Day Trips
From Athens

Athens is one of the best-positioned capitals in Europe for day trips. Ancient sanctuaries, islands reachable by ferry i...

Perched on a cliff 60 metres above the Aegean Sea, the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion is one of the most dramatic an...

Two of the Peloponnese's greatest highlights in a single day -- the ancient citadel of Mycenae, seat of King Agamemnon, ...

No cars, no motorbikes, no high-rises. Hydra is the most atmospheric island you can reach from Athens in a day -- a car-...

Athens is one of the few European capitals where you can visit ancient ruins in the morning and swim in turquoise water ...

The ancient theatre at Epidaurus is the best-preserved theatre from antiquity -- 14,000 seats carved into a hillside, wi...

The closest Greek island to Athens and the easiest to reach -- Aegina is a 40-minute ferry ride from Piraeus, with a 2,5...

Giant sandstone pillars rising 300 metres from the Thessalian plain, topped by Byzantine monasteries that look like they...

Three Greek islands in a single day -- the Saronic Islands cruise is one of the most popular day trips from Athens. You ...

One of the most powerful cities in the ancient world, a Roman provincial capital, and the place where the Apostle Paul p...

Greece's most elegant small town -- Nafplio was the first capital of independent Greece, and it shows. Venetian fortress...

A small, green island separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strait just 250 metres wide -- Poros is one of the easi...

A collapsed cave filled with warm mineral water, surrounded by cliffs and pine trees, 25 km from central Athens. Lake Vo...

The wildest mountain near Athens -- Parnitha rises to 1,413 metres just 30 km north of the city centre. Pine forests, re...

In September 490 BC, an outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persian Empire on a coastal plain northeast of Athens -- ...

Greece has ski resorts. This surprises people. Mount Parnassus, 2,457 metres above sea level and about 2.5 hours from At...

Greece has been making wine for 6,500 years -- longer than almost anywhere on earth. Within an hour of central Athens, y...

Travelling with children in Greece doesn't mean choosing between your interests and theirs. The best day trips from Athe...

A 5 km sweep of golden sand backed by a dense pine forest, with the Marathon mountains rising behind -- Schinias is cons...

The least known of the Saronic islands and arguably the most beautiful for a simple beach day. Agistri is a small, pine-...

The furthest Saronic island from Athens and the most refined -- Spetses is where wealthy Athenians have kept summer home...

For nearly 2,000 years, Eleusis was the most sacred site in the Greek world -- home to secret initiation rites so closel...

One of the most important sanctuaries of the goddess Artemis, set in a quiet coastal valley on the east coast of Attica....

The closest mountain to central Athens -- Hymettus rises directly from the eastern suburbs, and you can be on a hiking t...

The mountain that built the Parthenon. Mount Penteli's ancient marble quarries supplied the luminous white stone for the...

The former summer residence of the Greek royal family, abandoned since the monarchy was abolished in 1974 and slowly bei...

Athens is one of the great food cities of the Mediterranean, and a food tour is one of the best ways to experience it --...

Greece's most important red wine region is a 90-minute drive from Athens, in the rolling hills of the northeastern Pelop...

A medieval fortress town built into the side of a massive rock rising from the sea, connected to the mainland by a singl...

Rappelling down waterfalls, sliding through narrow gorges, jumping into natural pools -- canyoning is one of the most ex...

Athens is a year-round destination, but the best day trip for you depends entirely on when you're visiting. Summer heat ...

The Corinth Canal is one of those places that's more impressive in person than in photos -- a 6.4 km slot carved through...

Ancient Nemea is one of the most underrated archaeological sites in Greece -- home to a partially reconstructed Temple o...

The closest island to Athens and one of the most historically significant places in the Western world -- yet almost no t...

Ramnous (Rhamnous) is the most remote and least visited major archaeological site in Attica -- a fortified ancient town ...

Kea is the closest Cycladic island to Athens -- just one hour by ferry from Lavrio port -- and almost nobody outside Gre...

Greece's second-largest island is right next to Athens -- barely an hour's drive to the bridge at Chalkida, or a quick f...

If you only have one day in Athens, you can still see the best of it -- but you need a plan. This is the itinerary I've ...

Two days in Athens is the sweet spot. You have enough time to absorb the ancient city properly, explore a neighbourhood ...

Three days is what Athens actually needs. With 72 hours, you can take the ancient city at a pace that lets things sink i...

Four days is the luxury version of Athens. You have enough time to linger where others hurry, to reach the museums and n...

Athens International Airport sits 33 kilometres east of the city center -- a distance that can be covered for as little ...

Athens gets 30 million visitors a year, and most of them see the same five things: the Acropolis, Plaka, Monastiraki, th...

The Athens Metro carries over a million passengers daily across three colour-coded lines and 66 stations, covering every...

Athens is one of the cheapest capital cities in Western Europe to visit, with budget travellers spending EUR 45-55 per d...

Mykonos lies just 150 km southeast of Athens across the Aegean -- close enough that the fastest ferry from Rafina port c...

Santorini sits roughly 200 km southeast of Athens across the Aegean Sea. Up to ten ferries make the crossing daily in su...

Athens has more than 70 museums spread across its compact centre, but a handful stand out as genuinely world-class -- th...

Athens enjoys over 250 days of sunshine per year and a mild Mediterranean climate that makes it a viable destination in ...

Five days is the number that unlocks Athens properly. Two days in the city lets you move at a human pace -- lingering in...

Athens is one of the few European capitals where world-class sightseeing genuinely costs zero. Between permanently free ...

Athens is one of Europe's safest capital cities for tourists. The US State Department rates Greece at Level 1 -- "exerci...

This walking route covers approximately 6 kilometres through the historic centre of Athens, linking 13 stops from Syntag...

Athens has over 250 days of sunshine, summer temperatures that routinely exceed 35C, and ancient marble surfaces so poli...