Blog Travel

Admittedly one day in Athens isn’t enough to really get to know the city, but oftentimes travelers to Greece spend very little time in Athens before heading out of the city to explore other parts of the mainland or one of the hundreds of islands.  So if you do only have 24 hours in Athens, it is best to have a game plan before heading out so you can see as much as possible in a short time. It was no different for us when we traveled to Greece.  We had a few hours in Athens the day we arrived before leaving the next day for our off-road trip through central Greece .  We returned to Athens for one night and half a day, when we took our Athens food tour , before leaving again to explore Crete, and then at the end of our trip we had one full day to devote entirely to Athens.  While much of our time in Athens was scattered, our well-planned one day in Athens provided the perfect, albeit brief, overview of the city covering many of the more popular Athens tourist attractio...

Greece has an abundance of food and dishes unique to the country and it can be overwhelming for a traveler to Greece who doesn’t have knowledge of Greek food beyond Greek salad and baklava.  A great introduction to traditional Greek food is with an Athens food tour.  Even better is an Athens food tour that also provides an overview of the layout and sites of Athens, all while riding around on three wheels.  Scooterise provides such a food tour of Athens. The Vehicle Scooterise provides tours of Athens on trikkes , battery powered three-wheeled scooters.  Scooterise’s motto is “see more, sweat less” because the trikkes enable their guests to zip around Athens, covering a lot of territory in a short amount of time. Driving a trikke is a little bit like driving a Segway in that you’re standing on a moving battery powered vehicle.  However, while a Segway is controlled by moving the handlebar, a trikke is controlled by a throttle on the handle and brakes.  Dr...