Greece
About Athens
Athens spreads white and low to the horizon, and above all of it the Acropolis floats on its rock, lit gold after dark.
The ancient stones are everywhere-an agora here, a temple there-wrapped in a loud, chaotic, graffiti-sprayed modern city. Neighbourhoods like Plaka and Psyrri buzz with tavernas, rooftop bars and cats, and the energy never lets up.
When the heat and the noise get too much, the tram runs straight down to the beaches of the Athens Riviera.
Eat souvlaki and a spread of meze, and nurse a slow frappé in the shade like a local.
Get to Athens
Round trip from Prague, any dates in November 2026.
Day trips from Athens
- Day trip
Cape Sounion
~1 h 15 min
The temple of Poseidon on a cliff at Attica's southern tip, white marble columns against open sea — the classical sunset spot since antiquity. Byron carved his name on a column.
- Day trip
Hydra
~1.5 h
A car-free island of stone sea-captains' mansions around a horseshoe harbour, where everything still moves by mule and water taxi. Leonard Cohen's old hideout.
- Long day
Delphi
~2.5 h, ~3 h The sanctuary the Greeks considered the navel of the world, stacked on a mountain terrace beneath Parnassus: the oracle's temple, a theatre, a stadium, and views down a sea of olive trees to the gulf.
About Greece
Ruins, islands and long swims
Classical sites on the mainland, hundreds of islands offshore, and a sea that stays warm enough to swim in well into October.
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