Athens

Athens is recognised as the birthplace of civilisation. The source of many of the West’s intellectual and artistic conceptions, reminder are present throughout the city. The most famous of these is the Parthenon, which dominates the Athenian landscape and is unsurpassed in its beauty, architectural splendor and historic importance. The city’s many classical remains can be discovered in the excellent museums, including the newly renovated National Archeological Museum and New Museum of Acropolis with their respective superb collections of Greek antiquities.

Bathed in light and drenched in sunshine for 300 days of the year, the vibrant city streets and squares are full of cafés and an astonishing number of restaurants of all styles. Here you can sate your senses with a cuisine recognised as one of the healthiest and tastiest in the world, in restaurants overlooking the moonlit Acropolis or Tavernas next to the sparkling Aegean Sea.

Archaeological attractions in Athens

• The Acropolis Hill of Athens, is the most important landmark of the city and, as a World Heritage Monument, constitutes one of the most recognisable monuments on Earth. The first habitable remains on the Acropolis date from the Neolithic period.
• The New Acropolis Museum is a purpose built museum by the architect Bernard Tschumi to house the archaeological findings related to the Acropolis Hill.
• The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest, mostimportant archaeological museum in Greece and among the richest in the world for Ancient Greek art.

Historical sites, cultural attractions and sight seeing

• Lycabettus Hill rises 1.000 feet into the Athenian sky offering a unique vantage point to the city.
• The Zappeion Exhibition Hall is one of the outstanding examples of late Athenian Classicism and an archetype of Greek public architecture.
• The Parliament Building (Old Palace) is a representative sample of the early period of Neoclassicism in Greece.