Athens Is the capital of Greece and is one of the main places people go to see the historical and culture attractions as much as the sport and events that Greece offers its visitors. Greece is known for its god and goddess as well as its Olympic summer games.

 Athens is most know for its Summer Olympic Games and starting the sport that the world is now apart of every five years. Athens was rewarded the first Olympic modern games reward in 1896 by the effort of Frenchmen Pierre De Coubertin the founder of IOC, this event helped boost the cities population and international profile. By the late 1906 Athens Olympic summer games had become more popular around the world and was mostly held in Athens, the event was meant to be organized every four years in Greece but later on the idea has lost interest. Sports as well as the Olympics is well known in Greece, back in 1906 the Olympic games was known as Intercalated Games it was a international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Athens.

IOC which stand for International Olympic Committee scheduled the first Intercalated Games back in 1901 which it would be scheduled every four years. The games happened in Greece, Athens they took place in the Pananthinaiko Stadium which has hosted the games back in 1870 and 1875, but when the Olympic games first started out there wasn’t much sport involved they has a maximum of 12 sports in the 1901 games. The Olympics would also have a large opening ceremony which was watched by millions of people. The opening ceremony would include the athletes with their flags and marching band behind them, during the Olympics games in 1901 only 20 countries took part adding up to 854 athletes in total.

Athens sport would attract those who like the opportunity for indoor and outdoor activities. They have lots of outdoor activities for those who want to take part in sports. I think that this would attract young single independent travellers as well as families with teens its like a adventure for the whole family can take part in. Many people would also be interested in the history of the Olympic games as that’s where it seemed to start in Greece. To how the summer games were done in Athens back in 1901 tourists would find it very interesting learning the history behind it.

 Historical and culture attractions