top 10 best places to visit in Athens Greece
this list is prepared from comparing popular travel websites such as Google
travel trip advisor and Lonely Planet consists of the capital and largest city in
Greece and one of the top tourist destinations in Greece Athens is also
called the world ancient capital. Here comes the number 10
Panathenaic stadium the old Olympic Stadium in Athens Greece it is the only stadium in
the world built entirely of marble in the late 19th century on the side of
ancient Athens from the fourth century it hosted the first modern Olympic Games
in 1896 the stadium itself is very impressive.
Number 9: Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus is the cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital of
Athens at 300 metres above the sea level if summit is the highest point in Athens
walk or take the funicular tramway to the top of this hill for the best views
of Athens it's a great place for a 360 degree view of Athens.
Number eight: Monastiraki
Monastiraki is the flea market neighborhood in the old town
of athens and is one of the principal shopping districts the area is home to
clogging boutiques souvenir shops and specialty stores and is a major tourist
attraction in Athens this is a fun colorful and busy area number seven
national archaeological museum housing the world's finest collection of Greek
antiquities in an enormous new classical building this museum is one of
attentions top attractions tracers offering a view of Greek art and history
dating back from the Neolithic era to classical periods include exclusive
sculptures pottery jewelry frescoes and artifacts found throughout Greece.
Number six: temple of olympian Zeus. It's a marvelous temple,
once the largest in Greece and it is smack in the center of Athens of the
temples hunted and for original Corinthian columns only 15 remains.
It is impressive being so ancient and you need to admire the architecture
Number 5: Ancient Agora of Athens and temple of Hephaestus both of them are inside the
The same boundary and a single ticket is good enough to visit both places.
The ancient agora of Athens is best known example of an ancient Greek Agora these
rings located in the heart of modern Athens. Where once the site of the
marketplace in ancient times a political cultural and economic center of the
ancient world temple of Hephaestus is an ancient Greek temple located on the
complex of the ancient Agora and dedicated to her first as the god of the
forge is one of the few temples to be almost entirely preserved.
Number 4: Syntagma square. Syntagma square is the central square of Athens and housing the
Greek parliament since 1934 it's the most important square of modern Athens
from both a historical and social point of view at the heart of commercial
activity and Greek politics it is very pretty with priests fountains and the
Parliament building with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guarded by soldiers in ceremonial uniform.
Number 3: Plaka Plaka is the old historical neighborhood
of athens clustered along the northern and eastern slopes of the acropolis and
incorporating labyrinthine streets and new classical architecture it is very
nice place to walk around and visit all the stores and find bargains
number 2 the Acropolis Museum this dazzling Museum and the foot of the
Acropolis 10,000 slowed showcases of its surviving treasuries
the collection covers the archaic period to the Roman one but the emphasis is on
the Acropolis of the fifth century BC considered the apotheosis of Greece's
artistic achievement the museum reveals layers of history from ancient ruins
beneath the building to the Acropolis itself always visible ever through
floor-to-ceiling windows. Before number one here are a few honorable mentions
the National Garden vinicky Museum of Greek culture and archaeological site of
Kerameikos. Number one the Acropolis The Acropolis is the most important
ancient site in the Western world it contains the remains of several
ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance crowned by the
Parthenon on it stands Sentinel over Athens visible from almost everywhere within
the city. others are old temple of Athena, odeon of
herodes atticus and the theatre of dionysos. Dear viewers
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