Thank you but most of us don’t feel the same way. Not about the people but your government who wants to occupy Greek regions. If you really love us protest and push your government to stay at their borders and to take their army off the island of Cyprus too.
I traveled to Europe, two years ago. Athens is one of my favorite cities. I spent a week there. I really enjoyed the main square, the flea market, the agora and the monastiraki neighborhood. I’ll never forget it. The Athens Hub Hostel is one of the best. 🇬🇷
Greece is more than a myth, there is a reason why we believed in gods and these reasons you can feel if you was in greece, of course for us greeks it's an indescribable energy which we feel since ever, it's the DNA. THANK you and God bless you!
Greece, in my opinion, out of all the countries in Europe, is the most fascinating and amazing because of its (ancient and medieval) civilization, artifacts, mythology and architectures. But I've only been to Athens and Sounion and I still want to go travel to Greece again (in other places in Greece like Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Sparti, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Delphi, Mt Athos and Olympus and many more). 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 Greece #1!! 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
I'm counting, I will leave Amsterdam for good in 8 days. I just feel from the inside this will be the best move in my life. Sold all my belonging including my house and got a job in Athens. I feel so blessed.
Q Werf I think you’ll be disappointed my friend. Life in Athens is not easy. It’s a dirty city with little infrastructure and people can be rude. Things have gotten worse after the crisis. As a visitor you might think it’s nice but living in Athens is completely different. I believe Amsterdam is a much friendlier city to live
That food in Hydra!! How I miss it. 25 years ago I lived in Athens! it has changed so much! Such beauty and vibrancy, and so much history... and the best looking young men in the world, still! ;-)
Hey MusicHistory100, is it true that Delphi has strongest mystical and spiritual power., and also healing potentials -- never been there but admire from far??
It's unfortunate that Ricj Steeves stopped making travel videos. The format was so attractive. We always want to go to the country that he presents. In the mean time we can watch the old ones.
Another gem from Rick Stevens! In the 1990s. I took a trip with my daughter to Athens and also over to Ephesus.That all of the Mediterranean was seafaring strikes you most clearly when you see these small port cities and know their fame. Thank you again for the superb camera work and the quiet thoroughly knowledgeable lectures!
That is IT ! I am so hungry now...... I see such great food...... and great sunsets.... I am thinking I will gain weight just watching..... but maybe dance it off in one of the dancing places older traditional dancing places..... Athens..... really beautiful.
I visited Greece in 2010 and this brings back so many wonderful memories! The country is stunningly beautiful and the people are wonderful, especially if you learn some Greek beforehand, which isn't that difficult. That last sentence was for you, Rick: although you're getting better at pronouncing foreign words, several modern Greek letters have changed their sounds, as in B is now V, D is TH as in 'this,' G is a 'soft' G not found in English (a voiced X to be precise), so Hydra is pronounced EE-thra. One thing that was especially charming about the Agora was all the tortoises walking around in the grass, something that isn't advertised and left for visitors to discover on their own. Another big plus for Athens is how it cares for its stray dogs and cats, who get regular checkups from veterinarians and are not left to starve. As a result they are quite friendly, and the dogs even obey traffic signals!
Jeff Rey you mean the entire tourism community of Greece managed to keep the tortoise “Easter Egg” to surprise people and you just blew it? At a minimum, you should edit your comment to begin with 🚨MASSIVE SPOILER 🚨
Rick Steves has motivated me to book a flight to Athens this week and following this journey but added a few more destinations to my itinerary such as Meteora, Syros and Santorini. I am excited and anxious at the same time considering the current situation. I think we can live and go and on our lives with caution rather than living in fear and hide.
@@christinadeshaies4465 it was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I am sure all places in Greece are equally stunning, more so if you like history but the places I've visited were breathtaking, especially Meteora and Santorini. Greeks are very welcoming and helpful if you are traveling alone. Have fun!
It is April 20th, 2024. Hello World, from Edmonton Alberta Canada. Flashback to Spring 1978 when in my mid 20's, now 69, my good friend Kim spent 3.5 months backpacking ALL OVER Europe & G.B. So many Countries & Cities & Towns. Sleeping in Hostels, homes,student Hostels, gravel pits, farmers fields, rattle snake infested, as it turned out, to stunningly beautiful homes & apartments, in beautiful sunny days & torrential rain driven roadside memories, Greece has been CALLING ME to return, as with so many other locations, but I Will be Athens Bound, maybe to Jimmy's Student House, LOL! KALEVI on Creti where we stayed & even worked (duleahed) in hot greenhouses picking g cucumbers & tomatoes, then WALKING THRU THE MOUNTAINS TO CHORA SAVAKIA!! Scorpions, Snakes, & HEAT! LOL! LIFETIME MEMORIES. Now, without Kim,R.I.P., I (WE) WILL BE BACK! PART CRUISE, Part HOSTEL & HOTEL, NO part GRAVEL PIT, GREECE, HERE I COME! Late Spring or later, but 2024, Please "LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON", I WON'T IGNORE YOUR CALLING ANY LONGER! I'M JUST RECOVERING FROM SOME SERIOUS STUFF, ALMOST GOOD TO GO, THEN "NOTHING CAN STOP ME, THEN! WOW! IF O LY YOU COULD SEE THE SMILE ON MY FACE! ON KIM'S FACE,FROM ABOVE, ALSO! P.S. I'm sure to spend 2-3 MONTHS in total so will SPLURGE on a EURORAIL PASS so I can relive as many GREAT CITY & COUNTRIES TOWNS & "FARMERS FIELDS", LOL, as I remember every one as though it were YESTERDAY! Thank you GREECE, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE STARTED!!! DID I REALLY SAY "69"? CAN'T BE! AGAIN, LOL!
It's nice to see something positive and up-beat! I'm married to an 'Athenian' and only get all the doom and gloom about the economy. I could reallllly go some Gyro now! :)
Athens is a city of outstanding plurality ,where all historical periods and art movements are present. From ancient and medieval remains to contemporary art exhibitions,this city has a lot to offer to demanding and curious visitors. Greek people are very helpful and friendly.Moreover,Athens offers a wide variety of shopping opportunities and can be your base for further traveling.For example, you can visit chalandri,marousi,kifissia,pireus,nauplio,thebes and many islands,like Euboia,aigina,spetses.Gastronomical and relaxation experiences are also widely available.Greece is a nice country to visit for its culture and nice weather.
Excellent show by "Rick Steves' Europe" Rick is a terrific, warm host. All of Greece is a miracle on Earth. Finally, it's nice to hear Leonidis pronounced correctly for a change.
I cannot believe that Rick missed out the Marble Stadium built for the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Absolutely fantastic and only a few hundred yards from Syntagma Square !
Glorious to return visually to the magnificence of Greece. I travelled here in the 1980s and this was an even better trip! Congratulations as well to your cameraman’s impeccable work as you inform and his eye moves slowly in partnership. m
Your travel video is different from others. Yours is always had a educational view point, as you starts the commentary and the corresponding video's are interesting to learn the history of the places, objects, etc. It encourages to know more of that, but your video goes off. You are the only person who depicts travel video of your own style. I like it.
I remember that lady in the 8th minute. I was there too in august 2013. I was walking around Anafiotika with a girl, we could smell the flowers in the air and we sat at a bench nearby and we heard that lady singing
Once again, a wonderful tour. Used your book to help guide me around Athens. Found my way to Hydra and a pebbly beach a few steps from the port well away from the crowds and the organized island day trip. Per your guidance caught a public bus to Delphi to leisurely explore the ruins and catch guidance from the Oracle. You have enhanced my travels and knowledge of art throughout the world. Thank you for your wonderful life's work.
Hi Rick, I always enjoy your videos & just wanted offer some useful tips to your viewers on Athens. I know it's not easy to go everywhere and film everything but I'd like to suggest just a few places that I think you should include in your videos of Athens. Firstly the beaches in the South of the city and I'm not talking about the beaches in Glyfada or Faliro I mean the great beaches in Voula, Vouliagmeni, Kavouri and Varikiza [20 mins from city centre]. Also the natural lake in Vouliagmeni known as Lake Vouliagmeni is a must when in Athens. Moving to the Northern part of the city I think people would like to see places like Kifissia and Kefalari...ok not ideal for tourists as these places are expensive but to show another side of Athens. I mean why not. Kifissia is full of great places to eat, drink, shop & has some great hotels too it's a lovely neighbourhood. Even Kolonaki in central Athens remains unknown to many tourists....they would love it if they knew about it....And let's not forget the great restaurant choices in Glyfada a neighbourhood located also in the South. Anyway just offering some advice. Thx
Apostolos A.E.K. Your country is amazing. I learnt so much about its fascinating and glorious history and culture. I really love Athens, Acropolis was so grand, loved the Plaka district and the National Archaeological museum. There were so much to see in Athens. Although my personal preference was Delphi as I enjoyed every minute when I was there. Hydra Island was also the most beautiful island I've ever visited as it was one of the best days in my life. People were friendly and polite. Your metro was cheap but effective, foods were delicious and not overpriced. Will definitely go back and highly recommended!!
K&W513 thanks for your great words! Hydra is gorgeous. I prefer it from Mykonos because it is not so overcrowded. You can calm better and feel more convenient there
I have watched many videos of yours mat. You are doing a great job indeed, enlightening us with beneficial info and exposure of traveling. My next trip would be the" Athens". Keep it up!
Such a wonderful introduction to Athens and Greece, Thank you! Still, just an introduction, since only few things could be presented in its restricted durance. As a born and bread athenian, i find it too litlle to even give a partly idea of the things that make Athens a place to go for! to start with, far as museums are concenrned, there was no reference to two of its most spectacular if not most important museums (among lots of others like the islamic art museum, the byzantine museam , the national gallery, etc) which are among the biggest, most interesting and worldwide known of the city: The new magnificent Museum of the Akropolis (where the amazing treasures of the findings on the holy rock are exposed), and the Benaki ones. Second, no reference was made to the fantastic athenian coast line, the so-called "Athens riviera" where one can be within few minutes from the city center to swim in sparkling clean waters, or just relax. Third, nothing was said about the "panathinean stadium" -so called "kallimarmaro" =made of fine marble, the ancient Athenian stadium in the city center, which was revovated in the end of the 19th century for the first modern olympic games (1896). forth, the olympic site, where the brilliant olympic games of 2004 took place, was not mentioned at all, and neither were the city’s beautiful northern suburbs (Kifisia, kefalari etc)and mount Parnes, which, located on a higher altitude , are in a full contrast to the ones by the coast ( a central European environment versus a fully mediterranean one, all in one city!). Fifth, two high quality multi cultural centers the "Hellenic world" on Pireos str. and the "home of art and culture" of the Onasis institution. In both there are lots to see and enjoy! Sixth, the lots of other than Delphi important and historical spots around the city (Mycenes/city of Agamemnon the leader of the Troyan war, Epidavros with its famous unique ancient theater, ancient Korinth, Cape Sounion at the most southern end of the Athens riviera/Attica peninsula with the glorious temple of Poseidon overlooking the Aegean sea, the pretty and historical neoclassical town of Nafplia/ first capital city (1830)of the new greek state, etc.etc. Athens also owns the best european planetarium, a fabulous "modern art" museum, beautiful hills (its most spectacular one, right in its heart, lecabetus, gives you a fantasic view of all the city and even more), more beautiful islands (other than Hydra)of amazing beauty ( poros, hydra, spetses etc) located a stone's throw from the city, historical monasteries and churches (the monastery of Dafhni /”moni Daphniou” is protected by Unesco as a monument of the world cultural heritage )high quality concert halls (like the "megaron musikis" complex) and numerous very good theaters, amazing entertainment sites (don't miss "gazi", the Athen's "village" so to say) and next year, its new ultra modern national library and Opera house complex by its "faliro" promenade will add extra prestige to a city which is always waiting for you to really descover, live and enjoy and not just see! Last but not least, its excellent urban transportation system (which was mentioned in the film too) its fantastic weather, its unique cultural life (do go to a listen to some,any, good greek singer in one of the very many concerts given in the open theaters of the city if you are here in the summer time, or go the famous "epidavros" theater for a classic greek drama performance and not only, or go to an Athens festival performance at the ancient Odeum by the akropolis etc etc), its friendly open and warmhearted people, all these and not only, are just some of the reasons why my city is one and only, and visiting it a must for everyone! Thank you for reading this!!!
I think he needs to make ten videos if not more to cover everything you mention but this was a very good introduction, very interesting and enjoyable to watch nevertheless.
Dear Steve, I am in India and wish to visit Greece some day . I watched this video and have enjoyed it start to end. You have described places very well and I am impressed with your commentary.
8:11 "strong Greek coffee." How delicious that sounds! I really do like coffee, and I really would like to try Mediterranean coffee, Greek and Turkish coffee. Even though surely it is stronger than I'm used to coffee.
I love Rick's travel programs - he is so good and very knowledgeable - such a joy watching his travel programs. I've been to all the places mentioned in Athens plus I did a day cruise to 3 islands (Hydra, Aegina and Poros) - all of them were great. Delphi is a must visit for sure but I'm surprised he didn't do the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion (especially around sunset) - that place is amazing at sunset
this is warm hospitality making sure your guest enjoys and never go hungry...a complete opposite to a typical american hospitality, wherein they ask you to bring your own food...
I am from Turkey and i can say we are lucky that to be neighbour of Greece. Such a nice people and history.
❤️ from Greece!
Thank you but most of us don’t feel the same way. Not about the people but your government who wants to occupy Greek regions. If you really love us protest and push your government to stay at their borders and to take their army off the island of Cyprus too.
We need more people like you in the world. Respect each others cultures and build bridges. seni selamlıyorum my friend from Athens.
I dare say the Greeks are very unlucky to have you as neighbours.
This cannot be real, no Turkish person would say this haha
I have been to Greece 4 times; it is the most beautiful country I have seen.
I traveled to Europe, two years ago. Athens is one of my favorite cities. I spent a week there. I really enjoyed the main square, the flea market, the agora and the monastiraki neighborhood. I’ll never forget it. The Athens Hub Hostel is one of the best. 🇬🇷
Come on Greece is just heaven the islands the beaches the food the people the architecture EVERYTHING IS JUST SO GOOD
@scrimHerolex: thanks for your kind words about my country!
Greece is more than a myth, there is a reason why we believed in gods and these reasons you can feel if you was in greece, of course for us greeks it's an indescribable energy which we feel since ever, it's the DNA.
THANK you and God bless you!
I'm going for the first time this September. I CAN'T WAIT!!!
Anyone else jealous that Rick and his crew get to travel to such beautiful places and eat scrumptious and wonderfully looking food?
I am
Yes. I want his job.
Whether reading a book,or watching a video,Greece has always fascinated me.
And touches my very soul.
Love Greece and the Greeks. Much respect from Denmark 🇬🇷🇩🇰 I will viste Athens after the pandemic
Thanks for you kind words and you're welcome anytime in Athens.
Every time I watch a Rick Steves show I want to move to that place!
Greece. My favorite country on earth
Greece is the cradle of civilization it shaped the world today we are all Greeks
Greece, in my opinion, out of all the countries in Europe, is the most fascinating and amazing because of its (ancient and medieval) civilization, artifacts, mythology and architectures. But I've only been to Athens and Sounion and I still want to go travel to Greece again (in other places in Greece like Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Sparti, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Delphi, Mt Athos and Olympus and many more). 🇬🇷 🇬🇷 Greece #1!! 🇬🇷 🇬🇷
Amazed by the history of Ancient Greece. It is a must go for me.
+1
I'm counting, I will leave Amsterdam for good in 8 days. I just feel from the inside this will be the best move in my life. Sold all my belonging including my house and got a job in Athens.
I feel so blessed.
Q Werf I think you’ll be disappointed my friend. Life in Athens is not easy. It’s a dirty city with little infrastructure and people can be rude. Things have gotten worse after the crisis. As a visitor you might think it’s nice but living in Athens is completely different. I believe Amsterdam is a much friendlier city to live
@@qwerf1897 please let us know, how's it been going for you in Athens thus far.
@@qwerf1897 I believe you totally. The best to you !
Thank you very much. The Acropolis, the Delphi and the Epidaurus theatre are a must go!
That food in Hydra!! How I miss it. 25 years ago I lived in Athens! it has changed so much! Such beauty and vibrancy, and so much history... and the best looking young men in the world, still! ;-)
Athens is my favorite place in Greece. Absolutely Beautiful
Sure, what a beautiful place
Delphi, my hometown. Thank you Mr. Rick Steves for your work.
MusicHistory100 May I consult you the next time I have to go to war!
You can consult me for everything not only war.
Hey MusicHistory100, is it true that Delphi has strongest mystical and spiritual power., and also healing potentials -- never been there but admire from far??
Do me a prophecy
MusicHistory100
When is my time
i love Athens and all Greece people
Sanjeev Kumar thanks for that
Hey indian
Yes the country and the people are unique. Magical, I can't explain. Such warm people out there, I never want to go back to Holland.
The mainland is good, but the islands are better.
Wish i can go to Greece before I die. Cradle of virtues. Wonderful people and wonderful country :)
I just got here yesterday! book a flight and come! You'll love it!
It's unfortunate that Ricj Steeves stopped making travel videos. The format was so attractive. We always want to go to the country
that he presents. In the mean time we can watch the old ones.
I love Rick's videos! I wish I could travel with him?
Another gem from Rick Stevens! In the 1990s. I took a trip with my daughter to Athens and also over to Ephesus.That all of the Mediterranean was seafaring strikes you most clearly when you see these small port cities and know their fame.
Thank you again for the superb camera work and the quiet thoroughly knowledgeable lectures!
One of the best travel guide ever!
Yes it is, he has been traveling to Europe since he was 17, 25 years of travel experience and advice!!!
Greece is so historical, cultural, and beautiful. 😍
Why don’t you say something we don’t know??
Back again next week to The Peloponese. After my home in Cornwall, favourite place on earth.
I am amazed at the Greek landscape
Rick Steves you are the best!!! all your videos make me want to travel again!
ATHENS I LOVE YOU
That is IT ! I am so hungry now...... I see such great food...... and great sunsets.... I am thinking I will gain weight just watching..... but maybe dance it off in one of the dancing places older traditional dancing places..... Athens..... really beautiful.
Majestic Parthenon,majestic Athens!
Greetings from iraq(Mesopotamia) to greece and Her people
Thank you and Hello to you too!
Kill pop
you are arabized now, sorry.
Για σου ρε φίλε 🇬🇷 🇮🇶
Greece humenity approaches artistic upgrades utilizing till further new generation watch wonderfully.❤🎉
greece is such the best state of the world
nation*
Its actually a nation-state@@nerdyowl1672
Excellent documentation Rick steves..day after tomorrow I am going to Athens..very authentic information..thanks Rick
I visited Greece in 2010 and this brings back so many wonderful memories! The country is stunningly beautiful and the people are wonderful, especially if you learn some Greek beforehand, which isn't that difficult.
That last sentence was for you, Rick: although you're getting better at pronouncing foreign words, several modern Greek letters have changed their sounds, as in B is now V, D is TH as in 'this,' G is a 'soft' G not found in English (a voiced X to be precise), so Hydra is pronounced EE-thra.
One thing that was especially charming about the Agora was all the tortoises walking around in the grass, something that isn't advertised and left for visitors to discover on their own. Another big plus for Athens is how it cares for its stray dogs and cats, who get regular checkups from veterinarians and are not left to starve. As a result they are quite friendly, and the dogs even obey traffic signals!
Jeff Rey you mean the entire tourism community of Greece managed to keep the tortoise “Easter Egg” to surprise people and you just blew it? At a minimum, you should edit your comment to begin with 🚨MASSIVE SPOILER 🚨
@@eliedgecomb4903 So glad I read yours first.
Classical architecture should be seen as integrated into its original natural landscape. Stunning harmony and beauty
Delphi is an amazing spot. the new museum there is excellent too.
Rick Steves has motivated me to book a flight to Athens this week and following this journey but added a few more destinations to my itinerary such as Meteora, Syros and Santorini. I am excited and anxious at the same time considering the current situation. I think we can live and go and on our lives with caution rather than living in fear and hide.
How was the trip? I'm thinking of going in June
@@christinadeshaies4465 it was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I am sure all places in Greece are equally stunning, more so if you like history but the places I've visited were breathtaking, especially Meteora and Santorini. Greeks are very welcoming and helpful if you are traveling alone. Have fun!
ಅಥೆನ್ಸ್ ನಗರ ನೋಡಲು ಸುಂದರವಾಗಿದೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಪುರಾತನವು.
It is April 20th, 2024. Hello World, from Edmonton Alberta Canada. Flashback to Spring 1978 when in my mid 20's, now 69, my good friend Kim spent 3.5 months backpacking ALL OVER Europe & G.B. So many Countries & Cities & Towns. Sleeping in Hostels, homes,student Hostels, gravel pits, farmers fields, rattle snake infested, as it turned out, to stunningly beautiful homes & apartments, in beautiful sunny days & torrential rain driven roadside memories, Greece has been CALLING ME to return, as with so many other locations, but I Will be Athens Bound, maybe to Jimmy's Student House, LOL! KALEVI on Creti where we stayed & even worked (duleahed) in hot greenhouses picking g cucumbers & tomatoes, then WALKING THRU THE MOUNTAINS TO CHORA SAVAKIA!! Scorpions, Snakes, & HEAT! LOL! LIFETIME MEMORIES. Now, without Kim,R.I.P., I (WE) WILL BE BACK! PART CRUISE, Part HOSTEL & HOTEL, NO part GRAVEL PIT, GREECE, HERE I COME! Late Spring or later, but 2024, Please "LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON", I WON'T IGNORE YOUR CALLING ANY LONGER! I'M JUST RECOVERING FROM SOME SERIOUS STUFF, ALMOST GOOD TO GO, THEN "NOTHING CAN STOP ME, THEN! WOW! IF O LY YOU COULD SEE THE SMILE ON MY FACE! ON KIM'S FACE,FROM ABOVE, ALSO! P.S. I'm sure to spend 2-3 MONTHS in total so will SPLURGE on a EURORAIL PASS so I can relive as many GREAT CITY & COUNTRIES TOWNS & "FARMERS FIELDS", LOL, as I remember every one as though it were YESTERDAY! Thank you GREECE, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE STARTED!!! DID I REALLY SAY "69"? CAN'T BE! AGAIN, LOL!
It's nice to see something positive and up-beat! I'm married to an 'Athenian' and only get all the doom and gloom about the economy.
I could reallllly go some Gyro now! :)
Lovely film Steve, and very informative. This looks like all the best of the beauties of Greece. It really makes me want to go again. Thanks.
He is not called Steve
Wow 😮 one of my favorite 🌎 planet so unique looks like very peaceful place to go thanks 🙏 again sir Steve great effort god bless and peace
Greece is the best and safest destination for your 2021 summer vacations.
Rick Steves always delivers the best content! Great look into Athens.
Athens is a city of outstanding plurality ,where all historical periods and art movements are present. From ancient and medieval remains to contemporary art exhibitions,this city has a lot to offer to demanding and curious visitors. Greek people are very helpful and friendly.Moreover,Athens offers a wide variety of shopping opportunities and can be your base for further traveling.For example, you can visit chalandri,marousi,kifissia,pireus,nauplio,thebes and many islands,like Euboia,aigina,spetses.Gastronomical and relaxation experiences are also widely available.Greece is a nice country to visit for its culture and nice weather.
Excellent show by "Rick Steves' Europe" Rick is a terrific, warm host. All of Greece is a miracle on Earth. Finally, it's nice to hear Leonidis pronounced correctly for a change.
beautiful amazing greece
I love Greece!
I cannot believe that Rick missed out the Marble Stadium built for the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. Absolutely fantastic and only a few hundred yards from Syntagma Square !
I'm from South Africa, I wish to visit there some day and possibly work there.
I love Rick.
greeeece is Caaallling me😍😍
Beautiful! I enjoyed every segment of this video. Thank you Rick.
Glorious to return visually to the magnificence of Greece.
I travelled here in the 1980s and this was an even better trip!
Congratulations as well to your cameraman’s impeccable work as you inform and his eye moves slowly in partnership.
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"They gained syllables" - thank you, Rick!
Your travel video is different from others. Yours is always had a educational view point, as you starts the commentary and the corresponding video's are interesting to learn the history of the places, objects, etc. It encourages to know more of that, but your video goes off. You are the only person who depicts travel video of your own style. I like it.
Thanks for sharing... so beautiful I have been to some of those
Rick Steves: The Master of Touring
Your videos are educational, facinating and wonderful! Thank you!
I remember that lady in the 8th minute. I was there too in august 2013. I was walking around Anafiotika with a girl, we could smell the flowers in the air and we sat at a bench nearby and we heard that lady singing
Thank you for this very informative and beautiful video.
Once again, a wonderful tour. Used your book to help guide me around Athens. Found my way to Hydra and a pebbly beach a few steps from the port well away from the crowds and the organized island day trip. Per your guidance caught a public bus to Delphi to leisurely explore the ruins and catch guidance from the Oracle. You have enhanced my travels and knowledge of art throughout the world. Thank you for your wonderful life's work.
this is exactly the kind of video I was looking for. Can't wait to be able to travel again and visit Athens.
Greece ❤from India
LOVE RICK STEVE'S Commentary of all his Video's so informative and interesting. Please travel the world for me.
Excellent job, Greece and Athens is BEAUTIFUL more videos from Greece please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Rick, I always enjoy your videos & just wanted offer some useful tips to your viewers on Athens. I know it's not easy to go everywhere and film everything but I'd like to suggest just a few places that I think you should include in your videos of Athens. Firstly the beaches in the South of the city and I'm not talking about the beaches in Glyfada or Faliro I mean the great beaches in Voula, Vouliagmeni, Kavouri and Varikiza [20 mins from city centre]. Also the natural lake in Vouliagmeni known as Lake Vouliagmeni is a must when in Athens. Moving to the Northern part of the city I think people would like to see places like Kifissia and Kefalari...ok not ideal for tourists as these places are expensive but to show another side of Athens. I mean why not. Kifissia is full of great places to eat, drink, shop & has some great hotels too it's a lovely neighbourhood. Even Kolonaki in central Athens remains unknown to many tourists....they would love it if they knew about it....And let's not forget the great restaurant choices in Glyfada a neighbourhood located also in the South. Anyway just offering some advice. Thx
Thank you for this preview Rick, will be going to Athens & Santorini next Sept 2016, so hopefully will check out all the places you feature here...
Hope everyone can travel more this year who wish to Greece.
Thank you Rick for the videos. I wish I could visit Greece someday!
Beautiful Greece.
Un millon de gracias Sr. Steve's, por compartir sus viajes con todos nosotros !!
Bendiciones 🌠
The food he has in his hand at the beginning.. is SOOOOOO GOODD!! i eat it every morning before going to bed :)
can't wait to get here.
An outstanding video. Very rewarding. Enjoyable for everyone.
I love this programme.
Thank you Rick! I did follow exactly everything you did when I visited Athens, Delphi and Hydra island. Thank you for your excellent travel tips!
K&W513 thanks for visiting my country! How did you find it?
Apostolos A.E.K. Your country is amazing. I learnt so much about its fascinating and glorious history and culture. I really love Athens, Acropolis was so grand, loved the Plaka district and the National Archaeological museum. There were so much to see in Athens. Although my personal preference was Delphi as I enjoyed every minute when I was there. Hydra Island was also the most beautiful island I've ever visited as it was one of the best days in my life. People were friendly and polite. Your metro was cheap but effective, foods were delicious and not overpriced. Will definitely go back and highly recommended!!
K&W513 thanks for your great words! Hydra is gorgeous. I prefer it from Mykonos because it is not so overcrowded. You can calm better and feel more convenient there
I have watched many videos of yours mat. You are doing a great job indeed, enlightening us with beneficial info and exposure of traveling. My next trip would be the" Athens". Keep it up!
His name isn’t mat
It’s Rick
such a beautiful and fantastic country, love from turkey!
oh my gosh this is the purest thank you so much
Such a wonderful introduction to Athens and Greece, Thank you! Still, just an introduction, since only few things could be presented in its restricted durance. As a born and bread athenian, i find it too litlle to even give a partly idea of the things that make Athens a place to go for! to start with, far as museums are concenrned, there was no reference to two of its most spectacular if not most important museums (among lots of others like the islamic art museum, the byzantine museam , the national gallery, etc) which are among the biggest, most interesting and worldwide known of the city: The new magnificent Museum of the Akropolis (where the amazing treasures of the findings on the holy rock are exposed), and the Benaki ones. Second, no reference was made to the fantastic athenian coast line, the so-called "Athens riviera" where one can be within few minutes from the city center to swim in sparkling clean waters, or just relax. Third, nothing was said about the "panathinean stadium" -so called "kallimarmaro" =made of fine marble, the ancient Athenian stadium in the city center, which was revovated in the end of the 19th century for the first modern olympic games (1896). forth, the olympic site, where the brilliant olympic games of 2004 took place, was not mentioned at all, and neither were the city’s beautiful northern suburbs (Kifisia, kefalari etc)and mount Parnes, which, located on a higher altitude , are in a full contrast to the ones by the coast ( a central European environment versus a fully mediterranean one, all in one city!). Fifth, two high quality multi cultural centers the "Hellenic world" on Pireos str. and the "home of art and culture" of the Onasis institution. In both there are lots to see and enjoy! Sixth, the lots of other than Delphi important and historical spots around the city (Mycenes/city of Agamemnon the leader of the Troyan war, Epidavros with its famous unique ancient theater, ancient Korinth, Cape Sounion at the most southern end of the Athens riviera/Attica peninsula with the glorious temple of Poseidon overlooking the Aegean sea, the pretty and historical neoclassical town of Nafplia/ first capital city (1830)of the new greek state, etc.etc. Athens also owns the best european planetarium, a fabulous "modern art" museum, beautiful hills (its most spectacular one, right in its heart, lecabetus, gives you a fantasic view of all the city and even more), more beautiful islands (other than Hydra)of amazing beauty ( poros, hydra, spetses etc) located a stone's throw from the city, historical monasteries and churches (the monastery of Dafhni /”moni Daphniou” is protected by Unesco as a monument of the world cultural heritage )high quality concert halls (like the "megaron musikis" complex) and numerous very good theaters, amazing entertainment sites (don't miss "gazi", the Athen's "village" so to say) and next year, its new ultra modern national library and Opera house complex by its "faliro" promenade will add extra prestige to a city which is always waiting for you to really descover, live and enjoy and not just see! Last but not least, its excellent urban transportation system (which was mentioned in the film too) its fantastic weather, its unique cultural life (do go to a listen to some,any, good greek singer in one of the very many concerts given in the open theaters of the city if you are here in the summer time, or go the famous "epidavros" theater for a classic greek drama performance and not only, or go to an Athens festival performance at the ancient Odeum by the akropolis etc etc), its friendly open and warmhearted people, all these and not only, are just some of the reasons why my city is one and only, and visiting it a must for everyone! Thank you for reading this!!!
I'm sure if he were to mention all of these wonderful places, the video would have been 2 hours long!
@@jsprite123 Let's hope these mentions will encourage him to make more videos like the last one.
Great mentions. Now that you've mentioned these places, perhaps he'll make another video on Athens.
You're right. My trip to Attica and Sterea Ellada will comprise this and much more astonishing stuff
I think he needs to make ten videos if not more to cover everything you mention but this was a very good introduction, very interesting and enjoyable to watch nevertheless.
Dear Steve, I am in India and wish to visit Greece some day . I watched this video and have enjoyed it start to end. You have described places very well and I am impressed with your commentary.
Did you visit Greece yet?
Rick’s traveldocus are the best! Wonderful and informative video about place I will soon visit, I hope!👍❤️
Thanks a lot for sharing so beautiful and important video!
Athens is amazing.
8:11 "strong Greek coffee." How delicious that sounds! I really do like coffee, and I really would like to try Mediterranean coffee, Greek and Turkish coffee. Even though surely it is stronger than I'm used to coffee.
I love Rick's travel programs - he is so good and very knowledgeable - such a joy watching his travel programs.
I've been to all the places mentioned in Athens plus I did a day cruise to 3 islands (Hydra, Aegina and Poros) - all of them were great. Delphi is a must visit for sure but I'm surprised he didn't do the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion (especially around sunset) - that place is amazing at sunset
We really enjoyed your podcast while visiting the Parthenon and Agora etc!!
Absolutely loved this! So informative and presented so well 🙌
Great video! Thanks...visiting Greece and three islands in April, can’t wait!
this is warm hospitality making sure your guest enjoys and never go hungry...a complete opposite to a typical american hospitality, wherein they ask you to bring your own food...
It's not hospitality if they ask you to bring your own food, this isn't polite.
I LOVE ATHEN!
THE BEAUTYFULL CITY IN EUROPA!
....just beautiful,..Thank you!
love how the lady at the dinner table cracks up !
Greece is the word, for peace.
"the king gave a balcony from this speech" Steve, hahahhaha!!
Hello from the United States of America....this video is great and informative.
Steve you truly are the best!👌
Tnx for all your posts
God bless Greece
Greece is the best!!!