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Athens

The city of the Acropolis, and of 3,000 years of life around it.

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Athens is a big, lively capital where ancient temples rise between apartment blocks, markets and cafés.

La storia di Athens

Climb the Acropolis early, then visit the Acropolis Museum below it. Walk through the Ancient Agora and Plaka, the old quarter. Give half a day to the National Archaeological Museum, and visit the Benaki Museum and the Museum of Cycladic Art in the Kolonaki district. In the evening, go up Lycabettus hill or eat in a taverna under the Acropolis.

  • 1834Athens becomes the capital of modern Greece
  • 2004Athens hosts the Olympic Games again

Athens nel tempo

I grandi momenti, e dove vederli oggi.

  1. 432 BCThe Parthenon is finished.Da vedere: Acropolis Museum
  2. 1896The first modern Olympics.Da vedere: Panathenaic Stadium

Cosa fare a Athens

  1. 01

    Acropolis Museum

    The Parthenon gallery and the Caryatids.

    Athens2 to 3 hours
  2. 02

    National Archaeological Museum

    The greatest collection of ancient Greek art.

    Athens3 hours
  3. 03

    Benaki Museum

    Greek culture from antiquity to the 20th century.

    Athens2 hours
  4. 04

    Museum of Cycladic Art

    Cycladic figures and ancient Greek art.

    Athens1 to 2 hours
Come arrivare

Arrivare a Athens

Dall’aeroporto al centro con i mezzi pubblici, poi i treni e le linee locali fino ai musei.

Arrivare in aereo

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Storia nascosta

An owl for Athena

The owl of Athens is on the Greek one-euro coin.

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The owl was the bird of Athena, goddess of wisdom and protector of the city, and appeared on the silver coins of ancient Athens, the 'owls' that were used all over the Mediterranean. Today the same owl, copied from an ancient coin, is on the Greek one-euro coin.