Being a tourist, in the Cradle of the Western Civilization

Being a tourist, in the Cradle of the Western Civilization

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Being in Greece could be completely Greek to one without the help of a proper tourist guide. It mind sound old and exaggerating, but it's the truth. You might come across various problems when you are on tour be it with the tour, food, location, direction and even the language. The Greek language is made of symbols which resemble the Roman letters, but it will again look completely clueless to you. Be it any other state you can fumble with a few known words and get along, but in Greece, you need the right Athens tours Greece guides to help you with your whole stay in Greece. Many Athens day tours Greece is available to help you explore the city organized without much hassle.

When in Greece you walk like the Greek!

Unlike the other places you visit on vacation, you cannot explain or provide tips to your friends or family regarding what to explore and eat on your vacation in Athens, Greece.

 Is it easy being a tourist in Athens, Greece?

Well, it is not possible to agree completely. You will definitely need the help of a tourist provider to get around the city without any confusion. The bus routes and the metro, on the contrary, are easy to navigate and follow. You will also find a lot of English language menu in a restaurant. It will be advisable to always have an Athens tours Greece guide to help you with the menu, route and any difficulty you face in your vacation. The best part of vacationing in Greece is you will find everyone being friendly and helpful. The food palette of Greece is quite extraordinary with delicious Arabic foods on the menu. Your experience of being a tourist in Greece will be amazing with the help and guide from leading tourist providers like the Enjoy Greece tour who provide customized tour packages as per your request.

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Trends In Athens Day Tours Greece To Watch

Trends In Athens Day Tours Greece To Watch

By   June 13, 2017   No comments:

The city of Athens, Greece, with its famous Acropolis, has come to symbolize the whole of the country in the popular imagination, and not without cause. Athens began as a small, Mycenaen community and grew to become a city that, at its height, epitomized the best of Greek virtues and enjoyed such prestige that the Spartans refused to sack the city or enslave the citizens, even after Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War. This set a model that would be followed by future conquerors who would defeat Athens but not destroy it.

Early Settlement

Evidence of human habitation on the Acropolis and, below, in the area around the Agora, dates back clearly as far as 5000 BCE and, probably, as early as 7000 BCE. According to legend, the Athenian King Cecrops named the city after himself but the gods, seeing how beautiful it was, felt it deserved an immortal name. A contest was held among the gods on the Acropolis, with Cecrops and the citizenry looking on, to determine which deity would win the honor. Poseidon struck a rock with his trident and, as water gushed forth, he assured the people that now they would never suffer drought. Athena was next in line and dropped a seed into the earth which sprouted swiftly as an olive tree. The people thought the olive tree more valuable than the water (as, according to some versions of the story, the water was salty, as was Poseidon’s realm) and Athena was chosen as patron and the city named for her.

Under Pericles, Athens Day Tours Greece entered her golden age and great thinkers, writers, and artists flourished in the city

As the soil was not conducive to large-scale agricultural programs, Athens turned to trade for its livelihood and, mainly, to sea trade. The early Mycenaean period (c. 1550 – 1100 BCE) saw massive fortresses rise all over Greece, and Athens was no exception. The remains of a Mycenaean palace can still be seen today on the Acropolis. Homer‘s Iliad and Odyssey portray the Mycenaeans as great warriors and seafaring people, and there is no doubt they traded widely throughout the Aegean and Mediterranean region. In c. 1200 BCE the Sea Peoples invaded the Greek archipelago of the Aegean from the south while, simultaneously, the Dorians came down from the north into mainland Greece. While the Sea Peoples made definite incursions into Attica (the mainland region surrounding Athens) the Dorians by-passed the city, allowing the Mycenaean culture to survive (although, like the rest of Greece, there seems to have been an economic and cultural downturn following these invasions). The Athenians, afterward, claimed for themselves a special status in that they spoke Ionian, instead of Doric, Greek and held to customs they felt were superior to their neighbors.

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