Athens Vacation Rentals

Athens has life and a unique mystic that is impossible to ignore. It is an old culture with its roots dating back well over 5000 years. Come to Greece to see and experience this tiny land that sparked the fires of thought and freedom for so much of our modern civilization. Come to Athens to complete the education of your soul.
Arrive on a Saturday and come your vacation rental home in Athens. After refreshing and taking a nap, you will wake up refreshed. If you are staying downtown, take a walk on the friendly streets of Athens. For you who choose a seashore villa, take your first swim in the Aegean Sea. No mater where you stay, that night go to a local restaurant for your first taste of Greece's famous cuisine with some of its great wine. By the way, now is a perfect time to have your first ouzo, the national beverage of Greece.
Sunday is the perfect day for going around Athens and seeing the sites; and what sights there are to see. Everything is at your finger tips as Athens has a world class subway and tram system. The Acropolis with the Parthenon guarded by the Propylaea and the Temple of Victory dominate the city. Below the Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus awaits your visual pleasures. A trip through the National Museum is a must and is one of the world's best for antiquity. At the foot of the Acropolis is the ancient market place, the Agora. You will linger there as the day fades and the famous nightlife of the Plaka blossoms and captivates you. At this moment you know one myth is true, Greece is Life.
Monday is a good day to finish seeing Athens' numerous museums and sites of antiquity. Monday afternoon is perfect to visit Cape Sounion watching the famous sunset behind the Temple of Poseidon. Later that night as you relax in Plaka eating a Greek Gyro you will know that your choice of a Holiday in Greece was absolutely the correct choice to make.
On Tuesday, take that Island Cruise. After a short taxi ride you are at the port boarding the cruise boat for a day on the Aegean Sea visiting three of Greece’s many fantastic islands. The first stop is the Island of Aegina and it’s quaint port. Next is Poros with its picturesque vistas and local color. Last is Hydra loved by the jet set and where all cars and trucks are banished. As you return to Athens, you connect and are one with this ancient land of Socrates and Aristotle.
Wednesday is great day to explore central Attica and to visit Delphi. You leave Athens and travel through the plains of Thive and into the mountain of Parnassus. The vistas and panoramas of nature’s beauty are simply a delight to behold. At Delphi, you experience the essence of ancient Greece. If you are attuned to the spirits of antiquity, you may hear whispers from the ancient oracles still echoing through the eons of time answering the questions deep within your soul.
On Thursday, travel back in time to Mycenae and visit King Agamemnon, Greece's champion to recover Helen from Troy. On the way, you will stop at Epidavos and experience its miraculous theater where you can hear a pin dropped from afar. Returning to Athens is a good time to stop at ancient Corinth and its Temple of Apollo. You feel King Agamemnon, Alexandra the Great, Helen of Troy, Hercules, Pericles, the oracles of Delphi, and others leaving the pages of history and journeying into your presence.
Friday, your last full day in Greece is a great day for resting and enjoying nature's wonders here in Athens. Friday night as you drop off to sleep, you will start to wonder if Zeus, Athena, and the other gods of antiquity are still around, waiting for mankind to once again call out to them.
Saturday. Where has the time gone? On your way to the airport you realize that you are leaving part of your soul in Greece. It is that kind of country. As you board the airplane, deep within your psyche, you know that you must soon return to this ancient land.