EXCLUSIVEI'm a 女性（の） 単独の traveller who's visited 25 countries... and here's why I would NEVER go 支援する to Athens

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Greece is one of the most visited places on earth - but not everyone can see the 控訴，上告.

女性（の） 単独の traveller Emma Maskell has visited 25 countries and said there aren't many places she wouldn't return to, but that Athens 最高の，を越すs the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.

While the Greek 資本／首都 誇るs serene 見解（をとる）s and 目印s 法外なd in history, Emma said she just didn't feel '安全な' as a 女性（の） traveller.?

Speaking to MailOnline Travel, she said: 'I would never go 支援する to Athens. I didn't like it at all. I just didn’t feel 安全な.

'When I was walking 負かす／撃墜する the street, I'd be on the phone to my mum and I felt like I was getting unwanted attention from men on the street, sort of catcalling.'?

女性（の） 単独の traveller Emma Maskell has visited 25 countries and said there aren't many places she wouldn't return to, but that Athens? (above) 最高の，を越すs the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）?

Emma recounted her Athens trip (above) to her TikTok 信奉者s and 明らかにする／漏らすd she switched 宿泊所s three times

Athens is rich in history and has さまざまな must-see 目印s but Emma Maskell said she just 'didn't feel 安全な' visiting by herself?

The 25-year-old traveller continued: 'I even saw people doing 麻薬s in the street in the middle of the day.'

Emma, from Reading, who had tried to be 楽観的な about the trip, switched 宿泊所s three times during her stay in the city.

She told MailOnline:?'I thought it might have been the area, but I tried to move to a different area and it was the same.'

Emma 調査するd different areas of Athens during her stay, 含むing the popular tourist attraction the Acropolis (left). She also tried food that 'tasted better than it looked' (権利)

Emma 文書s her 'honest' experience of Athens in a ビデオ that she 地位，任命するd to her TikTok account @emtravels_.

She explains at the start of the clip that she's 'not loving it here', but 'tries to turn it around' with visits to the Monument to the Unknown 兵士, the Acropolis and the flea market.

She also tries food that she says 'tastes better than it looks'.?

Emma, who hopes to visit 30 countries before she's 30, said that にもかかわらず her Athens experience, she'd love to return to other areas of Greece, 特に the Greek island Paros.?

With its white sandy beaches and 伝統的な villages, Emma に例えるd Paros to the Greek island of Skopelos, made famous by Mamma Mia.??

Speaking to MailOnline about the hidden gem, she said: '[It's] far いっそう少なく popular than Islands like Santorini and Mykonos, but as a result, is much quieter, affordable and authentic feeling.'

For women eager to 調査する the world on their own, the seasoned 女性（の） 単独の traveller 株d some 必須の safety tips.

She always has her phone's 'find my 場所' setting 活動させる／戦時編成するd - and she 株 this （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） with her parents and five of her closest friends.?

In 新規加入 to this, she said: 'As soon as I knew what my 計画（する）s were, I would always let them know.'?

Another safety tip Emma 株d was 開始 a Google Docs with her travel 旅程 on it, for her friends and family to check at any point.?

She explained: 'いつかs it's really hard to update everyone at once so that's something I 設立する worked really 井戸／弁護士席 for me.'

Emma said she would soon return to other areas of Greece, 特に the Greek Island Paros (above), which she に例えるd to the Greek island of Skopelos, made famous by Mamma Mia

Emma has not let her experience of Athens put her off travelling, and hopes to visit 30 countries before she is 30

Emma 株d som e travel safety tips for 女性（の） 単独の travellers to keep in mind when 投機・賭けるing to different countries, 説 it's important to keep 'your wits about you'

Another （疑いを）晴らす, yet often overlooked, piece of advice Emma 株d was to never tell strangers you're visiting the country alone.

She continued: 'I never tell anyone I'm somewhere on my own. I always say no in a taxi. If they ask if it's my first time here I say no and if they [taxi drivers] ask if I'm here on my own I say, "No my friends are already here."'

And, for an extra safety 手段, Emma said she 調書をとる／予約するd 女性（の）-only dorms in 宿泊所s, though she said she has never run into any problems in mixed dorms.?

During her 単独の travels, Emma said she always 株 her 場所 with her の近くに friends and family, and never tells strangers that she's visiting alone

As a general piece of advice for 単独の travellers, Emma 勧めるd everyone to bring padlocks to keep their 所有物／資産／財産 安全な in 宿泊所s.?

She 追加するd: 'I also bring copies of my パスポート and my ID photos just in 事例／患者 I need to get a new one.'

Yet, the traveller advised: 'It’s not really things that you can take with you but taking steps to be safer and keeping your wits about you.'

For more from Emma visit her TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@emtravels_.