Mild winters of the magical city of Athens made me plan my vacation tour to Greece last year during February, so I booked the inexpensive flight tickets to Athens for the whole family. The enchanting capital of Greece, Athens was ready to welcome us with its flourishing archaeological sites of the ancient civilization. Since our flight landed at night we spent the night resting at the hotel room.
Our Day-Tour to the Acropolis
The very next morning my kids were all set to explore Athens, I was kicked out of bed on the very first day of the vacation. After eating the sumptuous breakfast, the first thing which we did was to reach the renowned archaeological site in Europe, The Acropolis of Athens. The kids were keen to visit this one of the Seven Wonders of the World, since they had read about it in their history books. We took the metro of Athens and got off at the Acropolis station. From here we took an enjoyable walk uphill.
The Acropolis remains open from 8 am to 6:30p.m. And we bought four tickets for entrance to the site which cost us € 12 per person. If you want you can hire a licensed guide for € 50 or more to take you through all the important places in the Acropolis. We reached the Parthenon, the must see site because it is the most excellent refuge building built by the most advanced civilization. My personal favorite site was at the flag from where you can see the glorious Athens spread below like a carpet. From here you can see the famous Plaka beneath you along with the Olympic stadium and the ruins of the giant temple of Olympian Zeus. After roaming about and enjoying the miraculous architectures we decided to return back and while coming downhill we enjoyed good and delicious food at the cafes and restaurants by the roadside.
Since we all were badly tired, we took a taxi back to the hotel. But the whole tour was justified as we got to see an amazing archaeological site by taking flights to Athens.
Entertaining nightlife at Athens
Cheap ticket airline make it affordable to enjoy the buzzing nightlife in Athens. I decided to enjoy the nightlife activities with the famous ‘Bouzoukia’ singers and players along with relishing food. We reached the main area of Plaka where shows are organized for tourists. The flea market of the Psiri was worth buying local handicrafts, and whatever money I had saved by buying cheap tickets to Athens was used for buying local handicrafts by my wife. The fun and the night outing did not end here we decided to go for few drinks at the up-market bars and restaurants located in Thission area. Again I was ready to spend some cash which I had saved by booking cheap flights to Athens on the finest cuisine and the mocktails and cocktails ordered by my family.
Finally as night dawned, all of us reached back to our hotel rooms after an amazing day tour and bustling nightlife in Athens.
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