| In Athens, some things never change—including tourist magnets like the Acropolis and the Parthenon. Other parts of Athens, however, would be unrecognizable to someone who’d visited a year ago. With a pre-Olympic makeover that added new metro services and miles of pedestrian-friendly streets in 2004, this once-unattractive, congested city has earned a new lease on life. Today, raves dominate after dark, and visitors spend their days exploring the National Archeological Museum or sipping ouzo at sunny cafés. |
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| Athens photo by Re Carroll |
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