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★ Has its own city story
The country of temples, myths, democracy and the Olympic Games, with islands scattered over two seas.
Greece gave Europe its first theatres, its philosophy, its word for democracy and its Olympic Games. Its museums hold the Parthenon sculptures, the gold of Mycenae, the frescoes of Minoan Crete and the bronze Charioteer of Delphi. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then eat a village salad with olive oil, honey and feta, and watch the sun go down over the sea.
Palaces, city-states, empires and a modern nation.
The palace of Knossos is the heart of the first great civilisation of Europe.
See it at: Heraklion Archaeological Museum →Warrior kings are buried with gold masks at Mycenae.
See it at: National Archaeological Museum →Athens begins the Parthenon on the Acropolis, with sculptures by Phidias' workshop.
See it at: Acropolis Museum →Alexander the Great of Macedon takes Greek culture as far as India.
See it at: Archaeological Museum of ThessalonikiConstantinople becomes the capital of an empire that speaks Greek for a thousand years.
See it at: Museum of Byzantine Culture →Greeks rise against Ottoman rule; the new state is recognised in 1830.
See it at: National Historical Museum →A poet, a sea captain of the revolution and a minister of culture.
The poet of Lesbos, around 600 BC, whom the ancients called the tenth Muse.
A ship-owner from Spetses who commanded her own ships in the War of Independence.
See it at: Bouboulina MuseumActress and Minister of Culture who started the European Capital of Culture in 1985 and fought for the Parthenon marbles to come home.
See it at: Acropolis Museum →From the sculptor of the Parthenon to a Cretan painter in Toledo.
The sculptor who led the work on the Parthenon and made the giant statues of Athena and Zeus.
Sculptor of the 4th century BC, famous for soft, graceful marble gods.
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, born in Crete, who became one of the great painters of Spain.
19th-century painter of everyday Greek life and dreamy allegories.
20th-century painter of sailors, cafés and Greek light.
Olive oil, honey, feta and bread baked twice.
The village salad: tomato, cucumber, onion, olives and a slab of feta with olive oil.
A pie of spinach and cheese in thin filo pastry.
A Cretan rusk of barley bread topped with grated tomato, cheese and olive oil.
Small skewers of grilled meat, often in pita with tzatziki.
Small fried dough balls soaked in honey and cinnamon.
Carnival, kites, Easter candles and summer feasts.
Carnival weeks with masks and parades; Patras has the biggest.
Families fly kites on hills and eat lagana bread and seafood.
The biggest feast: candles lit at midnight, red eggs cracked together and lamb roasted on a spit.
Villages celebrate their saints with music, dancing and long tables under the trees.
In a few northern villages, people dance barefoot over hot coals; UNESCO lists the custom.
In summer go to open-air sites early in the morning; museums are cool at midday.
Book island ferries in summer, and check the weather: strong winds can stop them.
At many sites, the site and its museum share one entrance.
In churches and monasteries, cover shoulders and knees.
On museumtickets.com: 367 museums with photos, the way there and the museums nearby. Save your favourites in the free Culture Passport and, where the museum offers it, pay your admission in advance.
From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
From the temples of Malta to the Wall in Berlin: Europe is one big cultural family. One site to plan your museum days, in your language.
