Program 762: Athens Day Trips; More Greek Islands; Joanna Lumley in Northern Greece

Tour guides from Athens recommend easy day trips from the capital into the historic Greek countryside, then let us in on some lesser-known island getaways in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Plus, British actress Dame Joanna Lumley shares her favorite highlights from exploring northern Greece for a TV special she filmed there.

• Effie Perperi, tour guide based in Athens
• Apostolos Douras, tour guide from Athens
• British actress and TV presenter Joanna Lumley

• The Rick Steves online site for Greece.
• Rick's audio tour of the Acropolis.
• Effie Perperi can be contacted for private tours in Athens via e-mail or on Instagram.
• You can listen to Effie's conversation with Rick about the Acropolis in Athens on Travel with Rick Steves program #741 from January 2024. She describes her favorite neighborhoods in Athens on program #711 from April 2023.
• Tour guide Apostolos Douras includes photos and information on the places in Greece where he guides on his Wonders of Knowledge website.
• Dame Joanna Lumley is a well-loved actress and activist in Britain, and a member of the Royal Geographic Society. Her four-episode television series "Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey" first aired on ITV in 2011.