Athens & Peloponnese

Guidebook corrections:

Please note: The following corrections were submitted by readers and have not yet been confirmed by Rick. Check updates from Rick for the latest.

The meal deal price on page 174 for Sholarhio Ouzeri Kouklis is incorrect. Now 14 Euro per person.

Miyuki and James in Los Angeles, CA USA 11/18/2009

Rather than try to deal with metro and bus to get from Pireaus to Bus Station A in Athens I took a taxi. Only 15 minutes and only 8 euros. That made it possible to take the 6:55am ferry from Hydra and still easily make the 9:30 am bus to Olympia.

Davy Davis in Denver, CO USA 10/09/2009

Dear Rick Steves

I was in Italy and Greece for two weeks using your guidebooks and audio guides and had a great time. The information was helpful and I wanted to say thank you. Although my real token of thanks was that I purchased a 2nd guide book.

I also have a suggestion for Athens. I had a hard time finding the Liossian stop on bus #024 (used to get to Delphi). I would suggest putting the word Liossian in Greek letters in your book as the bus routes are only in Greek. Moreover, it appeared to me on the way back that the Metro stop where Green and Red intersect farther from the city center is actually closer to Liossian (via bus #024) than the Syntagma stop. Now as I said I was having a hard time with the directions so it might be that I was just lost and your directions are better, but the other folks I talked to thought the other stop was closer.

And the New Acropolis museum is beautiful, only costs 1 Euro for the rest of the year and might even merit a 3 triangles rating.

Regards,

jacob in Cincinnati, oh USA 09/15/2009

Hop In tours was horrible for Athens. We booked a 4 hour tour, and received a poorly-done 2 hour tour. Many things which were promised on the website (i.e. Archaeological museum of Athens) were not covered. There was no traffic on Sunday, so we got to the Acropolis with lots of time. The guide, George, gave us a little talk at the top of the Acropolis and wanted us to explore 'on our own' x 1 hour. At the top of the hill, he announced that the tour would end there, and if you wanted a ride back to the hotel, to meet at the bottom of the hill for the bus. We were not staying at a hotel in Athens, and had to go all the way back down the hill to get our backpack from the bus, then climb back up the hill to the Acropolis / Agora. We were hoping for guidance in seeing the Acropolis and Athens. Instead, we met up with another group reading the Rick Steves Athens book on the top of the hill. Hop In advertised that they have hotel pickups, but didn't pick us up from the Piraeus port. Would not recommend this tour group to anyone.

Gloria Hasler in Palmdale, CA USA 08/27/2009

Not exactly corrections, but comments. On the original DVD that features Athens there is a 1 min segment on the bucket (discount) shops off Syntagma square. I could find no references in the guide book. What happened to them?

Wayne watson in Nevaca City, CA USA 08/09/2009

We tried to go to the laundromat you suggest in Athens but was told by the nearby restaurateur that they had closed a few months earlier.

Janet Schaffel in Potomac, MD United States 07/26/2009