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Greece
Greece Tours, Day Trips from Athens: Cape Sounion
Less than an hour drive southeast of Athens is Cape Sounion, a windswept promontory jutting out into the Aegean Sea. A magnificent 5th-century BCE Temple of Poseidon commands the end of the cape. It’s a dramatic and evocative place, well worth the pretty drive from Athens along the Saronic ... Read More »
Greece Tours – A Few Highlights of Athens
It probably goes without saying but I'll say it anyway. When in Athens, visit the Acropolis. You can’t miss it and you shouldn’t. It can be seen from all over the city (acropolis means high place, roughly) and it’s pretty awesome seen from a distance, especially at night when illuminated. ... Read More »
Name That Island!
At 160 miles long and 37 miles across at the widest point, this is the largest of the Greek islands. It sits at the southern border of the Aegean Sea and of the European continent, about 100 miles south of Athens. Many of our published Greece tours visit this island, either on a cruise or an ... Read More »
Greece Tours – the Acropolis of Athens
While most towns of any size in the ancient Greek world had an acropolis, the acropolis of Athens has come to define the word. In general, an acropolis is the high place of a city and a center for important religious and civic activities. Most of what stands on the Athens acropolis today was ... Read More »
Greece Tours: Name That City!
This pretty town on the Saronic Gulf in the eastern Peloponnese was the first capital of the modern state of Greece 1823-1834. It's on many lists of the most romantic places in Greece and is a favorite getaway destination for Athenians. It's a lesser known destination for foreign tourists but ... Read More »
