New Acropolis Museum Athens

Athens , Attica, Greece

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  • Great Place

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    cdrjgreen 8 contributions Australia Jun 1, 2012

    Went early and beat the queues of people, has some great displays in this huge buiding only 5 euro is cheap

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    Touring central Athens

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    Today was a quite day?????
    Walked up to the Acropolis Museum (15 mins). A big building of 4 levels to exhibit the significant finds from the sacred site of acropolis and its foothills. We went early and beat the queues of people. Also enjoyed a nice coffee in the museum restaurant where you can also look up and see the acropolis Parthenon, Mind …

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    The best laid plans.....

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    Saturday 19/05/2012. 8.13 am IGOUMENITSA

    My little van is now totally wedged between 2 lorries, the side of the ship and a bulkhead (I believe that's what they are called) so that to get to the toilet or the other campers I have to weave around huge juggernauts. I spent half an hour watching them being loaded this morning until the …

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    Ancient Greece

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    We knew it was not going to be the best weather this morning, but when we heard the torrential downpour, we all rolled over and spent a little more time snoozing. After breakfast we sat in our room until the rain died down a little before heading out. We started at the Plaka, the market/vendors, mostly just going in and out of stores to avoid the …

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    My Life in Ruins

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    I freaking love Athens.  It's one of the best places I've been to so far by far.  Yesterday was so amazing.  I took a "free" (tips were encouraged at end) walking tour with three Jews, a German, and an Aussie.  Our local tour guide was so cool and he gave us all these secret tips on how to navigate the city.  He was …

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    ... the experience.  On the way down the hill, we attempted to use our 12 Euro "all sight" tickets to enter the New Acropolis museum. We were told that our tickets were only good for the old musuem...which makes no sense being that they closed it down. ...

  • 2

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    ... ; So I headed for the Acropolis which is the area that houses the Parthenon.  I walked up to the brand new Acropolis museum and discovered that is was closed.  Apparently along with Paris, museums are closed on Mondays.  Common sense would ...

  • 3

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    ... graffiti everywhere criticizing the "rich".   Since we had missed going by only a few weeks, I made sure to visit the new Acropolis Museum on this trip.  They hadn't opened yet in 2009 and finally did just weeks after we were here.  It's ...

  • 4

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    ... is also home to the Erechtheum, built between 421-406 BC.  On our way down from the Acropolis, we stopped at the new Acropolis Museum which just opened two years ago. It had several floors of Ancient Greek artifacts, statues, and art, and the museum ...

  • 5

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  • 6

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  • 7

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    ... headed back past the Acropolis and towards the new Acropolis museum. On Corfu, as many people praised the new Acropolis Museum as warned me about Athens.  I was not disappointed in the museum.  Approaching the entrance, glass floor panels ...

  • 8

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    ... photos of the Propylaia, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, the Temple of Athena Nike, and Erechthion.  Unfortunately the new Acropolis museum was closed for cleaning today!! (Monday) - it is meant to be amazing.  We were just descending ...

  • 9

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    ... the avenue that runs below the Acropolis, in search of food. We walked past the Acropolis, the Odeon of Herod Atticus and the New Acropolis Museum along the way. We ended up going to a place that I went to with Kostas and Nick, just over a year ...

  • 10

    Athens

    ... Acropolis entrance gates. One sign informs us that the museum is closed, as all the exhibits are being transferred to the new Acropolis Museum, which will open in February and another sign informs us that the Parthenon Temple is closed 'due to a strike' ...