| Isle of Poros |
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| Bicyling |
On day two of your stay on Poros, we will provide a bicycle to you free of charge. Bikes will be parked outside your hotel. Check with your tour director if you have questions. |
| Watersports |
The watersports center a few steps down the road offers: Parasailing, Wakeboarding, Tubing, Banana Boating, Waterskiing. Check with the center directly for their rates. |
| Poros Town |
Go Shopping or try one of the typical Greek restaurants in Poros town. The town also features a bank with an ATM and a post office. |
| Athens |
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| Shopping |
This market is truly an international bazaar. Here, you'll find everything from handmade sandals to Soviet vodka – and everything in-between. Although many shops in the area claim to be "flea markets," the real action happens on Sunday mornings. Come early to find the real treasures, which include affordable handcrafted copper cookware and wine jugs. |
| Byzantine Museum |
This is one of the few European museums dedicated to Byzantine art. Each room in the museum depicts a Greek church and represents a specific period; the displays include an early Christian basilica and a medieval domed church. Most exhibits are of religious art too. There's also an extensive collection of icons, bibles, altars, and mosaics. A word of warning – most of the descriptive placards are only in Greek. |
| Plaka District |
The Plaka is the area of winding streets around the Acropolis. It's renowned for its small shops, restaurants, and some good examples of local domestic architecture. Stop somewhere for a frappe (iced instant coffee) every few hundred feet, especially in summer. |
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Everyone knows the Acropolis but when you're on the Acropolis, you'll look over at Lycabettus, the other high spot in Athens.Wooded, with a funicular to take you close to the top, it offers a completely different experience than the Acropolis.Photographers will enjoy the variety Lycabettus gives to their Athens shots, enjoy the fun ride up its slopes, and the wooded hill gives a sense of escaping from the busy city spread out below. |
| Change of Guards |
Every Sunday at 11:00, tourists gather in front of the Parliament building on Syntagma Square (Plateia Syntagmatos) to watch the ceremonial changing of the guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guards (Evzones) wear their traditional white kilts, red and black caps and red clogs with pompoms only that day or on special occasions. On every other day, the Evzones wear regular khaki uniforms with skirts and the changing of the guard takes place every hour on the hour, 24 hours a day. The guards are tall and well-trained soldiers. They belong to the "Proedriki Froura", the guards of the President of Democracy. It is a high honor for every Greek soldier to be chosen as an Evzone. |
