The Magnificence Of Mainland Greece
The South-east Europe has the magnificent peninsular Greece and a host of islands beneath it. Greece is the word that led the western world in culture, civilization, arts, literature, political traditions, sciences and philosophy. Modern Europe is the product of Greco-Roman fusion, the Greek mind and Roman valor. Here we shall see some of the great showpieces in the peninsular Greece.
Athens holds the pride of place among the jewels of Greece. Syntagma Square. Monastriki, Plaka, Kolonaki, Omonia, Gazi are some of the absorbing places of tourist interest in Athens.
You have the National Garden and modern Parliament located in Syntagma. The beaches and museums and traditional places of sight seeing are a treasure to behold and cherish. From the architectural point of view, the Historical Museum and the Archaeological museums are a ‘must visit” for the tourists.
The Acropolis and the Parthenon are to be admired for their contribution to democratic traditions from time immemorial. The magnificence of Acropolis and Parthenon is still a mystery as we marvel as to how they constructed so long back with so much breath taking elegance. No amount of words could adequately describe the grandeur of Parthenon or the exotic fragrance it emanates.
The hilly terrains near the areas with historical vestiges and the different settings in different beaches are a source of solace to tired minds and bodies. You feel not only invigorated but begin to give a fresh and different outlook on life itself. This is not just digging the past. This is digging or probing your own vast psyche. Varkiza, Kavouri, Vouliagmeni, Glyfada are some of the beaches that could accessed from Athens with great convenience.
There are plenty of hotels, restaurants, guest houses and dormitories available in Athens to suit the needs of different tastes and pockets. Facilities for online bookings are available. Athens is not a one-day visit place. You must be prepared to lose yourself in the fact and greatness of a thousand years condensed there! It is as immortal as the great legacy of mankind. Only we have to equip ourselves with a curiosity to know more about the great forbears who laid down values of culture to the West.
Surprisingly you will find a merger of the past and the present here in Athens and other Greek cities. The fact that you are the inheritor of the greatness and vastness of the panorama of Greece lies in the fact that you are the inheritor of human values and philosophy. And you are surprised at the approval from the fellow tourists about this common sharing of the human traditions and heritage.
