Athens Downtown is famous for its natural beauty and history.
Discover attractions of the Greek islands, mainland and metropolis. Apart from archaeological sites, monuments and museums, did you know that you can visit some of the most amazing monuments of geological interest in the word? Don't miss the chance to visit the Petrified Forest of Lesvos and Meteora in Thessaly, Central Athens Downtown!
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The monuments of the Acropolis have withstood the ravages of past centuries, both of ancient times and those of the Middle Ages. Until the 17th century, foreign travellers visiting the monuments depicted the classical buildings... View More
Acropolis of Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀκρόπολις Akropolis; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών Akrópoli Athenón) is an ancient citadel located on an extremely rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains... View More
Ancient Agora of Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece Today:
Ancient Agora is today one of the most touristic areas of the historic center of Athens and extends to the modern regions of Kerameikos, Monastiraki and Thisio.
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In ancient Greek the meaning of the word agora means... View More
Benaki Museum - Museum of Greek Culture
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Benaki Museum is housed in a neoclassical mansion in the historic centre of Athens opposite the National Gardens.
The Museum is a composite architectural group that resulted from successive additions. Its core was the 19th... View More
Erechtheion
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Erechtheion or Erechtheum (Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Modern Greek: Ερέχθειο) is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.ArchitectureThe... View More
Gate of Athena Archegetis
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Gate of Athena Archegetis is situated west side of the Roman Agora, in Athens and considered to be the second most prominent remain in the site after the Tower of the Winds.Constructed in 11 BCE by donations from Julius Caesar... View More
Herod Atticus Odeon
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The famous Herod Atticus Odeon dominates the western end on the south slope of the Acropolis. It was the third Odeon constructed in ancient Athens after the Pericles Odeon on the south slope (fifth century) and the Agrippa's... View More
Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation popularly known as the "Mētrópolis", is the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
Construction of the Cathedral began on Christmas Day, 1842 with the laying... View More
Municipal Art Gallery of Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Municipal Gallery of Athens is a museum in Athens, Greece. It houses a rich collection of nearly 3,000 works from leading 19th- and 20th-century Greek artists. Formerly located on Peiraios Street on Eleftherias (Koumoundourou)... View More
Museum of Illusions Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece Enter the fascinating world of illusion which will trick your confidence in senses, but amaze you by doing it; the world that will confuse you completely, but also educate you! View More
National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST) began its operation in 2000. Permanent home of the Museum is the former Fix brewery on Syngrou Ave., the reconstruction of which was completed in February 2014. The building... View More
Olympian Zeus Temple
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece Today:
The temple of Olympian Zeus is today an outdoor archaeological site and one with the most popular in Athens, as it is very near the Acropolis rock. For the record, the area received additional global interest when in January... View More
Panathenaic Stadium - Kallimarmaron
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Panathenaic Stadium or Kalimarmaro, was dedicated to the goddess Athena, protector of the city of Athens and there celebrated part of the Great Panathenaia which was the most important combination of religious festival, athletic... View More
Parthenon
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Parthenon (Ancient Greek: Παρθενών; Modern Greek: Παρθενώνας, Parthenónas) is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their... View More
Temple of Hephaestus
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of... View More
Anton Prokesch Von Osten Mansion
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece Built in 1841by Stamatis Kleanthis. View More
Anton Prokesch Von Osten Mansion
Academy of Athens
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Academy of Athens is located on the corner of Sina street and Panepistimiou street and is part of the Neoclassical Trilogy: Academy - Panepistimio - National Library.
The idea of establishing the Academy had already begun... View More
Academy of Athens
Agia Irini Church
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Agia Irini Church
Agios Dionysios the Areopagite Catholic Cathedral
Athens Downtown, Athens, Athens, Central Greece The Catholic church of St Dionysios the Areopagite is one of the most important monuments in the centre of Athens, near the 19th-century Athenian Trilogy, i.e. the Library, University and Academy.Construction began on the church... View More
Agios Dionysios the Areopagite Catholic Cathedral
Agios Dionysios the Areopagite Church
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