On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:50:53 -0700, wrote:
>I will need three rooms in a hotel in/near the Plaka form mid-October.
>Something close to the Metro.
>Suggestions please.
>Also, do the hotels provide transportation to and from the airport?
>Tours. Any suggestions as to reputable tour guides or tour companies, with
>transportation for 6 adults?
>William
>Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
>
You might want to do a search online for "Athens Hotels." Some travel
sites have feedback forums so you can see the reactions of previous
customers. I won't make any specific recommendations, but there are
plenty of hotels in the Plaka area, and mid-October is the beginning
of the low season.
The kind of hotels you are looking for generally don't provide airport
transportation.
The closest Metro stations are Monastiraki, or Syntagma. The Metro
line serves the airport directly. If you have too much baggage to use
the Metro (or the airport bus), your best bet is to take a cab.
As for tours, at that time of year, it's no problem finding tours
locally, from the many tourist agencies in central Athens. In other
words, this is something that can be arranged on the spur of the
moment. I wouldn't recommend making a commitment ahead of time, sight
unseen. Talk to the people in person and see how you like them. (And
everybody in that line of work speaks English.)
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