Location

=//__Site & Situation__//= //__Site__// ===**Athens is located on a plain at a high elevation at the southern end of Attica, a peninsula that extends from southeastern Greece into the Aegean Sea. The city is at a** strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to the Turkish Straits, which are popular trade routes in that region.=== //__Situation__// Greece is south of Macedonia, and west from Turkey. It is also south of Bulgaria and Albania.