Athens Reviews -General

The trip to Athens was amazing for our entire family. Most of my friends do not like Athens, but I do! The city is bustling with tourists, immigrants and local people and seems so alive. The shopping zones are the most crowded areas. We stayed at a apartment at Monastiraki. It is a charming place and there are lots of traditional style buildings. For enthusiastic shopaholics, a visit to the Sunday flea market is advised as there are plenty of things to buy in a very affordable price. There are also many spice shops in the vicinity that sells aromatic spices used for cooking Greek dishes.

Over a cup of coffee at a local cafeteria, we got an opportunity to interact with some Greek people. They seemed friendly and warm. Through signs and broken English, they pointed a couple of places for us to visit. My children really enjoyed the tour of the Attica Zoological Park. It is well maintained and has neat surroundings. For us adults, the romantic sunset at Sounion was extraordinary. The surrounding landscape filled with orange and golden hues of the setting sun was picturesque. I also liked the Acropolis Museum, although my kids got boring with all those antiquities, but you expect that from kids, don't you?