Athens City Walk along my 10 favorite places

1. 

   Panathenaic Stadium

   0 · Sports Hall
   The Panathenaic Stadium or Panathinaiko hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. …
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2. 

   Taverna Xinos

   0 · Restaurant
   Fancy a more traditional, real Greek meal? Then you might like the hidden Taverna Xinos, at Aggios …
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3. 

   Temple of Olympian Zeus

   0 · Historical place
   The Temple of Olympian Zeus is one of the most impressive ancient temples in Greece.
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4. 

   Arch of Hadrian - Athens

   0 · Historical place
   Arch of Hadrian
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5. 

   Odos Adrianou

   0 · Street
   Odos Adrianou is one of the most known streets for tourist shops. It is a very long street. Most …
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6. 

   The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

   0 · Historical place
   The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
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7. 

   Platia Lisikratous

   0 · Square
   On one of the most beautiful squares of Athens you will find the monument of Lisikratos. The …
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8. 

   Acropolis Museum

   0 · Museum
   The Acropolis Museum opened its doors at the end of 2007. It contains the most significant pieces …
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   Acropolis Museum

   0 · Museum
   There was a debate going on if these marvelous houses along the Arcopolis stroll have to be …
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10. 

    Acropolis Museum

    0 · Museum
    People don't need a lot to create new good luck spots. Just a pit dug up by archaeologists, such …
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11. 

    Theatre of Dionysus

    0 · Historical building
    The Theatre of Dionysus was a major open air theatre in ancient Greece, built at the foot of the …
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12. 

    Theater van Dionysus

    0 · Theatre
    The Theatre of Dionysus was a major outdoor theater of ancient Greece. It had a capacity of 17 000 …
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13. 

    Dionysiou Areopagitou

    0 · Street
    One of the most beautiful walks you can do in Athens is certainly along the new pedestrian street …
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14. 

    Apostolou Pavlou

    0 · Street
    Apostolou Pavlou is a part of the renovated walk around the Acropolis. This part is a more quiet …
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15. 

    Ilia Poulopoulo

    0 · Street
    Ilia Poulopoulo is a very popular and lively street. It is part of the renovated pedestrian walk …
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16. 

    Technopolis

    0 · Museum
    Technopolis was the old storage place for the city gas of Athens. There are plenty of exhibition …
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17. 

    ILPAP

    0 · Busstop
    The busstorage place of ILPAP has been decorated with some marvelous graffiti. Some might argue it …
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18. 

    Adrianou

    0 · Street
    Adrianou is one of the nicest streets of Athens. It is a must to take a stroll along this street.
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19. 

    Monasteraki Flea Market

    0 · Flea market
    A new trend I noticed since 2011-2013 is the increase in bicycle shops in Athens. There is even a …
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20. 

    Monasteraki Square

    0 · Square
    Next to Monasteraki square, you will recognize a Turkish mosque. It is one of the few mosques that …
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21. 

    Monasteraki Square

    0 · Square
    Monasteraki became one of the most beautful squares of Athens. It was always lively and that is …
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22. 

    Melissinos

    0 · Shop
    The poet and sandal-maker Melissinos can be found on the outskirts of the new Plaka new: Psirri. …
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23. 

    Psirri

    0 · Burrough
    If you want to hang out where Athenian people hang out, you have to get to the Psirri district. …
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24. 

    Chinatown

    0 · Burrough
    Here is the new 'Chinatown' of Athens, although there are numerous traders from other countries …
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25. 

    Platia Elefterias

    0 · Square
    Although the town did quite some effort to renovate this area, you can still sense that this area …
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26. 

    Herb market of Athens

    0 · Market
    You should try to get some Mediterranean herbs such as oregano and sage from the spice market in …
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27. 

    Athens

    0 · City
    Ancient Athens was a thriving place for genius. In his marvelous book "Geography of Genius", Eric …
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28. 

    Omonia Square

    0 · Square
    I always liked Omonia Square because it gives you the real and unpolished life of Athens without …
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29. 

    National Archeological Museum

    0 · Archeological museum
    The National Archaeological Museum of Athens shows one of the first computers in the world: The …
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30. 

    Aiyaion

    0 · Eatery
    Aiyaion or Igion is a traditional "loukoumades" place, founded in 1926 as mentioned on the wall.
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31. 

    Panepistimiou

    0 · Building
    Statue in front of the Panipistimiou building with the statue of Athena in the background.
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32. 

    Academia

    0 · Monument
    The beautiful building of the Academia is flanked by two pilars. On the left, you see the godess …
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33. 

    Hotel Grande Britagne

    0 · Hotel
    The Hotel Grande Britagne was the scene of celeb party in February 1958. The 26-year-old Elizabeth …
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34. 

    Metrostation Sintagma

    0 · Metrostation
    Entrance to the metrostation of Syntagma
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35. 

    Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos

    0 · Statue
    Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos. Elefthérios Kyriakos Venizélos (23 August 1864 - 18 March 1936), …
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36. 

    Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos

    0 · Statue
    This is the statue of Eleftherios Venizelos. Elefthérios Kyriakos Venizélos was one of the most …
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37. 

    Old Royal Palace

    0 · Palace
    The Old Royal Palace is the first royal palace of modern Greece, completed in 1843. It has housed …
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38. 

    Parlement

    0 · Parliament
    The Greek Parliament is housed at the Palace to Sintagma. There is also the Greek guard here …
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39. 

    Mitropolis Cathedral

    0 · cathedral
    Archibishop Damaskinos (his statue is facing the entrance of the cathedral) is known to have said …
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40. 

    Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens

    0 · cathedral
    The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation popularly known as the "Mētrópolis", is the …
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41. 

    Odos Agios Filothesis

    0 · Street
    Odos Agios Filothesis is a very peculiar street. It is the shopping street for the clergy. Here …
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42. 

    Apollonos Street

    0 · Street
    Apollonos Street is the shopping street for the Greek Orthodox clergy.
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43. 

    Toilets from ancient times

    0 · Archeological site
    In the populated city of Athens, hygiene was an important issue. The public toilets were on the …
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44. 

    Tower of the winds

    0 · Historical building
    The trade winds were very important for Athens. You can still see this from the well-preserved …
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45. 

    Ancient Agora of Athens

    0 · Historical place
    Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy that flourished throughout the Roman and Greek …
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46. 

    Ancient Agora of Athens

    0 · Historical place
    How important the agora of Athens for the Athenians was is well expressed by Eric Weiner in his …
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47. 

    Areopagos Hill

    0 · Hill
    The apostle Paul once delivered a sermon from the Areopagus Hill, a natural stage to talk to an …
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48. 

    Acropolis

    0 · Monument
    The relationship between high heels and ancient monuments can be found on the Acropolis of Athens. …
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49. 

    Acropolis

    0 · Monument
    The Acropolis is one of the most recognisable historic sites in the world and remains an …
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50. 

    Boom van Athene

    0 · Boom
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51. 

    Parthenon

    0 · Historical building

    The Parthenon Marbles or also known as the Elgin Marbles are still a very difficult issue in the …

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52. 

    Parthenon

    0 · Historical building

    The geometry of the Parthenon is so complex that architect Iktinos devoted a whole book to it. To …

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53. 

    Acropolis of Athens

    0 · Acropolis
    The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens …
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54. 

    Acropolis of Athens

    0 · Historical place
    There was a debate going on if these marvelous houses along the Arcopolis stroll have to be …
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55. 

    Acropolis of Athens

    0 · Historical place
    Acropolis of Athens
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