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Article: Acropolis now.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2004
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Byline: NAT BOOTHBY
Will Athens be ready for the Olympics? Do we care?
Momentous sporting events may not excite every ES reader, but the wider implications of a city like Athens giving itself a makeover should not be lost on the connoisseur of European minibreaks. In short, Athens is becoming a pleasant place to visit.
As soon as you arrive at the new airport (much more efficient than Heathrow) and glide Athens-bound along the new, empty four-lane motorway (no comparison), you begin to appreciate the profound change that is affecting this city and how, despite the sometimes slow progress of the work, it is going from overcrowded, polluted, ...