Greece holiday destinations - Greece nature & cities
Greece holiday destinations - Greece nature & cities
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Greece is a country in Southern Europe, on the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula, with extensive coastlines and islands in the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas. It shares borders in the north with Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Bulgaria, and Turkey. It has an ancient culture that has had a significant influence on the arts, language, philosophy, politics, and sports of western society, including the genres of comedy and drama, western alphabets, Platonic ideals and the Socratic method, democracies and republics, and the Olympics. Furthermore it's a geographically appealing place to visit, with a mountainous mainland and idyllic island beaches.
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Greece View Athens Volg.
Welcome to the View from Above! A series where we take you on a Journey to some of the most beautiful places on earth!
Take a trip with us through over ancient temples and streets within Athens, before gliding over mountains covered in rustic villages and olive trees. Beautiful, clear Greek beaches and harbours house both old, wooden boats and colourful fish, while the whitewashed towns are a hive of activity, between markets and clubs and cliff-side bars. View from Above is filmed with top-end DJI unmanned recreational camera drones as they fly over a country steeped in history as old as time itself: Greece.
Every visitor to Greece should pass through Athens, but by no means should it just be a stopover before continuing to other attractions. Just because it is a busy metropolis does not mean that the shy tourist should keep from visiting the ancient yet trendy landmarks. Greece seethes with history and the classical Greek architecture makes its presence felt in every corner of this beautiful country, no corner more so than Athens. The Acropolis is one of the world’s most amazing historical complexes, and the Parthenon is its jewel. The temple to Athena, the Greek god after which the city was named, is a landmark that encapsulates all that is ancient Greece. But the Parthenon should not be the only Greek temple on the visitor’s itinerary. The Erechtheion, a temple to Poseidon, and the Temple to Hephaestus are equally impressive ancient constructs. Make sure that you visit the National Archaeological Museum for the most impressive examination into the lives of the members of this ancient civilisation.
A visit to the Plaka district of Athens is like taking a step back in time, allowing you to walk the streets like Athenians did thousands of years ago. Visitors will be able to sample the traditional Greek fare in these old districts, and stopping by a restaurant like that of the popular Karamanlidika, you can wrap your mouth around Greek dips, olives, dolmades, moussaka, souvlaki, fresh fish and baklava. Make sure to visit the popular Monastiraki market by day, and hit the streets and popular clubs like the Island Club by night.
A trip directly north out of Athens, visitors will come to the great breadbasket of Greece, Thessaly. Thessaly is home to the iconic rustic olive tree-scattered mountains and villages. The region is often forgotten by visitors, but they really should make the trip to see the great Meteora Greek-orthodox cathedrals atop great pillar-like peaks. Along Thessaly’s coast is the wonderful Mount Pelion and its Pelion peninsula. The area is home to great beaches, like Papa Nero, and small coastal towns like Afissos, which harbours quaint little Greek boats. Mountain towns like Milies and Makrinitsa are lovely little locations in which to relax for a weekend, and whether sipping Greek coffee on its pebbled streets or taking a hike in the surrounding mountains, visitors will be in their element.
But a trip to Greece is nothing without hopping along its many islands. A very popular island stop-off is the island of Corfu. The island, on the Ionian sea, is a popular destination for wealthy Europeans. The whitewashed houses line beautiful fish-filled beaches like Paleokastritsa. Tiny towns, like Kassiopi, house beautifully crafted boats in waters that are popular for snorkelling and swimming. Apart from Corfu’s upmarket hotels, clubs and bars, old Venetian fortresses give the island a unique appeal.
GREECE-Natural beauty
This is a small sample of my country's beauty. There is a kind of peculiar beauty in this scenery that I can't describe with words. I am just trying to present it with my photos. And the most representative music for this is the amazing music of Yiannis Markoupoulos!
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Cycling Athens to Sounion - Day 1 of a 2 Day Bike Tour from Athens
Day 1 of a 2 day bike tour around Athens. This cycling vlog shows the bike ride from Athens to Sounion. During this first day, I cycled into the historic centre of Athens. Here, I caught the tail-end of the Changing of the Guard at the Parliament House, stopped by Hadrian's Arch, and then had an amazing view of the Acropolis.
As this tour was during February, it was very quiet in Athens when it came to tourists, so as you can see, there were very few people in front of the Acropolis! After here, I then visited Kerameikos cemetery, Technopolis, and then followed a cycle path from Athens to Faliro on the coast. After this, it was simply a matter of following the coastal road to a small village just before Cape Sounion where I stayed the night.
You can check out my detailed blog post a bout the 2 day Athens bike tour here -
If you would like to check out some things to see and do in Athens, then take a look at this 2 day guide to Athens -
If you are interested in visiting the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, but don't want to cycle, this guide to Cape Sounion Tours should be useful -
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Maui's highest point is the Haleakala Crater, you can drive all the way up to the top at 10,000 feet. There is limited parking at the top, so be early. We came from Lahaina, left at 3am and got to the top at 5:20am. One suggestion I believe to be true is to visit the day or two after you arrive and use that jet lag to get up early and drive. The drive from the visitor center is approximately 30 mins. Entrance is $10. If you plan to drive to Hana on the same day, keep your receipt and you can use it for the National Park parking lot near Hana to hike up Pipiwai Trail & Waimoku Falls.
Driving around the mountain is like night and day, atop Haleakala is a bare, dry landscape, and on the drive to Hana is all lush rain forest, with rain every few miles.