Places in Athens

Historic marble outcrop beside the Acropolis where the ancient Athenian high court sat and Apostle Paul addressed classical philosophers.

Historic stone pavilion in the Athens National Garden displaying botanical specimens, archival sketches, and Queen Amalia’s horticultural legacy.

Interactive entertainment museum near Monastiraki Square offering optical trick rooms, holograms, infinity tunnels, and brain teasers.

Military history museum in Kolonaki showcasing weapons, breastplates, artillery, and vintage aircraft from ancient times to World War II.

Greece’s premier art institution showcasing post-Byzantine religious art, El Greco canvases, and 19th- and 20th-century Greek modern painting.

Flagship Benaki museum in Kolonaki tracing Greek history and culture from prehistoric antiquities to Ottoman-era folk costumes and El Greco art.

Private cultural foundation in central Athens offering rotating modern art exhibitions, classical music recitals, a bookstore, and an elegant cafe.

Historical museum in the neoclassical Old Parliament House showcasing military uniforms, weapons, and archives from the 1821 Greek Revolution.

Specialized museum housed in Heinrich Schliemann’s neoclassical Iliou Melathron mansion, exhibiting ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coinage.

Modern art museum in Pangrati displaying private masterworks by Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, Degas, Giacometti, and prominent Greek painters.

Contemporary exhibition venue of the Benaki Museum at Pireos 138, hosting major modern art retrospectives, photography, and cultural events.

World-class Athens museum dedicated to the minimalist marble figurines and pottery of the 3rd-millennium BC Cycladic Aegean civilization.

Modern interactive museum in Marousi documenting the Olympic movement from ancient Greece to the modern revival and the 2004 Athens Games.

Intimate Plaka museum in Athens showcasing Greece’s richest collection of traditional folk instruments, regional recordings, and musical craftsmanship.

Distinctive automotive museum in Athens featuring more than 110 vintage, racing, and classic cars arranged across three spiral floors.

Kolonaki museum displaying over 100 functional reconstructions of ancient Greek engineering inventions, automata, and acoustic mechanisms.

Premier Athens museum exhibiting over 25,000 Christian and Byzantine religious icons, mosaics, manuscripts, and architectural sculptures.

Hilltop 2nd-century AD Roman funerary monument on the Hill of the Muses, celebrated for panoramic sunset perspectives of the Acropolis.

Historic cemetery and potter’s quarter of ancient Athens featuring carved family funerary stelai, the Sacred Gate, and city fortifications.

Weathered bronze monument in Thisio park honoring Theseus, the legendary mythological hero and founding king of classical Athens.

Compact classical Ionic temple perched on the southwest bastion of the Acropolis entrance, dedicated to the victorious goddess Athena.

Ancient Roman stone theater carved into the southwest slope of the Acropolis hill, famous for classical architecture and summer concerts.

Remarkably preserved 5th-century BC Doric temple overlooking the Ancient Agora of Athens, retaining intact marble columns and friezes.

Reconstructed Hellenistic colonnade in the Ancient Agora of Athens housing the Museum of the Ancient Agora with democracy artifacts and Roman sculptures.