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Athens itinerary

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  1. 1

    Acropolis and Parthenon - The Symbol of Western Civilisation

    The Acropolis is the single most consequential ruin in Western history - a 156-metre limestone outcrop crowned by the Parthenon (447-432 BC), the Erechtheion with its Caryatid porch, the Temple of Athena Nike, and the…

    Address
    Acropolis 21100, 105 58 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Akropoli (Metro Line 2 / Red Line), 5-min walk to entrance
  2. 2

    Acropolis Museum - The Reunified Parthenon Marbles

    Bernard Tschumi's 2009 Acropolis Museum is the most thoughtful museum building in Europe. Glass floors above an in-situ archaeological dig at the entrance, the original Caryatids (5 of 6 - the sixth is in the British…

    Address
    Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, 117 42 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Akropoli (Metro Line 2), 1-min walk
  3. 3

    Plaka - The Old Neighbourhood Beneath the Acropolis

    Plaka is Athens's old town - a labyrinth of pedestrian alleys, neoclassical houses with bougainvillea spilling over their walls, Byzantine churches dating from the 11th century, and tavernas with vine-shaded terraces…

    Address
    Plaka, 105 58 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Monastiraki (Lines 1, 3) or Akropoli (Line 2), 2-min walk
  4. 4

    Ancient Agora - The Birthplace of Democracy

    The Ancient Agora was Athens's civic, commercial, and judicial heart for 1,200 years - where Socrates argued, Plato learned, and the world's first democracy met for jury duty. The site preserves the Stoa of Attalos (a…

    Address
    Adrianou 24, 105 55 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Monastiraki (Lines 1, 3) or Thissio (Line 1), 5-min walk
  5. 5

    National Archaeological Museum - The Greatest Greek Antiquities

    The National Archaeological Museum holds the world's most important collection of Greek antiquities - 11,000 objects across 8,000 sq m of galleries. The unmissable pieces are the gold Mask of Agamemnon (excavated by…

    Address
    28is Oktovriou 44, 106 82 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Victoria (Metro Line 1) or Omonia (Lines 1, 2), 5-min walk
  6. 6

    Mount Lycabettus - The Highest Hill in Athens

    Mount Lycabettus is the highest point in Athens at 277 metres - a limestone cone topped by the whitewashed Chapel of St George (Agios Georgios) and a panoramic terrace with the city's widest view, from the Saronic Gulf…

    Address
    Aristippou 1, 106 76 Athens (funicular base)
    Nearest transit
    Evangelismos (Metro Line 3), 10-min walk to funicular
  7. 7

    Syntagma Square and Changing of the Guard

    Syntagma (Constitution) Square is Athens's official centre - a 19th-century neoclassical plaza in front of the former Royal Palace, now the Hellenic Parliament. The square hosts the changing of the Evzones, Greece's…

    Address
    Plateia Syntagmatos, 105 63 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Syntagma (Metro Lines 2, 3), at the square
  8. 8

    Panathenaic Stadium - The First Modern Olympic Stadium

    The Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro - 'made of fine marble') is the only stadium in the world built entirely from marble. Originally an ancient stadium from 330 BC for the Panathenaic Games, it was rebuilt in white…

    Address
    Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue, 116 35 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Akropoli (Metro Line 2) or Evangelismos (Line 3), 10-min walk
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    Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch

    The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Olympion) was the largest temple in Greece - construction began in 6th century BC under Peisistratus and finished 638 years later in AD 131 by the Roman emperor Hadrian. Originally 104…

    Address
    Vasilissis Olgas Avenue, 105 57 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Akropoli (Metro Line 2), 5-min walk
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    Monastiraki Square and Flea Market - The Old Bazaar

    Monastiraki Square is Athens's working-class market heart - a tangle of antique shops, leather sandal makers, vinyl stores, and Sunday morning flea market stalls anchored by the 10th-century Byzantine Church of the Holy…

    Address
    Plateia Monastirakiou, 105 55 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Monastiraki (Metro Lines 1, 3), at the square
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    Anafiotika - The Cycladic Village in Central Athens

    Anafiotika is a tiny district of 45 whitewashed houses with blue shutters, bougainvillea, and stepped alleys built into the north slope of the Acropolis - so quiet and self-contained it feels like a Cycladic island…

    Address
    Stratonos, 105 56 Athens
    Nearest transit
    Akropoli (Line 2) or Monastiraki (Lines 1, 3), 8-min walk uphill
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    Cape Sounion Day Trip - The Temple of Poseidon at Sunset

    The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion stands on a 60-metre cliff at the southernmost tip of Attica - 16 white Doric columns of local Agrileza marble, built in 444 BC at the same time as the Parthenon. Lord Byron carved…

    Address
    Cape Sounion, 195 00 Lavrio
    Nearest transit
    KTEL bus from Pedion tou Areos (Mavromateon Street), 90 min

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