New budget travel guide to Athens recommends souvlaki rather than Michelin starred restaurants

Aug. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- NORWAY - A new online budget travel guide is providing valuable information to the backpacker and hard-budget travellers who plan to visit the Greek capital. While Rough Guides and Lonely Planet guides mention 5-star hotels and luxury restaurants in their publications, you won't find any of that at the brand new DirtCheapAthens.com guide.

- We are the Cheapskate's guide to Athens. We are more likely to cover a street kiosks who offers souvlaki, than any restaurant with Michelin Stars on their door, states the website.

Back in the 1970s and 1980s Athens was a cheap destination for backpackers, the equivalent of South East Asia for today's youth. Since then prices in the city have risen steadily, travelling to Greece has become far easier and it no longer has the same glamour of inaccessibility it once had.

Despite this, it is still possible to find an authentic Greek experience on a tight budget in Athens. Dirt Cheap Athens offers budget travellers all the information they need to squeeze the most out of their trip to the city, with tips on budget eating, drinking, night life and accommodation. The guide offers clear impartial advice on everything from what to do and see in Athens to the best place to meet the opposite sex. A must for budget travellers.

The guide is published by the Dirt Cheap Travel network and may be visited at http://www.dirtcheapathens.com