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CultureAcropolis MuseumThe Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum located about 300 metres south of the Acropolis of Athens.CultureAncient Agora of AthensThe political, commercial and social centre of classical Athens, where citizens, magistrates and philosophers…CultureParthenonThe Parthenon is the Doric temple dedicated to Athena that was built at the top of the Acropolis between 447…CultureTemple of Olympian ZeusThe Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion, is a colossal ruined temple in the centre of…CulturePanathenaic StadiumA horseshoe-shaped stadium built entirely of Pentelic marble, the only one in the world with that feature.NatureMount LycabettusA hill of about 277 metres, the highest point in central Athens, above the Kolonaki district.CultureNational Archaeological Museum of AthensThe National Archaeological Museum of Athens brings together finds from sites across Greece, from prehistory…CultureSyntagma Square and Changing of the GuardAthens' central square in front of the Greek Parliament, the former royal palace.NatureNational Garden of AthensThe National Garden of Athens is a 15.5-hectare public park in the city centre, located behind the Greek…CultureZappeionA neoclassical palace designed by Theophil Hansen and opened in 1888, funded by the benefactor Evangelos…CultureRoman Agora of AthensThe Roman Agora of Athens is an open-air archaeological site located in the Plaka district, near Monastiraki.CultureTower of the WindsOctagonal marble tower from the 1st century BC, attributed to the astronomer Andronicus of Cyrrhus, located…CultureOdeon of Herodes AtticusThe Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a building for musical performances erected in the year 161 by Herodes…NatureHill and Monument of PhilopapposHill of the Muses, opposite the Acropolis, crowned by the monument to Philopappos, erected around 114-116 AD…CulturePnyxA hill where the Assembly (Ekklesia) of democratic Athens met from the late 6th century BC.CultureAreopagusA limestone rock north-west of the Acropolis where the oldest council and court of classical Athens met…CultureAcropolis of AthensThe Acropolis of Athens is a citadel atop a rocky outcrop 156 metres high that preserves the remains of…CultureAcademy of AthensA neoclassical building designed by Theophil Hansen and completed around 1885, funded by the benefactor Simon…CultureErechtheionThe Erechtheion is an Ionic temple of irregular plan on the north side of the Acropolis, built between 421…CultureDaphni MonasteryDaphni Monastery lies about eleven kilometres north-west of the centre of Athens, in Chaidari, next to the…CultureTemple of Athena NikeThe Temple of Athena Nike is the smallest on the Acropolis. It stands on a bastion in the south-west corner…CultureLyceumThe Lyceum of Athens is an archaeological site where visitors can explore the remains of the ancient…CultureTemple of Hephaestus (Hephaisteion)The Temple of Hephaestus stands on the hill of Agoraios Kolonos, on the north-west side of the Athenian…NatureHymettusMount Hymettus, located south of Athens, is known for its extensive limestone landscapes, rocky areas and…CultureAthena PromachosOn the Acropolis of Athens, between the Erechtheion and the Propylaea, there once stood a colossal bronze…CultureMetropolitan Cathedral of AthensAn Orthodox cathedral dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin, built between 1842 and 1862 in Mitropoleos…CultureStoa of AttalosThe Stoa of Attalos is a long two-storey colonnade, about 115 by 20 metres, which Attalos II of Pergamon…CultureBenaki Museum (Museum of Greek Culture)The main building of the Benaki Museum is a neoclassical mansion on the corner of Vasilissis Sofias Avenue…SportAthens Olympic StadiumThe 'Spyros Louis' Athens Olympic Stadium is the largest sports venue in Greece, with a capacity of 75,000…CultureLysicrates MonumentThe Lysicrates Monument is a cylindrical monument about ten metres tall, shaped like a small Corinthian…CulturePort of PiraeusThe Port of Piraeus is Greece's main seaport and Europe's largest passenger port, where visitors can watch…CultureStoa PoikileThe Stoa Poikile, or Painted Stoa, was a public building erected around 460 BC at the north-western corner of…CultureOld Royal Palace (Hellenic Parliament)The building that now houses the Hellenic Parliament was built as the residence of King Otto, the first…CultureMegaron, Athens Concert HallA large classical music auditorium in Athens, opened in 1991 on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, next to Megaro…CultureOmonia SquareOmonia Square is one of the oldest squares in Athens, built in 1846 at the junction of several major streets…CultureHadrian's ArchHadrian's Arch is a monumental Roman archway built of Pentelic marble, located in Athens, 325 metres from the…CultureTzistarakis MosqueThe Tzistarakis Mosque is in Monastiraki Square, next to the metro exit.CultureMuseum of Cycladic ArtFounded in 1986 by the N. P. Goulandris Foundation, the museum holds one of the largest collections of…CultureByzantine and Christian MuseumThe museum occupies the Villa Ilissia, built in 1848 to a design by the architect Stamatios Kleanthis as the…CultureNumismatic Museum of AthensCoin museum housed in the Iliou Melathron, the neoclassical mansion that Ernst Ziller designed for Heinrich…CultureWar Museum of AthensA military museum in Athens, opened in 1975 beside Vasilissis Sofias Avenue.CultureNational Gallery of AthensThe National Gallery of Athens is Greece's leading art museum, dedicated to Greek and European art from the…CultureFethiye MosqueThe Fethiye Mosque stands within the Roman Agora, near the Tower of the Winds.CultureZea BayZea Bay is the second-largest harbour on the Piraeus peninsula and was the largest of the three naval…CultureCathedral Basilica of St Dionysius the AreopagiteThis is the Catholic cathedral of Athens and the seat of the city's Catholic archbishop.CultureStoa of EumenesLong colonnaded gallery from the 2nd century BC that King Eumenes II of Pergamon gave to Athens.CultureGeorgios AverofThe Georgios Averof is an armoured cruiser built in Italy and launched in 1910, which served as the flagship…CultureChurch of Panagia KapnikareaSmall Byzantine church from the 11th century set in the middle of Ermou Street, one of the main shopping…CultureFirst Cemetery of AthensCemetery opened in 1837, shortly after Athens became the capital of the new Greek state, next to the Temple…CultureTheatre of DionysusThe Theatre of Dionysus lies on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens, within the ancient sanctuary of…CultureOld Temple of AthenaThe Old Temple of Athena was an archaic Greek limestone temple, Doric and peripteral in style, dedicated to…CultureNational Observatory of AthensFounded in 1842, it is the oldest observatory in Greece and one of the country's first scientific centres.CultureKerameikos Archaeological MuseumThe Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is a small archaeological museum located on the site of the ancient…LeisureAttica Zoological ParkA zoological park opened in 2000 in Spata, on the Mesogeia plain, near Athens international airport.CultureChurch of Agios Eleftherios (Panagia Gorgoepikoos)Small Byzantine church of the 12th-13th centuries, known as the Little Metropolitan, located next to the…LeisureStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, at 364 Syngrou Avenue in Kallithea, opened in 2016 and is…NaturePedion tou Areos Park (Field of Ares)A large public park in north-central Athens, near the National Archaeological Museum.SportPeace and Friendship StadiumThe Peace and Friendship Stadium is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Piraeus where visitors can attend…SportApostolos Nikolaidis StadiumApostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, also known as Leoforos Alexandras, is the oldest football stadium in Greece…CultureKaisariani MonasteryAn 11th-century Byzantine monastery on the slope of Mount Hymettus, east of Athens, surrounded by pine…SportAthens Olympic Sports ComplexThe Athens Olympic Sports Complex, known as OAKA, is in Marousi, northeast of the city.SportNeo Faliro VelodromeThe Neo Faliro Velodrome was a sports ground located in the Neo Faliro district, in Piraeus, where the…CultureDionysiou Areopagitou StreetPedestrian avenue skirting the southern slope of the Acropolis, from the vicinity of the Temple of Olympian…CultureEpigraphic Museum of AthensThe Epigraphic Museum of Athens is the largest inscription museum in Greece and the third largest in the…CultureKanellopoulos MuseumMuseum in the Plaka, on the slopes of the Acropolis, housing the private collection of the Kanellopoulos…CultureMuseum of Greek Folk ArtThe Museum of Greek Folk Art (now the Museum of Modern Greek Culture) is a state institution founded in 1918…LeisureErmou StreetOne of the great shopping streets of Athens, pedestrianised for much of its route between Syntagma Square and…CultureVari CaveVari Cave, situated near the top of one of the southern spurs of Mount Hymettus, offers visitors a look at an…SportNea Smyrni StadiumThe Nea Smyrni Stadium is an all-seater multi-purpose ground with a capacity of 11,700 spectators, located in…CultureMuseum of Greek Folk Musical InstrumentsMuseum in the Plaka, on Diogenous Street, devoted to the traditional musical instruments of Greece.CultureNational Theatre of GreeceThe Ziller building, on Agiou Konstantinou Street, is the historic home of the National Theatre of Greece.CultureHellenic Motor MuseumCar museum in Athens, in the centre, in the Athenian Capitol building, near the National Archaeological…CultureTechnopolis (City of Athens)Cultural centre housed in the old gasworks in the Gazi district, in operation from the mid-19th century and…SportAno Liosia Olympic CentreThe Ano Liosia Olympic Centre, also known as the SUNEL Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the suburb…CultureChurch of Saint Irene19th-century Orthodox church on Aiolou Street, between Monastiraki and Omonia Square, in the heart of Athens.CultureHellenic Air Force MuseumGreece's military aviation museum, located in Dekelia, next to the old airfield north of Athens.NatureParnitha National ParkNational park on Mount Parnitha, north of Athens, the highest in Attica, at about 1,400 metres at its summit.CultureGounaropoulos MuseumMuseum devoted to the 20th-century Greek painter Georgios Gounaropoulos, in the Zografou district, east of…CultureSpathario Shadow Theatre MuseumMuseum of Greek shadow theatre in Marousi, north of Athens, dedicated to the Karagiozis tradition and to the…CultureVorres MuseumMuseum of contemporary Greek art in Paiania, in eastern Attica, east of Athens, founded by the collector Ion…CultureAllouche-Benias GalleryAllouche Benias Gallery is a contemporary art gallery housed in a neoclassical building in central Athens.CultureB&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and MusicThe B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music is a non-profit museum and cultural centre in…CultureBenaki MuseumThe Benaki Museum occupies a neoclassical mansion on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, opposite the National Garden…Food & drinkMS Roof GardenA bar and restaurant on the roof of a building at the corner of Athinas and Ermou, above Monastiraki Square.CultureMuseum of the City of AthensThe museum occupies two neoclassical houses on Paparrigopoulou Street.CultureMaria Callas MuseumThis is the museum dedicated to the soprano Maria Callas, located at 44 Mitropoleos Street, in central…CultureMuseum of Ancient Greek Technology KotsanasThe Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, in central Athens, displays hundreds of working…CultureMuseum of Greek Children's ArtThe Museum of Greek Children's Art is a pioneering museum, one of the few in the world dedicated exclusively…CultureMuseum of the History of the Greek CostumeThe Museum of the History of the Greek Costume is a special-interest museum in Athens dedicated to…CultureNational Historic MuseumThe National Historical Museum is housed in the Old Parliament House, at 13 Kolokotroni Street, a building…CultureRoman bathsThe Roman Baths of the Zappeion are an archaeological site in central Athens.CultureSaint DionysiusThe Cathedral Basilica of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Catholic church in Athens and the seat…CultureThe Jewish Museum of GreeceThe Jewish Museum of Greece, in Athens, holds more than 10,000 objects spanning 2,300 years of Greek Jewish…CultureTomb of Unknown SoldierThe Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a cenotaph erected in Syntagma Square, opposite the former Royal Palace…AdventureAdventure ParkAdventure Park is an adventure park in Malakasa, near Athens, with treetop courses at four levels of…LeisureWaterfunWaterfun is a 35-acre water park on the outskirts of Athens, designed for family entertainment.LeisureAllou! Fun ParkAllou! Fun Park is on Kifissou Avenue, at the corner with Petrou Ralli, in Agios Ioannis Rentis, on the…Food & drinkLittle KookA themed café in central Athens, near Monastiraki, famous for its fairy-tale decor: a facade and rooms…LeisureMonastiraki Flea MarketThis is the market district surrounding Monastiraki Square, at the foot of the Acropolis.Food & drinkCentral Market of Athens (Varvakios)This is Athens' municipal food market, next to Athinas Street, in the city centre.LeisureXPLORE Entertainment CenterXPLORE Entertainment Center is a family entertainment and education venue in the Golden Hall shopping centre…CultureAquapolisAquapolis is a water park in Spata, about 20 kilometres from central Athens and next to the Attica Zoological…
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Frequently asked questions
What to see in Athens in one day?
If you only have one day, start with the essentials: Acropolis Museum, Ancient Agora of Athens, Parthenon, Temple of Olympian Zeus and Panathenaic Stadium.
What can you see for free in Athens?
No entry fee: National Garden of Athens, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Daphni Monastery, Lyceum, Hymettus and Athena Promachos.
Are there hiking trails near Athens?
Yes, one waymarked trail: Kyprianou Monastery – Kiafa Pini (4.3 km · +466 m · 2 h 10 min · Easy).