A visit to Athens, Greece is never complete without a visit to all its most celebrated sights like the Parthenon, the temple of Poseidon (Greek god of the sea) at Sounion and the National Archeological Museum. While drinking in all the sightseeing opportunities, squeeze in some time to shop. Needless to say, for all those who can squeeze shopping between anything, take a trip to downtown Athens and hoard up on some terrific buys.
While your guide book suggests Monastiraki and the Plaka for picking out souvenirs and clothes, walk down to either Athinas or Ermou streets or both. From buttons to clothes, vegetables to doorknobs, central Athens has it all. If you are step into Ermou street, the first thing that you notice is there are shops everywhere! The next thing you will notice is there are no cars or vehicles cruising down this busy street.
Although it is clearly an important street in Athens, it has been closed to traffic, leaving the entire stretch full of tourists and customers milling about, completely at ease. Shortly after New Year, most of the stores put up ‘SALE’ signs. This goes on till February and takes place once again during August and September.
Athens has its Bennettons and Zaras, as well as old neighborhoods like the Plaka. Athens offers you cheap holidays and great fun.
There are lots of different types of holidays to Greece. On the Sunmaster website there are last minute holidays to Greece leaving within the next few days, and also other options too, such as cheap holidays to Greece for Summer 2010. Greece has lots of resorts based around its small clusters of islands, so it’s entirely possible to find a wide range of holidays to Corfu, Rhodes, Kos and Crete. Flights to Greece take just over 4 hours, so it’s considered a short-haul destination without too much time taken up by travel. The standard of hotels in Greece varies from budget self-catering apartments to all-inclusive resorts and five-star hotels. Finally, one of the best things to mention about holidays to Greece is the gloriously sunny weather over the summer! With the best beaches in Greece being some of the best in the Mediterranean, it’s no surprise that thousands of holidaymakers book package holidays to Greece year after year.
