Sunday, May 20, 2018

Athens Acropolis

This is the "must see" spot in Athens.  It opens at 8am and we got there shortly thereafter.  We had several hours before all the tour buses arrived.  Without the crowds of people we were able to get around and take photos without having a herd of people in each shot.  And it was still cool.

We thought it would be like Petra - huge with lots of steep hills.  It turned out that is really a much smaller area.  Yes, there are many steps to get there, but it was manageable.  Our taxi driver on the way there spoke enough English that we could communicate well.  Sunday morning traffic was a breeze.  He gave us advice on what to see and dropped us off at the optimum location.  Our first view was of these Greek soldiers boarding a bus.




Then we climbed up a lot of steps to these views.











A view of the city of Athens from the Acropolis.





                                      
 I wanted Mike to take a picture of me with the ladies - but got this.


2 comments:

  1. "... If you are lucky enough to be visiting the Acropolis on a Sunday, and have the resolve to be the first to climb the rock at 8am or the last to leave at its closing time at 8pm (during summer), you will catch a glimpse of the Greek Presidential Guard (Evzones) making their way to the Greek flag on the belvedere. Each Sunday, the Evzones raise the flag in the morning and lower the flag at sunset, accompanied by members of an Athenian marching band playing the national anthem...."
    https://whyathens.com/acropolis-athens/

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  2. beautiful. looks like you had wonderful weather.

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