Athens, the city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshiped by gods and people, a magical city. These are just a few words that shows an overview of the Greek capital.
Greece is also the country where democracy was born and have lived the greatest sages of ancient times. The most important civilization of ancient world flourished in Athens and live today through stories and buildings that withstood heroically against time consuming.
Today Athens is Greece's economic and cultural center, with many historical monuments and sights, among witch the most important are:
Agora, the ancient center of Athens, the center of political,commercial, administrative and social activities, religious center and the settlement of justice, was used as a residential area in late Neolithic, in the early eleventh century, the Agora becaming a public area.
If you want to visit Agora you should know the following information:
-Agora entrance fee is 4 € for adults and € 2 for students and children;
-Agora can be visited daily between 08.30-19.30 hours, Monday less when is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (closed for the holidays);
- the Agora is located near the Acropolis hill, along the streets of Plaka and Monastiraki ;
Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Oplympeion, is located on Amalias Street at 500 meters southeast of the Acropolis and 700 meters south of Syntagma Square. Foundation belongs to a temple that was dedicated to the tyrant Pisistratus in 515 BC, but work was abandoned when Pisistratus's son, Hippias, was removed from the throne in 510 BC
If you want to visit the temple you should know the following information:
-Temple of Zeus can be visited daily between 08.00-19.30 hours Monday when it's less open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (closed for holidays);
-Entrance to the Temple of Zeus is 4 € and is located on Amalias street;
Acropolis, the most important and most beautiful temple in Athens called "Holy Stone of Athens" dedicated to its protector, goddess Athena, dominates the modern city center stone summit. The oldest myths, great festivals, worship ancient and several decisive events in history are all connected in this sacred place. Acropolis monuments are in natural harmony with the settlement. One of the main buildings of the Acropolis is the Parthenon.
The building of Parthenon was created by architects Kallikrates and Iktinos as the residence of the huge statue of Athena, its construction of lasting seven years. What is fascinating about Parthenon is that it creates a feeling that is built from parts that can be changed between them. For example, the columns are stones placed one upon another, the first sensation is that you could change one piece with the other but this is not possible. Each piece of the Parthenon is unique and fits with where it is located as in the hardest puzzle.
If you want to visit The Acropolis you should know the following information:
-Acropolis can be visited every day from 08.00-19.30 least Monday when it opened between 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (closed for the holidays );
-Acropolis entrance fee is € 12 for adults and 6 € for students and children;
The construction of the Temple of Poseidon, god of the sea, began around 500 BC, but the monument was never finished. Temple and its attractions was first destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. Temple of Poseidon that you can visit today was built on the site of the ruins of another temple. .
Lord Byron carved his name on one of the marble columns in 1810. He triggered a real current, today the temple being scratched with signatures and initial of the tourists.
If you want to visit the temple of Poseidon, you should know the following information:
-Temple of Poseidon can be visited every day between 8:30 to 20:00. (except in March when is closed);
-entrance to the Temple of Poseidon is 4 € for adults and € 2 for children;
-the temple is located in city Sounio, Athens organizing trips to the Temple of Poseidon;
Byzantine Museum was founded in 1914. Originally located at the ground floor of the Academy of Athens, he was moved to Villa Ilissia, winter residence of the Duchess of Piacenza
Large collection of museum objects attest development during early Christianity until years after the Byzantine (sec IV-XIX). The collections include sculptures, paintings and small ornaments from Greece and from other parts of the Byzantine Empire as Asia Minor, Black Sea, Egypt and the Danubian Principalities that today are forming Romania.
When will be finished enlargements of the museum, all 15,000 items of the collection will be exhibited and the building will be part of a huge archaeological park which includes the Aristotle Lyceum and a small outdoor amphitheater.
If you want to visit the Byzantine Museum, you should know the following information:
-Byzantine Museum is open from tuesday to sunday from 8:00 to 19:30, closed on Mondays;
-the entrance fee is 4 € for adults and € 2 for children;
-it is located on Vassilis Sofias Street,number 22;
Dionysus Theatre, built in a natural hollow in the Southern Acropolis, was the first theater in the world built of stone and represents the birth of Greek tragedy. Here was where Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility, was worshiped. Theatre of Dionysus was divided into three major parts. Orchestra, with a circular space where the action take place, elongated building scene, where the actors changed and its served as a background or setting, and the audience.
If you want to visit the Dionysus Theatre, you should know the following information:
-Theatre of Dionysus can be visited every day from 8:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the summer, and in the winter between 8:30 to 6:00 p.m. (except Mondays when it is closed) ;
-entrance to the Theater of Dionysos is 2 € ;
The port of Piraeus, the biggest port of Greece, was built in the time of Themistocles, when the city walls were also high (year 478 AD Ch), and the entire Greek capital gains as under the supervision of architect Hippodamus.
Piraeus is composed of three ports, the "great port" is the biggest being placed in the west. From here goes all the large ships. Half a kilometer to the east, by a hill, lies the port of Zea, which is more a yacht harbor and also the starting point for many trips to the islands. Last port is Flisvos, 7 miles east of Zea, and is an exclusive port for trips. Piraeus is a commercial port and therefore will not find too many restaurants and hotels here but its worth a visit and is only for its role in Greek history.
