Athens

Attractions

  • Acropolis of Athens

    The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (Gr. akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city, pl. acropoleis) in...
  • National Archaeological Museum

    The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world's great museums. Although its or...

Athens Travel Guide

  • Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.7 million inhabitants. It is in many ways the birthplace of Classical Greece, and therefore of Western civilization. Athens is situated in the prefecture of Attica and extends to the peninsula that reaches up to Central Greece....

New Blogs

  • Sameeha Ghani

    About Athens, the capital of Greek

    The Greek capital is undergoing a radical period of urban renewal that did not stop with the 2004 Olympics. The magnificent Acropolis, crowned by the iconic Parthenon temple, rises above the city, wat...[ Read More] [01-19-2010]

  • Jim Coughli

    One last day in Athens

    It has been a wonderful trip but a bit of a bumpy one. One of our travelers has been so agitated and angry that we have all walked on egg shells. Thank god we weren't on some reality TV show like Amaz...[ Read More] [08-29-2009]

  • Zulmira Agueda

    Athens - My Greece Trip

    if you decide to come to Greece one of these days, don't plan on arriving in August, especially if your arrival date lands on a Sunday. On my way to the hostel -- Hotel Diethnes in Athens-- I noticed...[ Read More] [08-28-2009]