TASTIC wrote:We fly into Athens from Malta, so will be training round Greece I suspect. Happy to bus though, we get around and aren't too fussed how we get from A to B.
Not religious at all, but we do appreciate the religious history, artefacts and buildings etc so we're very keen for that. More keen for the tourist stuff over the fun in the cities - we've been doing that in London for the past 3 years so this is more sight-seeing etc.
Must see in Athens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athenshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_HephaestusGood places for a walk and shoppin are Kolonaki and Monastiraki.
Also a lot of museums around Athens if you're into that.
Now for some ideas for the rest of Greece if you decide to travel around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeteoraUnique view, there are literally dozens of churches built in cliffs and mountains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_GreeceThe place where the Olympics started.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DelphiArchaeological site, people used to go there for oracles.
If you decide to visit north Greece the best place to go would be Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki.
An alternative would be to visit some islands, we really have many and beautiful ones. Best option this time of year would be Crete. Some things you can visit there;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhaistosSo these are the best options I could think of, although I don't think you can visit them all in one week. You'll either head north from athens, or take a boat trip to the islands.
P.S. sorry for the late reply, I'm in the army currently and have limited free time and internet access.