white Suburban Bus service that runs at regular intervals, it is an inexpensive and convenient mode of getting around the city. The new metro system is by far the best way to get around in Athens.