{"id":88872,"date":"2013-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/five-things-to-do-in-athens-greece\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:29","slug":"five-things-to-do-in-athens-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/five-things-to-do-in-athens-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things to do in Athens, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/five-things-to-do-in-athens-greece\/kos\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29608\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-29608\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/kos.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the moment <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/athens\/flights\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Book your flight to Athens now\">Athens<\/a> is buzzing as it beautifully blends the old and the new. Whether it\u2019s old buildings with super-modern interiors or modern Greek cuisine, put this city on your must-see -cities list now! In case you are planning a visit here, try these tips:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Visit the Acropolis Museum.<\/strong> It is very cheap to enter, like 6 euro and it is incredible. One of the best museums I have ever visited. It looks hyper-modern on both the inside and outside, while playing host to some of Greece\u2019s oldest artifacts. Step out at Acropolis metro station.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eat lots of traditionally double cream tzatziki<em> <\/em>and fresh frappes.<\/strong> You can find both of these authentically greek eats basically everywhere in Athens. Have tzatziki and bread, maybe with a side of olives while sipping on refreshing ice-coffee drinks. Yum!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shop on Adrianou\u00a0Street.<\/strong> Situated in the heart of the tourist area of Plaka, this street is amazing. Here you\u2019ll find beautiful leather goods, wooden art and fantastic jewellery. Be sure to bargain with the locals to get a better deal!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit the area of Monistiraki\u00a0Square.<\/strong> This is a bit more hipster, which depending on your taste can be good or bad. I\u2019m no hipster, yet I loved this area. It has cool coffee shops, eateries and galleries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spend a morning at the Acropolis.<\/strong> This is of course a given, yet this site is breathtaking every day. Go early, since queues can get really long with all the tour groups heading here. The views from above are a must. The entire area is usually covered in scaffolding, yet you can still find a, authentic spot here and there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old and new mixed perfectly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-destinations-travel","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Five Things to do in Athens, Greece - Travelstart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/five-things-to-do-in-athens-greece\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Things to do in Athens, Greece - 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