Athens is one of the world’s oldest cities with its record of earliest human presence started between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. It is a great city of learning and philosophy development and well known as the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. Athens also influences the cultural and political aspects of other countries. Currently, Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It is also has become the leading centre for financial, maritime, political and economical in Greece. Besides that, Athens is also known for its port, Piraeus, which is the largest passenger port in Europe and second-largest in the world. As for the tourism industry, there are two famous two UNESCO World Heritage Sites which are the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery.

Best time to fly from Bacolod to Athens

The best times to visit Athens are between March and May and from September to November. Visitors are recommended to visit during spring as the sunshine and weather is moderate and the crowd and the prices of hotels and flights are reasonably cheap.

Main airports available in Bacolod to Athens

Athens International Airport – This international airport is serving the city of Athens and the region of Attica. The construction of this airport started on 28 March 2001 and has become the largest international airport in Greece. With its growing incoming passengers annually, it is the 27^th busiest airport in Europe as of 2018. The airport currently has two terminals, the main terminal and the satellite terminal accessible by an underground link from the main terminal.

Climate pattern in Bacolod to Athens

Athens has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. It has an alternation between prolonged hot and dry summers and mild winters with moderate rainfall. Between October and April, rainfall occurs largely. Meanwhile, July and August are the driest months when the rainfall is pretty minimal. Athens also experience heatwave occasionally from the island and human activity. The highest temperature recorded is at 48.0 °C based on the World Meteorological Organization, which is the highest temperature in Europe.

Highlights attractions in Athens

• Plaka - One of the oldest attractions in Athens, Plaka is made up of streets that are comprised of restaurants, jewellery stores, tourist shops and cafes. Besides that, it also consists of vendors selling street food, souvenirs, street musicians, flower sellers, photographers and people who sell beads and a little piece of wood that can engrave your name. It is also known as the nicest neighbourhood as the people here are friendly and can consider bargaining.
• Acropolis Museum - Founded in 2003, Acropolis museum is an archaeological museum was built to house from every artefact found on the rock and the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. The Organization of the Museum was established in 2008 and officially opened to the public on 20 June 2009. The museum mainly concentrates on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. There are around 4,000 objects exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres alongside the timeline of the findings of the artefacts.
• Byzantine and Christian Museum - This museum is located near the upmarket area of Kolonaki and built-in 1948 in the Tuscan Renaissance style. From afar, the main building of the museum resembles a Tuscan villa set in a beautiful enclosed courtyard away from the busy main road of Vasilissis Sofias. The museum mainly showcases the power and influence of the Byzantine Empire and the legacy it left behind as well as the earliest expressions of Christianity.