Athens is the largest city and capital of Greece, one of the oldest in the world and the birthplace of democracy.
looking a picture right now because the Olympics prompted it to spruce itself up and take on a new energy. Money has been poured into the infrastructure – particularly transport – and large parts of the city have been redeveloped. Ancient Athens was a powerful city-state and a renowned centre of learning; the city of today is a bustling, loud, cosmopolitan metropolis
except romantic classicists, concrete salesmen and tourists heading for the islands, Athens now exerts its own pull and offers its own magic.
