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Athens Daytrips: A scared spring & an oracle

It may sound like Delphi, but its not. In fact if you aren’t keen on a 2.5 – 3 hour drive (each way) to reach the site where the famous…

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Athens Day Trip: Attiko Parko, the Athens Zoo & Bird Park

When my husband and friends were growing up in and around Athens, they and their peers had the opportunity to see wild animals only in a couple of not very…

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Athens Day Trips – Off the beaten path walk around Nafplio

A 40 minute walk that changed my life My wife, my dog and I were walking in Nafplio, the first capital of Greece after the Ottoman occupation, and as is…

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Twenty five things, within 25 minutes from the Acropolis ….

… that you probably have not included on your Athens itinerary 1. Flisvos Marina, the Averoff and the Faliro Delta 2. Paiania Cave 3. Caretta Caretta Sea Turtle Rescue Center…

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The World South of Athens

My friend Yorgo Filippakis recently sent me a great report on a trip he took down the coast to Cape Sounion. As an Athenian, I am often surprised to hear…

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