Athens Riviera including Elliniko Airport

Athens' Riviera runs from Palio Faliron to Sounion. Faliron-Elliniko Airport and on to Sounion. 1 Faliro 2 Elliniko : The old Airport 3 Vouliagmeni Elliniko: Greece’s Golden age ......... What is Nostalgia, but a sentimentality for the past, a place with happy personal associations. When the trip was the Experience not the destination. Designer outfits, gourmet food. Surprises for kids. Onassis and the golden Greeks, navy blue olympic buses, the dry Attic heat, the dashing cafe staff wiping up a frappe. It wasn't necessarily a better time , but a cozier, more familiar time, before Athens became a multi-cutural, nouveau commercial and international metropolis and a part of Europe. At first glance the old airport looks like a run down industrial area but is in fact the most valuable piece of property in Greece. 2020:Construction is underway for a new complex complete with parks, high rises and shops.