Is Athens Worth Visiting? My 96% Honest Opinion • Indie Traveller

When researching Athens online, you’ll no doubt find a few bloggers saying it’s ‘not their favorite’ or ‘not what they expected’. What gives?

It’s easy to see why Athens can elicit so many strong opinions. I happen to love Athens — and I think it’s worth staying at least 2 or 3 days. But I must admit, I liked Athens much more the second time around, without the baggage of sky-high expectations.

I believe that if you know what to expect of Athens, you can revel in what makes it unique — and enjoy it twice as much.

What’s Athens like?

When you think of Athens you surely think of Ancient Greece.

You think of it being the Birthplace of Democracy.

And you’ll no doubt imagine scenes of all sorts of classical splendor and, I don’t know, people in white tunics being fed grapes.

That is not what contemporary Athens is.

I first visited Athens back in 2011, when Greece was still in the throes of its financial crisis. Instead of some glorious ancient city, I was…