There was a bunch of stuff I didn’t have time to do last time I was in Athens, and sadly I didn’t tick off everything from my list this time either, but I did squeeze in a few important things. You can only get so much into three days!
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This trip I’m bouncing around a bit – starting in Greece and then heading to northern and eastern Europe to see some new places before ending in Istanbul.
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View from the hotel
I had mixed feelings about visiting Athens. Many people had told me it was “just another big city”, but I desperately wanted to visit the Acropolis (another fangirl moment!) and of course, that’s smack bang in the middle of Athens!
Parthenon
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Heraklion harbour
After a couple of hours of relatively smooth sailing, we crept into Heraklion harbour.
The view from the roof
I’d chosen the Megaron hotel because it was near the harbour and I’d read good reviews about their service. It was only about a ten minute stroll from where we disembarked the ferry, so it was easy enough to drag my bags there. The hotel was lovely, with beautiful rooms. Mine had a view out to the harbour, which was fabulous!
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We didn’t see many of these iconic blue-roofed churches – apparently they’re mostly in Oia, on the other side of the island.
After waving goodbye to J at Istanbul airport, the final four of us flew out to Santorini, via Athens. The trip was uneventful apart from a pretty heavy landing in Santorini – so much so that a few of us were checking the back of the plane as we disembarked to see if we’d had tail strike, but it appeared not.
Looking out of the blue-painted shutters to the terrace…
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To get from Goreme to Bodrum was quite an effort, including Victor driving us to the Konya train station for our night train to Izmir, then a taxi to the bus station, then a public bus to Bodrum, then a taxi to the hotel. Phew!
Our compartment on the train
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