Athens Weather Before visiting the Greek capital city, you definitely need to know how Athens weather will be during your trip. In general, Athens climate is mild and nice, with no low temperatures and extreme weather conditions. In summer Athens temperature can rise up to 42°C (107 °F), but usually it would be from 29°C […]
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While preparing your trip to Athens, you will definitely be wondering “What should I pack for Athens?”. This is probably one of the most common questions when you start packing for a new trip. “How will be the weather in Athens” and “what I will do there” are among others the two first things crossing your mind.
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In Greece, the service fee is always included in the price that you pay. Tipping is not.
In fact, tipping is a matter of how satisfied you are from the service provided. If you are happy with your waiter, your receptionist, the housekeeper or your taxi driver you may leave generous tips. If not, by leaving no tips at all is a way to show your dissatisfaction!
In general when you tip somebody you round the amount to the next euro, next five euros or next ten euros depending on the total that you are asked to pay. For example if your bill is 8 euros, you may leave 10 euros, if it is 46 euros, you may leave 50 euros etc... A regular tip should be 7%-20% on the bill. The happiest you are with the service, the higher the tip you may give!
Visit Acropolis early in the morning or after 4.00' pm.
Acropolis and the Parthenon can be really populated during the pick time which is after 10.00′ am, while crowds of tourists and groups of cruise travelers visit the sacred rock. In summer time, after 13.00′ the sun is at the highest spot and the heat is really unbearable.
So, don’t visit Acropolis from 10.00′ to 16.00′. Visit it early in the morning or after 4pm; just double check the closing time and make sure that you will have about 2 to 2.30′ hours to spent on the hill.
