Landing/departure videos to and from Athens

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Returning to Athens but as you’ll see in the new video of the take-off, we were lucky enough to enjoy the whole route that the airplane until it touches the runway of Eleftherios Venizelos. In the video of landing in Athens that we have taken you will see from Aspropyrgos to Koropi all the way over the waters of the Saronic Gulf but also the Mesogeia, while in the second video of the take-off you will see perhaps in a better picture the whole coastal zone of the capital while in the background you will see the snowy Parnitha (January 2013) and the conical shape of the also snowy Dirfi in central Evia. (read our article on the Read our article on the Strait of Evia.)

Video of a landing in Athens – Landing, Dec’2012

The port of Piraeus, the Karaiskakis and Peace and Friendship stadiums, the marinas of Faliro and Alimos, the old airport of Elliniko, Varkiza and Vouliagmeni and the quarries just before Koropi are clearly visible from the small and not so clean window of the plane. Moreover, in the distant shots you can see the entire basin and the huge area occupied by the urban fabric of the capital.

Athens from above – Take off, Jan’2013

Athens from above, with its clear blue sky and the deep blue of the Saronic Gulf, seems to diligently conceal the problems that it generously offers to the everyday life of its inhabitants. So enjoy it in full screen and high definition quality (720p HD).

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