SIGHTSEEING

Acropolis - Parthenon

The most important and magnificent sanctuary of Ancient Athens, built on a rock in the center of the city. Its most impressive buildings (Parthenon, Erechteion, Temple of Athena Nike) are still adored as high points of architecture and artistic creation. Parthenon was built in honor of the Goddess Athena, as a symbol of prosperity, glory and prestige of the democratic Athenian state, in the 5th century BC, and was made entirely of white marble, that came from Mount Pentelicus, and was richly decorated in red, blue and gold. At the Acropolis you will also visit the Propylaea, the Temple of Aptera Nike and the Erechtheion.

Acropolis Museum

One of the most important museums in the world, the Acropolis Museum gathers the masterpieces of the Archaic, Classical and Roman times associated with the sacred rock of the Acropolis of Athens. The exhibitions, permanent and periodical, cover 14,000 sqm, at four levels. At the entrance, the glass floor reveals the findings of the excavations and the large glass surfaces on the walls of the building allow for a panoramic view of the Acropolis and the Parthenon. It is the work of the Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi and the museum is an attraction itself because of the interesting architectural composition.

National Archeological Museum

The greatest museum of Greece and one of the most important museums of the world with more that 11,000 items in exhibition. Its abundant collections, provide a panorama of Greek civilization from the beginnings of Prehistory to Late Antiquity, with finds from all over Greece. The museum is housed in an imposing neoclassical building of the end of the nineteenth century, which was designed by L. Lange and remodelled by Ernst Ziller. The vast exhibition space, with numerous galleries on each floor accounting for a total of 8,000 sq. m. houses five large permanent collections and the periodical exhibitions.

Herod Atticus Odeon & The Theatre Of Dionysus

The Herod Atticus Odeon is an ancient odeon of the roman era at the foot of the Acropolis. Its construction was completed in 161 AD. at the expense of Herodes Atticus in honor of his wife, who had died a year earlier. Since 1950, and after its complete restoration, the theater hosts theatrical and musical performances during summer. Within a short distance there is the theater of Dionysos, considered the first theater in the world, and is the most famous outdoor theater in ancient Athens. It had been the main venue for the performance of the Attic drama.

S. Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

In 2016 Athens acquired a new multifunctional and environmentally sustainable center of education, art and recreation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, in the area that was the Hippodrome until 2003, in the Faliron Delta in Kallithea. Within a park of 210,000 sq.m. there are the new buildings of the National Library of Greece and the National Opera House and the Faros exhibition space at the highest level of the building. The visitor has the ability to walk in paths in a lush landscape of gardens with a wide variety of trees and plants of the Mediterranean flora, fountains, alleys, and open spaces. The area is connected via the Esplanade bridge to the Olympic Complex of Faliro.