Driving south of Athens, this is as far as you can get to Cape Sounion; a magical place where one can spend many hours observing the sun as it slowly approaches, and ultimately plunges behind the pelagic horizon, by the stern presence of the ancient Poseidon’s temple on the hilltop beside. Here come a few shots I took while on a short trip there.Click on any photo to view the … [Read more...]

It always is a very unique and bizarre feeling taking over one who just reaches civilization after any considerable time of absence. That exact feeling was the one pervading me that afternoon when we just had returned to the lower levels of this earth from a great trip to Mount Giona; and we decided to make a stop for souvlaki and a glass of wine in the town of Livadeia (gr. … [Read more...]

It was a long time driving east through the heavily jammed streets of the heat-hammered city of Athens until we ultimately made it to the east coastline of Attica. We’d ended up in the small town of Rafina (gr. Ραφήνα). With its wide, serene and its cute little neighborhoods, Rafina makes quite a nice destination for a day trip off the Greek capital. It also hosts the harbor … [Read more...]

Athens, despite it being the massive, concrete city it is, is not short of paradisal beaches with crystal clear waters in its close vicinity. Agia Marina of Koropi (gr. Αγία Μαρίνα Κορωπίου), situated on the east coast of the Saronic Gulf right after the southernmost verge of the metropolitan area of Athens, is a town that hosts some of these beaches, of which you’ll see some … [Read more...]

You will here see some nice pictures I took when I finally happened to go up to the Acropolis of Athens for the very first time ever since I was a little kid.Click on any photo to view the slideshow … [Read more...]