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Greece - Around Athens - Kallithea - POI: Stavros Niarchos Park.

7 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Publish7

The Stavros Niarchos Park is a very unique, one of a kind, park in the Southern suburb Kallithea in Athens. The park is build with the focus on 'an enrichment for the body and the soul, and this, for young and old'. Before the park was build (and co...

Greece - Around Athens - Palaio Faliro - Beaches: Mpati Beach.

3 Jul 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Publish7

Mpati Beach is a very nice, relatively long (about 800m), sandy beach. It is mainly visited by the locals from the village above this beach: Palaio Faliro (Παλαιό Φάληρο). During the week though it serves also many visitors, from other places around...

Greece - Around Athens - Agia Marina - Beaches: Akrotiri Lombardy.

27 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Publish7

'Akrotiri Lombardy' beach is a very cosy, sandy beach in the small village of Agia Marina, about 28 km. away from the city center of Athens (Syntagma square). This place is easy approachable as it is directly next to the main road, Sounio Avenue (Λ...

Greece - Around Athens – Vouliagmeni – Beaches: Ta Limanakia.

24 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Publish7

'Ta Limanaki' or 'The small ports' is actually not really one beach. It is more a cluster of small bays, on the rocks, that stretch from Vouliagmeni (Βουλιαγμένη) down to Varkiza (Βάρκιζα). The main reason why you will find a lot of people here is be...

Greece - Around Athens – Kavouri – Beaches: Megalo Kavouri Beach.

23 Jun 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Publish7

'Megalo Kavouri' is the Greek expression for 'Big Crab'. It is the 4th beach that you will find here in Kavouri (Vouliagmeni). It is actually not a 'single' beach but (more) a concatenation of small bays. These bays are easy accessible by car. Depen...

Greece - Around Athens – Voula – Beaches: Pikpa Beach.

21 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Publish7

Pikpa beach is the first beach you will find in Voula. It is a very nice, yet small, sandy beach. This place used to be an organised beach but due to (political) issues it got abandoned by the owners and so became public again. That's the way I like...

Greece - Around Athens – Vouliagmeni – Beaches: On the Rocks.

19 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Publish7

This beach is only for the real 'adventurous' people among us as it is not really a beach. I would rather call it a nice place to enter the sea and enjoy a refreshing bath as the waters are very 'bluish' and deep here. This place is rocky and is so...

Greece - Around Athens – Voula – Beaches: Galini Beach.

18 Jun 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Publish7

Galini Beach is also known by the locals as 'Dimarcheio Beach' as Dimarcheio is the Greek word for 'town hall' so this is the beach next to the town hall of Voula. It is the 5th and last beach that you will find here in Voula (coming from Athens cit...

Greece - Around Athens - Glyfada - POI: Sea Turtle Rescue Center

17 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Publish7

The 'Sea Turtle Rescue Center' in Glyfada is a small, though important, organisation that takes care of sea turtles, from all over Greece, that got injured or sick. This center was setup, in 1994, in co-operation of ARCHELON (https://www.archelon.gr...

Greece - Around Athens - Glyfada - Beaches: Star Beach.

16 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Publish7

The 3rd beach of Glyfada is a nice, relatively long (about 800m), sandy beach. During the weekends it can get quite crowded it here (even in 2020) as it is one of the first ‘nice’ beaches close to the city center of Athens. This beach is, by car, on...