My wife and I just got back from the most amazing trip either of us have ever been on to Athens Greece. It was truly the trip of a life time, and there is so much history in and around Athens that you will just be completely blown away! One thing that made the trip so worthwhile was renting our own car in Athens, if we hadn’t we would never have seen even half on the most amazing sights that either of us had ever seen in our whole lives!

I was just planning on getting a couple Eurorail passes for my wife and I, but since she is a bit more travelled than I am, she suggested that we just rent a car since we really weren’t going to be travelling to any other cities than Athens. Not only did it save us a nice little chunk of change but if you have never experienced driving in a European city like Athens, you have never lived! I fancy myself a pretty good driver, but I have to tell you, after driving around Athens my skills are now through the roof. It’s nothing like driving back here in the states, I can tell you that!

Getting an international drivers license was considerably easier than I would have imagined as well. Luckily we have AAA insurance and they really facilitated both of us getting out licenses. Plus an international drivers license is as good or better than a passport so you don’t have to carry around the one document you need to get back in the country. I’ve lost my passport before and it was one of the biggest hassles in my entire life!

The car rental agency that we used in Athens was ACE car rental and from the people we talked to that we met on out trip it is the best car rental place in Greece, so by all means if you have the chance you should definitely use them to get some wheels!