![]() Blink, wander, and hear about the Golden Age of Athens displayed in the pillars of the Parthenon. You may never want to blink worried that the moment you close your eyes it will be gone. The Parthenon sits elegantly against the open blue sky, the centerpiece of millennia celebrating the gods. Walk through the gate and the plateau opens to you, chock full of legends, occupations, and ceaseless wonder. The air is filled with blushing white-ridged pillars when you reach the entrance gate of the Propylaea. Walk along the steps of the Plaka on the far side of the hill’s base, where the pillars and porticos of the temples shift in and out of view. Every hour the guard shifts from their stoic expression to a masculine display of choreographed movements meant to help circulate the blood and pay homage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier chiseled into the marble base that holds up the palace.Ĭontinue your journey into the depths of antiquity with the necessary visit to The Acropolis. The crowd grows larger, silently waiting for the changing of the guard. The opulent façade with a neoclassical entrance and pink hue sits gracefully at the edge of the marbled walkway. Begin your exploration standing beneath the expansive Parliament building originally built for King Otto I after he moved the capital to Athens in the late 19th century. Be guided through the heart of Athens’s modern and not so modern history, where the journey of the past created the present. Open the doors to your hotel and be greeted by a sea of history, some of which you might have strolled through previously, but today it is yours to experience.
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