Entrance tickets
by Pieter11
A wonderful thing about Athens is that you only need one single ticket to visit almost all major archeological sites in the city. You can buy a ticket at every entrance of the following sites:
- Arcopolis
- Ancient Agora
- Theatre of Dionysos
- Roman Agora
- Kerameikos
- Temple of Olympic Zeus
One ticket is only E 12,- for an adult. For this amount of money you can visit almost the whole of Athens. Student have free entrance. Other groups of people have other rates too, E 12,- is the highest rate.
Visit the Acropolis, the Zeus...
by delon
Visit the Acropolis, the Zeus Temple ruins, the old Olympic Stadium, Walk along the busy streets and shop till your out of money. The people are really nice and Athens is all the more beautiful by the night esp. the Acrospolis and the Zeus Temple ruins. I also enjoyed shopping in Athens as you can find a lot of different souvenir items in the hundereds of shops along the streets. What was really amusing was that as I would enter any shop, the owner would immediately reduce the price of any article I would set my eyes upon, by about 20-40 %. Lots of little sculptures (of Greek mythology characters) and delicate artwork, ceramics to shop.
Of Medicines and Pharmacies
by physiar
Pharmacies are within easy reach all over the city and by law they are required to leave a list of pharmacies that are open at the time they are not. So you may rest assured that you will find at least one open at any given time.
From memory I can recall the exact location of just one pharmacy, but remember seeing at least five. The one I know exactly where it is is located across the street from the Cathedral (Mitropoleos). I remember others in an arcade (near the meat market?) and on one of the major roads in central Athens behind the Parliament building.
If you are looking for one, you should ask for a FARMAKEION (far-mac-eon), but I strongly suggest stocking up on medicines for teh length of your trip, for two main reasons -
(a) Brands available at home and in Athens may be different (and a change of brands may be undesirable in certain particular instances, including the pill)
(b) what may be bought over-the-counter at home might be a prescription-only-medicine in Greece.
Certain drug names vary between countries too, as can be illustrated by paracetamol (European version) and acetaminophen (American name).
All of the above in name of Safe Travels!
Museum of Cycladic Art
by Kodi01
More than 1,000 objects are displayed in this museum dating from 3,000 B.C. to AD 400.
They provide striking evidence of a culture of the Aegeans some 5,000 years ago.
This is the museum that had the Salvidor Dali exhibit. I was able to see the exhibit of Salvador Dali most impressive art works.
Food Glorious Food
by cheekymarieh
One of my favourite things about Athens (and Greece in general) is the food. You must sample some of the local dishes. These include:
Starters:
Tzatziki - yoghurt and cucumber dip
Dolmades - stuffed vine leaves
Avgolemono - chicken and lemon soup with egg
Main Courses:
Pastitsio - pasta with meat and cheese
Moussaka - meat and aubergine wth sauce
Kalamari and octopus
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Standing guard.
an interested spectator
Greek dancing near Kapnikarea on Ermou St.
another one we saw atop the rock!
