DESTINATIONS — GREECE & CYPRUS
Haggle your heart out: flea market at Monastiraki Square
Acropolis wow: a visit to the Parthenon is a must
If you dig history: the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Come to heal: Vouliagmeni Lake is said to have therapeutic powers
restaurants of Agias Irinis Square, where things don’t really liven up until after midnight. I couldn’t stick around until the early hours, but I did sample a few concoctions made with Greek spirit mastika –
though I’m not sure I remember enough of the ingredients to recreate them at home. More memorable, though, is what’s on offer along the Athenian Riviera, the stretch of
land jutting out into the Saronic Gulf a short drive from Athens. Vouliagmeni Lake is renowned
for its healing waters, although just sitting in the sunshine by this peaceful body of water is rejuvenation enough. And a few miles beyond, Cape Sounion is the spot, according to Homer’s Odyssey, where Athenian king Aegeus leapt to his death, lending his name to the Aegean Sea. Doesn’t sound like much of a tourist attraction? Wait until you see the Temple of Poseidon, whose towering pillars are best framed by the deep red sunsets seen at this spot, and the graffitied name of English poet Lord Byron scratched into the rock.
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Five nights’ B&B at King
George Hotel, Athens, and Poseidonion Grand Hotel,
Spetses, starts at £1,099 with Classic Collection Holidays, including flights and transfers.
classic-collection.co.uk 0800 008 7288
Sunvil Holidays offers a three-centre B&B visit combining a night in Athens and three each in Hydra and Spetses, from £756, including Gatwick flights and transfers.
sunvil.co.uk
020 8758 4758 Cyplon Holidays offers three nights’ B&B at Grande
Bretagne Hotel with a one-day Saronic Islands Cruise, taxi
transfers and Heathrow flights, departing June 1, from £899.
cyplon.co.uk
0800 074 8888 1 May 2014 —
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