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GETTING THERE FOR LESS Fly to a European city on a major carrier, and then use a European low-cost airline to complete the trip. Hellas Jet (www.hellas-jet.com) has affordable flights to Athens from London, Paris, Brussels, and Manchester; Easy Jet (www.easyjet.com) flies from London and Berlin.
WHERE TO STAY An Expedia.com search at press time was unable to locate any available hotel rooms in Athens, most likely owing to stringent length-of-stay restrictions. The official Olympics apartment- and house-rental program (www.filoxenia2004.com) has plenty of space. An apartment that sleeps four for six nights starts at $4,132; prices include airport transfers, cleaning/linen service every three days, insurance, and a 24-hour call center for help. CoSport (www.cosport.com) has rooms that go for more than $1,000 per night, as well as much more spartan accommodations for roughly $300.
GETTING IN Ticket sales have been tepid—by early June, only 1.8 million of the total 5.3 million had been sold—which means even the most high-profile competitions should still have available seats. Cartan Tours (800/360-2004; www.cartan.com) is the official ticket agent of the United States Olympic Committee. Once you've landed in Greece, you can buy tickets in person at an Olympics office (www.tickets.athens2004.com) or at any of Alpha Bank's 140 branches nationwide.
—G.A.M.
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