Thank 'Gods' for Greece!

We arrived.

Relaxed after a long flight. Spoke with the receptionist for a local sightseeing place and left for Mt. Lycabettus via cable car (Ticket to-and-fro: Euro 7.50 but you can walk up and down the hill for free). The view of the city from atop is stunning.

Athens to Santorini

Early morning we left for Santorini by a pretty luxurious ferry (Blue Star Ferries). It was a 7 hour-long but a treat to the eye journey. To our luck Poseidon (Sea God) was happy and so were we. After reaching, later in the evening we strolled around the city centre areas, had dinner and called it a day.

Day 3

After breakfast we left for for a long-day tour (included a lot of walking and hiking). We hopped on the King Thira's (traditional sail boat) rocky boat, which took us to the volcanic islands where we hiked up the volcanic craters. Next stop was Kameni Islands where we braked for a swim in the hot springs.

Santorini to Mykonos

We left for Mykonos (via Naxos) on a terrible rocky boat ride. We were supposed to take a half day trip to Naxos but due to a little mixup we took the wrong ferry and did not have enough time to spend in Naxos as our next ferry to Mykonos was already booked. So we moved towards Mykonos- another enthralling island. Later in the day after reaching Mykonos, we went to the old port- what a splendid place to spend an evening- experience the view, the sunset and the walk along the shore.

Day 5

We started with our day trip to Delos Tour to the island of Delos- centuries old architectural site which was a cultural centre of the ancient Greek civilization and supposed birth place of Apollo (god of sun, music, wine and many more). The place flaunts of the beginning of theatre and other art. The ruins show the iconic Delos Lions, markets, temples, amphitheatre, use of mosaic and much more to explore. The place is a gem, a historians delight and very intriguing indeed.

Mykonos to Athens

Welcome back to Athens (on ferry ride- a 5 hour long journey).

Day 7

Athens- day and night tour

The day city tour included- Panathenaic Stadium (place of first modern olympic games), Parthenon (temple of Athena), Acropolis (iconic peak housing the Parthenon) and Acropolis museum (extremely informative and innovative built on dug up archaeological site with glass floors for the view).

The night tour included floodlit Parthenon, walk in the city centre- old district of Plaka and dinner at a traditional Greek Tavern with Greek folk dance performances.