Friday 14th June 2019
Our plan today was fairly straightforward, to visit Athens to see The Parthenon and any other attractions that took our fancy.
The Parthenon Athens
Athens – A Very Bad Day
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Olympia Visit
Thursday 30th May 2019
We took a drive out today to visit Olympia, where the ancient Olympic games were held, every four years, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
It was a journey of about 70km each way and we took advantage of the lower diesel prices here to fill the cars tank. I don’t think the lady doing the filling could have got another drop in 🙂 Continue reading Olympia Visit
Sassi di Matera & Trulli di Alberobello
Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Today we set off to visit the prehistoric troglodyte settlement of Sassi di Matera and the Trulli di Alberobello famous for the unique trullo buildings, whitewashed dry stone huts with conical roofs.
We left it rather late to leave for our visit and didn’t arrive at Matera until around 4pm and the town was still very busy. We decided to backtrack to the belvedere on the Murgia plateau where there are fantastic views of Matera and the ravine, known locally as la Gravina, over which it hangs. The viewpoints location is 40.6639N 16.6178E.
Sassi di Matera seen from Belvedere