Aventuras a Pie (de Página)In this episode, we explore in detail the Sanctuary of Aphrodite on the Sacred Way.
This sanctuary is extremely famous due to its location next to a main road to go to Athens, but it is unknown to foreigners.
In this video, we explore the sanctuary, the museum of the Sacred Way, the walls of Eleusis and the western cemetery.
In this urban exploration video, we explore the ruins of the staff house of the Tatoi Royal Palace, on the outskirts of Athens, Greece.
This building, like many others in the area, had been abandoned for decades and it was later destroyed by a fire.
In this video, we visit the remains of the building.
In this video, we explore the restoration works of the royal estate of Tatoi, in the outskirts of Athens, Greece, which included the palace, the gardens and farm and the pantheon of the kings of Greece.
Spoiler Alert: They’ve done quite a good job!
In this video, I tell my personal story about the Camino, how it took me 3 years to complete it and my thoughts after arriving in Santiago.
In this video, we review the Spanish TV Series 3 Caminos of 2021, analyzing the plot and the storytelling and if it portrays the Camino experience accurately.
Spoiler Alert: It is not great.
In this video, we explore the different walls that the city of Athens, Greece, has had throughout history and many of its remains, mostly hidden in abandoned buildings and grounds, such as the wall of Themistocles, the wall of Valerius, the wall of Diateichisma, the wall of Proteichisma, the wall of Rizokastro, the wall of Hipapantis and the wall of Serpentza.
Audioguías:
Large walls of Athens (Inglés): https://ko-fi.com/s/1ee8f139a1
Small walls of Athens (Inglés): https://ko-fi.com/s/80a3af5b1d
Long Walls or Makra Teixi (English): https://ko-fi.com/s/30e6b7b3ea
The Philopappos Park is in the minds of tourists and Athenians a great place to admire the Parthenon, the Agora and the rest of Athens. However, the 3 hills that make it up, beyond the excellent views, are very full of interesting sites, such as caves, sanctuaries, walls, monuments, tombs, cisterns and many many ruins, if you know exactly where to look.
In this video, we are going to explore many of these remains, in addition to telling details of the history of Athens and of Greece.
Philopappos Audio Guide: https://ko-fi.com/s/3c3440dfff
In recent years, the trend of painting large murals as a way to beautify cities has become popular, and Athens has embraced this trend wholeheartedly.
Many tourists enjoy this open-air gallery; however, no organization had yet created a map documenting the locations of these works, which is what we have done.
This map includes murals by renowned Greek artists, as well as international artists such as INO, Soteur, Same84, Nikolaos Tsounakas, Aristeidis Lappas, Leonidas Giannakopulos, Robert Vargas, Alex Martinez, Billy Gee, Tristan Eaton, STMTS, Ruin, Cacao Rocks, Taxis, Paparazzi Art Studio, Mister Achilles, Eleni Psyllaki, Kes, Dreyk the Pirate, BirdCap, Kyle Holbrook, MiteArt, Chionis George, Platon, The krah, 101 Crew, Sotiris Fen, Koustenas, Lalas, Frank25, Barbadee, Onebran, Aleks, and more.
To access this collection of points of interest, you need a map app that doesn’t require an internet connection.
We recommend OrganicMaps because it’s lightweight, fast, open source (it doesn’t spy on you), and supports large files.
Map of Athens murals: https://ko-fi.com/s/f27fb71254
For more audio guides and maps of Athens (some FREE): https://ko-fi.com/aventurasapie/shop
We walk the second day of a potential maritime variant of the Saint Andrew’s Path, walking the 17kms between Piraeus and Megara, crossing the island of Salamis on foot.
We also visited the remains of Ancient Salamis and the monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin, to take a second ferry and join the main route in the Megara wetland.
If you want to help us face the costs of the experience, we have an account on ko-fi, where we accept donations: ko-fi.com/aventurasapie
This video presents a possible two-day maritime variant, where instead of following the sacred path to Eleusis and then to Megara along the coast, you go in the direction of Piraeus to reach Megara via Salamina.
Additionally, we cover the first stage, Athens-Piraeus, which is only 10km long, visiting the ruins of the Long Walls, an ancient defensive fortification built by order of General Themistocles in the 5th century BC, to repel a Persian invasion.
If you want to help us face the costs of the experience, we have an account on ko-fi, where we accept donations: ko-fi.com/aventurasapie