Travel memories: 5 picturesque day trips from Athens

What do you get when you throw together millennia-old ruins, rugged, verdant mountains, fabled monasteries, dreamy coastlines, colourful fishing villages, and techno-pumping party isles? Why, Greece, of course! It is a remarkably diverse country – possibly more diverse than people realise. While the stereotypical image may be of whitewashed domed houses overlooking azure seas, it … More Travel memories: 5 picturesque day trips from Athens

Travel memories: 15 recommended things to see in Athens

The Olympian goddess of wisdom, handicrafts and war also happens to be the patroness and protectress of modern-day Greece’s capital. Athena, daughter of Zeus, the sky and thunder god in Greek mythology, is indeed widely believed to have got her name from the city itself, rather than the other way around. I, in fact, like … More Travel memories: 15 recommended things to see in Athens