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Athens

Where Western civilisation began

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Acropolis mornings, lively neighbourhoods and great street food.

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About Athens

Acropolis mornings, lively neighbourhoods and great street food.

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Country: GreeceLanguage: GreekCurrency: Euro (EUR)Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
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Top attractions in Athens

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Acropolis of Athens

The 5th-century-BC citadel crowning the city, home to the Parthenon — the single most-visited monument in Greece. Skip-the-line entry is worth it in summer.

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Acropolis Museum

The glass-floored museum at the foot of the hill, displaying the original sculptures and the Parthenon Marbles gallery with a direct view of the temple.

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Ancient Agora of Athens

The civic heart of classical Athens, with the remarkably intact Temple of Hephaestus and the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos.

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Temple of Olympian Zeus

Once the largest temple in Greece; fifteen of its colossal Corinthian columns still stand beside Hadrian’s Arch in the city centre.

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National Archaeological Museum

The country’s greatest collection of antiquities — the Antikythera Mechanism, the Mask of Agamemnon and the bronze of Artemision under one roof.

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