点评:We went on a private tour of northern Greece organised by Arcas Travel, with Dimitris taking us round, and it was brilliant! We went to wonderful archaeological sites, including Philippi, Amfipoli, Pella and Vergina, the really interesting city of Thesaloniki, as well as seeing stunning scenery, especially at Kastoria, a town by the side of a beautiful lake; the amazing waterfalls at Edessa; the mountainous scenery on the journey across northern Greece, ending up at Ioannina, a lovely town again around a lake.
Dimitris was a wonderful guide, who, although he couldn't specifically guide us round the archaeological sites (in Greece only the official guides are allowed to act as guides at such sites), knew a lot about the archaeology and history, both ancient and more modern. We learned a lot about Macedonian history (Alexander the Great, his father Philip II etc): the Roman presence in Greece; the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires; and more recently the Second World War and the subsequent Greek Civil War. It was particularly interesting to learn that a national holiday in Greece while we were there is called 'No Day', when, during the Second World War, Mussolini and the fascists tried to invade Greece, and the Greeks said 'No', resisting them.
We would recommend a similar tour to anyone - having not known a lot about northern Greece, it's such an interesting, beautiful part of the country. And we had sunshine every day!
Thank you Dimitris for a fantastic time! (And thanks to Angeliki for organising the trip for us!).
翻译:我们参加了 Arcas Travel 组织的希腊北部私人之旅,Dimitris 带我们游览了各个地方,真是太棒了!我们参观了精彩的考古遗址,包括腓立比、安菲波利、佩拉和维尔吉纳,以及塞萨洛尼基这个非常有趣的城市,还欣赏了迷人的风景,尤其是卡斯托里亚,一座美丽湖泊旁的小镇;埃德萨令人惊叹的瀑布;穿越希腊北部的山地风光,最后到达约阿尼纳,一座同样环湖的美丽小镇。
Dimitris 是一位出色的导游,虽然他不能具体带我们参观考古遗址(在希腊,只有官方导游才被允许在此类遗址担任导游),但他对考古学和历史了解很多,既有古代的,也有现代的。我们了解了很多马其顿历史(亚历山大大帝、他的父亲菲利普二世等):罗马在希腊的存在;拜占庭和奥斯曼帝国;以及最近的第二次世界大战和随后的希腊内战。特别有趣的是,我们在那里时,希腊有一个国定假日叫做“不日”,第二次世界大战期间,墨索里尼和法西斯试图入侵希腊,希腊人说“不”,抵抗他们。
我们向所有人推荐类似的旅行——虽然对希腊北部知之甚少,但这是一个非常有趣、美丽的地方。我们每天都有阳光!
感谢 Dimitris 为我们带来美好的时光!(也感谢 Angeliki 为我们组织这次旅行!)。