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Greece Travel Guide
Birthplace of democracy with breathtaking islands
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Cities in Greece
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Athens
Athens wears its role as the birthplace of Western civilisation lightly, layering a loud, creative modern city over the ruins of the ancient one. Everything orients around the Acropolis, the great rock crowned by the Parthenon, visible from rooftops across town; below it spread the marble remains of the Ancient Agora where democracy was argued into being, and the superb National Archaeological Museum holds the treasures dug from all of it. But today's Athens is just as much about the present — the village-like lanes of Plaka and the whitewashed island enclave of Anafiotika beneath the rock, the street art and bars of Psyrri and Exarcheia, the rooftop tavernas where you eat with the floodlit Parthenon in view. Sunny almost year-round and the gateway to the islands by ferry from nearby Piraeus, it rewards travellers who give it a couple of days rather than treating it as a stopover.
Santorini
Santorini is the postcard that turns out to be real: a crescent of cliffs left by one of history's great volcanic eruptions, its rim stacked with sugar-cube houses and blue-domed churches looking down into a flooded caldera. The villages of Fira and Oia trace the edge, and the sunset from Oia is so famous it draws a nightly crowd — earned, when the whole caldera turns gold and rose. There's more here than the view. The volcanic soil makes for distinctive wines, above all the crisp white Assyrtiko, best tasted at a cliffside winery; the beaches are dramatic sweeps of black and red volcanic sand; and the old capital of Pyrgos offers the same beauty with a fraction of the crowds. It is busy and not cheap in high season, so come in late spring or early autumn — and stay a night or two, because Santorini is at its most magical once the day-cruise crowds have sailed away.
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