Athens

Athens, the crowded, grubby and polluted capital of Greece, has been given a new lease on life for the 2004 Olympic Games. Hotels have been revamped, museums renovated, an efficient new airport is up and running, and an elegant glass and steel domed Olympic Stadium has taken its place as a new city landmark. Best of all, public transport has been given a boost with extensions to the Athens metro system, shiny new stations having been turned into mini-museums to display the ... More about Athens