Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This is My Athens
GUIDED TOUR
(
www.thisisathens.org
)
This is a volunteer program that pairs you with a local to show you
around for two hours. Must book online 72 hours ahead.
210 322 2500;
www.athenssegwaytours.com
; Eschinou 9, Plaka; 2hr tour €59;
Akropoli)
Zip through town on a Segway.
Alternative Athens
GUIDED TOUR
( 6948405242;
www.alternative-athens.com
)
Experience-based tours and workshops to get
off the beaten path.
Athens Happy Train
MINI-TRAIN TOUR
( 210 725 5400;
www.athenshappytrain.com
;
Plateia Syntagmatos, Syntagma; adult/child €6/4;
every 30min 9am-midnight; Syntagma)
Stops include the Acropolis, Monastiraki and
the Panathenaic Stadium. Tours take one hour if you don't get off, or you can get on and
off over five hours. Trains leave from the top of Ermou every 30 minutes.
Festivals & Events
Hellenic Festival
PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
(
www.greekfestival.gr
;
late May-Oct)
Greece's premier cultural festival features a top line-
up of local and international music, dance and theatre.
Major shows in its
Athens Festival
take place at the superb Odeon of Herodes Atticus
(
Click here
)
, one of the world's prime historic venues, with the floodlit Acropolis as a
backdrop. Events are also held in modern venues around town.
Its
Epidavros Festival
presents local and international productions of Ancient Greek
drama at the famous ancient Theatre of Epidavros (
Click here
)
in the Peloponnese, two
hours west of Athens, on Friday and Saturday nights in July and August. Check the fest-
ival website for special
KTEL buses
( 210 513 4588; return €23)
to Epidavros.
GOOGLE MAP
( 210 327 2000; Arcade, Panepistimiou 39, Syntagma; 8.30am-4pm Mon-
Fri, 9am-2pm Sat; underground rail Panepistimio)
, or at Public and Papasotiriou stores. Though
