Best Sights and Attractions in Athens

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When it comes to sights and attractions you simply could not be in a better place. Athens is the birthplace of civilisation with rich and exciting history and valuable inheritance.

Beside the astonishing sites of ancient Athens, the famous monuments, museums, churches, galleries and museums, there are also, beautiful parks and gardens to stroll in and interesting squares to discover!

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The Roman Forum and Tower of the Winds

Sights and AttractionsArchaeological Sites

In the 1st century AD, the Romans moved the Athens marketplace to the Roman Forum from the old Agora.............

National Library

Sights and AttractionsLibraries

The National Library sits as part of the 'neoclassical trilogy' within the city of Athens, an important collection of downtown educational buildings. Built between 1887 a

Municipal Gallery of Athens

Sights and AttractionsGalleries

The Athens Municipal Gallery is one of the biggest and most popular art museums in the whole of Greece that links private and publicly owned art collections.............

The Sanctuary of Delphi

Sights and AttractionsArchaeological Sites

At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle

National Historical Museum

Sights and AttractionsAthens Museums

Founded in 1882 and belonging to The Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece (HESG), the National Historical Museum's purpose is to collect, save and present remain

Piraeus Archaeological Museum

Sights and AttractionsAthens Museums

Founded in 1966 and situated in a modern building in Zarilaou Trikoupi Street, the Piraeus Archaeological Museum consists of a two-storey showroom with a warehouse and la

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Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery

Sights and AttractionsGalleries

Since its inception, in 1987, the Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery, has maintained a continuous presence in the area of contemporary art, representing and radiating the vision

Sanctuary of Artemis, Vravrona

Sights and AttractionsArchaeological Sites

Situated on the eastern coast of Attica, near the Aegan Sea in a small inlet, the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron lies as an early sacred site. The area was first inhabit

Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus

Sights and AttractionsAthens Museums

The museum was built in 1898-1900 from the Athens based Archaeological Society, between the ancient theater and the rest of the sanctuary area.............

Kerameikos

Sights and AttractionsArchaeological Sites

Kerameikos is an archaeological site in Northwest Athens and was historically where the potters settled in the city.............

Cape Sounio - Temple of Poseidon

Sights and AttractionsArchaeological Sites

Sounio is about a one-hour drive from central Athens and follows the breathtaking coastline of the Saronic Gulf, passing through the resorts of Varkiza, Ayia Marina, Lago

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