Athens is the pre-eminent city of Greece and the main arrival destination. No city mixes history and a chaotic energy better than Athens.
Athens
Athens is city with stunning archeological sites, colorful neighbors, overcrowding and smog like youve never seen it. For many travelers, the general impression is one of a poetic chaos. Roads are packed, taxi drivers are nuts and shops seem to spill off the sidewalks and into the middle of roads. Yet, in the middle of this chaos youll find peaceful places such as the Acropolis, even though it is packed with tourists.
History
You cant mention Greece without talking about the Greeks impact on civilization. The city is littered with sites of extremely significant significance. This is not the place where youll stand in front of an old structure where Sir so and so fought Sir so and so to the death in a duel that established something faintly important. Instead, youll stand in front of monuments where civilization took a quantum leap forward.
The Acropolis is the dominant archeological site in Athens. It is one of those rare locations you can visit where the massive number of tourist do not diminish...