Who said that the guides don't care about their education? Nobody! Because they care greatly about it they went back to school. Really!
Being a guide is not being just an ambassador of our country, but being a human, sensitive especially to the social groups in need. That's why The Association of Licensed Tourist Guides, Athens-Greece participates, when there is the opportunity, in projects, where we can help our fellow men!
Every year, as a celebration of New Year, the Greeks cut a cake, which they call Vasilopita (Basil's cake). There is a token inside and the one who finds it, has got good luck for the whole year.
Chaeronea, 2 August 338 BC: A day that changed the world" is the title of the temporary exhibition organised by the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, which is until March 2024.
It's a fact, when we visit a museum, we don't really stand and observe or even take a look of the inscriptions. The most of us usually try to see the most known or impressive objects, quickly check out the explanation and take, of course, a picture of the moment.
November is slowly coming to its end and December is going to take its place. The visits though of the archaeological sites and museums are still going on, without giving the feeling that the tourist season is over, since it's winter.
The National Glyptotheque is one of the important, but not much known museums of Athens. It's located in Athens, in an area of 6500 m2 in the Army Park in Goudi. It's an annex of the National Gallery of Greece.