Saturday, March 25, 2006

Sightseeing Trip to Athens

My wife and I have just returned from a few days sightseeing trip to Athens. We stayed in the Arion hotel in Monastiraki near the Plaka area of Athens. We can thoroughly recommend this hotel - very well located for sightseeing, clean and comfortable, friendly staff and good value.

Here's an interesting statuette we found near the Parliament Building in Athens:

There are so many fantastic archeological treasures to be found within easy walking distance. We visited (of course) the Acropolis and the museums are just full of wonderful artefacts. These are the Caryatids (maidens) at the Erechtion which is on the north side of the Acropolis: