‘It’s plain elitist’: anger at Greek plan for €5,000 private tours of Acropolis
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Archaeologists and guides among critics who say scheme goes against what symbol of democracy should representJackie and Malcolm Love stood amid a bevy of tourists in the heart of Athens taking in the Acropolis with a mixture of awe and admiration. The Greek capital’s greatest classical site was truly magnificent, they said, but the crowds had been such, even in April, that they preferred to experience it from a distance.“We didn’t go, not with all those people,” said Jackie, looking up at the...

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