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Athens Walking Tours

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  • Sep 16, 2008: ... the marble women weeping for their lost sister. On two different walking tours now, guides have taken us to places we've ...
  • Jun 16, 2007: ... took a really good walking tour of Ancient Greece with Maria from 'Athens Walking Tours". She put about 3 ~6,000 years of ...
  • Aug 1, 2008: We are now in Athens, Greece and I haven't written anything since Carlisle. Sorry. (You will be after reading all of this). ...
  • Sep 2, 2008: ... happen to go to Paris, make sure that you take the walking tours of both Paris and Montmartre. After getting up at 3am to ...

Acropolis (Akropolis) Athens

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  • Feb 26, 2006: ... here is beautiful, but the view of the Acropolis from anywhere in Athens is beautiful. I don't think that there is anywhere ...
  • Jun 14, 2008: ... of the Propylaia, the monumental gateway into the Acropolis aligned with the Parthenon...  Apparently the Parthenon ...
  • Apr 1, 2008: ... together. The 12 Euro ticket for the Acropolis gets you admission to 6 of Athens' biggest sights. We had our student ID's so ...
  • Apr 20, 2005: ... He Said: Highlights: 1. The Acropolis and wandering through the Plaka area of Athens 2. Greek Food 3. The Islands, they ...

Agora Athens

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  • Feb 26, 2006: ... from our walking tour of Ancient Greece.  The next stop for us is the Ancient Agora. We could see the Stoa of ...
  • Jun 14, 2008: ... day. Our walking tour of Athens is AMAZING!  Our first stop is the Ancient Agora, or old market, which was ...
  • Apr 1, 2008: ... the largest hill in the center of Athens surrounded by the Theatre of Dionysus, Ancient Agora, Roman Agora, and the Temple of ...
  • Apr 20, 2005: ... my own "Pilgramage Path" 7. Shopping and a haircut in Athens....after a month in Africa, I was feeling very UNcivilized! ...

Parthenon (Parthenonas) Athens

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  • Feb 26, 2006: ... feels as if I have been here before. We walked around the Parthenon taking it all in. We take in the view, all of& ...
  • Jun 14, 2008: ... the Frankish and the Ottoman Empire, during which time the Parthenon was turned into a mosque!  We learned all ...
  • Apr 1, 2008: ... Roman Agora, and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Parthenon and the Theatre of Dionysus were currently undergoing restoration ...
  • Aug 17, 2006: ... Fucking brilliant. So, when the chips are down, the Parthenon emerges against the ever-vivid blue sky, powerful, majestic ...

Benaki Museum Athens

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  • Oct 17, 2009: ... the flea markets stretched as far as Thisio. Then to the Benaki Museum which is housed where the eponymous Benaki had his ...
  • May 24, 2006: ... the Acropolis. Saw the enzone again and went to Benaki Museum. It's a collection of various things, mostly Greek, acquired ...
  • Aug 30, 2006: ... Spent most of the rest of the afternoon at the Benaki Museum, which has the most incredible collection of artifacts, ...
  • Jul 17, 2008: ... during the afternoon and then went to Greece's best private museum, the Benaki Museum.  It was fascinating, with pieces dating ...

National Archaeological Museum (Ethniko Archaiologiko Museo) Athens

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  • Aug 17, 2006: ... museums are fantastic as well. The National Archaeological Museum - a behemoth of a museum housing endless classical greek ...
  • Feb 27, 2006: ... Of course you can't visit the National Archaeological Museum without being drawn into the sculpture of the ...
  • Jul 20, 2006: ... one of the finest museums I've been to, the National Archaeological Museum. It was, I think, the best thing I could've done ...
  • Apr 20, 2006: ... the world's first classical civilisation. The National Archaeological Museum a couple of suburbs north in Onomia ...

Goulandris Foundation Museum of Cycladic Art Athens

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The Jewish Museum Athens

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Byzantine Museum (Vizantino Museo) Athens

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  • May 28, 2009: ... least). So, since it was on my way to the Byzantine museum thismorning, I decided to time my journey to watch the ceremony. ...

Syntagma Square Athens

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  • Feb 25, 2006: ... of the guard. It was a fantastic introduction to Athens. Syntagma Square www.youtube.com/watch?v=15mAzcwamnI We ...
  • Jul 8, 2008: ... by metro from Akropolis. We took an underground to Syntagma Square, wandered around in narrow streets that at least gave us ...
  • Aug 1, 2006: ... while having their photos taken. Across the road in Syntagma Square was a subway station. During the construction of the ...
  • Sep 13, 2008: ... the changing of the Evzone guard at the Vouli, Syntagma Square and metro station, Mitropoli church, Kapnikareas church, and ...

Jordan Diaglou Taxi Tours Athens

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Temple of Olympian Zeus (Stiles Olymbiou Dios / Olymbion) Athens

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  • Jun 14, 2008: ... down the hill and visited the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the largest ancient temple of Athens ever built.  It ...
  • Apr 1, 2008: ... of Dionysus, Ancient Agora, Roman Agora, and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. The Parthenon and the Theatre of Dionysus were ...
  • Aug 17, 2006: ... , many of which are excellently preserved. In particular, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Temple of Hephaestus are ...
  • Aug 1, 2006: ... love their meat). Down the road we saw the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch, the same Roman Emperor that ordered ...

Mt. Lycabettus (Likavitos) Athens

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  • Oct 13, 2005: ... After the Museum we went to Mt. Lycabettus which is in the middle of Athens. From this point you can pretty much see ...

Odeum of Herodes Atticus (Odeion / Irodion) Athens

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  • Jun 4, 2008: ... Poseidon. It was so that Athens was named after her. The famous Odeum of Herodes Atticus - where Yanni had performed at ...

Deste Foundation Athens

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Filopappos Hill Athens

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  • May 25, 2009: ... the shops in the Monastiraki district. We made our way to Filopappos Hill. Along the walk up to the top, we found the ...
  • Jun 10, 2009: ... much more relaxed. I decided to go for a nice hike up Filopappos Hill, which was beside the Acropolis. Firstly, I thought I ...

Gallery Demeter Athens

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Constitution Square (Syntagma) Athens

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  • Jul 8, 2006: ... most familiar things associated to Athens are still around: Acropolis, Constitution Square (and those soldiers still wearing ...
  • Sep 5, 2007: ... lobby at 7 for an 8:30 meeting in Syntagma Square (Constitution Square), four stations away on the metro. We had breakfast ...
  • Oct 26, 1977: 26th - Constitution Square, Plaka district - shops 27th - Acropolis - free entry today. Climbed around the ruins, adnired ...
  • Jun 12, 2007: ... cents to Monastiraki Station in the heart of Athens and walked to Constitution Square and watched the changing of the guards ...

Anafiotika Athens

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  • Aug 23, 2006: ... with wine), we were very excited to arrive in Greece. We weren't that psyched for Athens as we heard it was a big, dirty, ...
  • Apr 29, 2005: ... the lower slope for some time and had arrived in Anafiotiká, a quiet residential area tucked away from the hurly burly of the ...
  • Sep 18, 2009: ... time the largest temple in Greece).  We walked through the very scenic Anafiotika district with white washed buildings ...

National Gallery of Art Athens

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