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The monasteries of Meteora. Can I be honest?   Greece wasn’t really at the top of my list for travel destinations I wanted to visit.   I’m not exactly sure why that is.   I love ancient ruins, and Greece has a ton of those.   The quintessential picture of Greece, the blue domes and white walls of Santorini, is stunning.   But Rome wanted to go to Greece, and when I read about Tripology Adventures’ off-road trip through Central Greece , it sounded exactly like the adventure for us.  We always like a good drive.   What I didn’t anticipate was falling head-over-heels in love with all the varied landscapes and attractions of Central Greece.   What we discovered, with Tripology Adventures’ Greece road trip itinerary, was ancient monuments, picturesque villages, and nature, from impossibly clear blue seas, emerald rivers, green sceneries that rival Switzerland, and snow-capped mountain ranges.   Piralia Distomou and the Bay of Corinth Lunch with a ...

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...