Fortified with our usual breakfast of Greek yogurt and fruit, we face a full day filled with rocks, columns, more rocks, and ancient ruins.
Everywhere one looks, the city is decked out for the holidays.
Athens is a sprawling metropolis of around 3.2 million people, making it home to nearly one-third of Greece’s entire population. The city stretches from the base of surrounding hills all the way to Piraeus on the Saronic Gulf. However, the city municipality consists of about 650k. Its modern life moves among layers of more than 3,000 years of history. Its core, centered around the Acropolis, is compact enough for walking.
