Panathenaic Stadium (Panathinaiko Stadio) Athens

Kalispera (good evening in Greek) We love Athens! We love the culture of Ancient Greek!!

You would not know Greece is in economical trouble, because the Greeks are smiling, warm and welcoming! The food is awesome, the city is amazing, the weather is perfect!!!!

28 degrees, not a cloud in the sky and our two days in Athens were …

Again we had an early start, met everyone in the Lobby at 9am as we had a long walk to the Panathenaic Stadium and we had to arrive around 10am. The walk was long and took us about 45minutes to walk from our hotel to the stadium.
At the stadium, we gained free entry as we were a large university group. The normal fees were very reasonable as …

I have wanted to visit Greece since I was in high school studying Greek Mythology and today I was there! Athens itself is not the nicest city but lots of ruins scattered through out, make the city well worth a visit. We visited where the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held, then off to the Acropolis. Just to be on the Acropolis where the …

Today I scheduled a half day sightseeing tour to see the main sights of Athens. I was picked up at my hotel in the morning by a bus and off I went. The first stop of the tour was at Panathenaic Stadium, the site of the first modern Olympics back in 1896. The tour bus then drove past several important government buildings such as the Parliament …

We arrived in Athens late on Friday night and left on Saturday evening.
To be honest this city was not our favourite, we probably didn't give it enough time but we didn't get a great feel wandering around either.
We didn't visit Acropolis as we have already visited a number of ruins in Turkey and we are heading to Rome next to we didn't …

These are some of the photos from sightseeing in Athens with Dad and the kids …

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Athens Day 1:
So initially I decided that I would go to visit the National Archaeological Museum my first day due to the fact that it was the farthest attraction on my list of places I wanted to go. Since it was my first day in Athens, I wanted to walk there. I got a city map from the people at my hostel and plotted my …

Having arrived late the previous evening and seen nothing of the city, as the sun rose on the first real day of our trip it was time to get out there and explore.

Step 1: Wade through the swathes of undesirables outside our door
Fortunately the seemingly criminal element was less active during the harsh light of day, so the area was …

Not that I did, but I came darn close, and then I wouldn't have had the awesome day I ended up having, and, let's be honest, probably would have stressed out a lot of people and ruined their days too. So yeah this moral holds pretty well.

Woke up at the increasingly underappreciated time of approximately 7:15 to get in a good long run, …

... in this beautiful, quiet heaven but we had lots of places to go. Cutting through the park gave us a short cut to the Panathenaic Stadium. In ancient times it was used to host the athletic portion of the Panathenaic Games in honor of the Goddess Athena. ...

... ever built in Greece. The original building contained 104 columns but unfortunately only 16 are still standing. The 'old' Olympic Stadium (Panathenaic Stadium) was our next stop. The stadium is built on the ruins if the ancient stadium. It is ...

... Gardens and on to the Zappeio Palce which was used as the Olympic village in the recent olympics. Next port of call was the Panathenaic Stadium where the olympic games of 1896 took place and the marathon finished in 2004. Then it was on to the Temple ...

... that you have no idea exactly what you are going to get.. 11/01 - We did a sightseeing tour of Athens today. Our first stop was at the Panathenaic Stadium which is where the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era were held in 1896. We saw the remains ...

... and final day we headed to the National Archeology Museum of Greece. The highlight of the first day was definitely the Panathenaic Stadium which is probably best known as the site of the first modern Olympics in 1896. A stadium was first constructed on ...

... go go go! After we disciplined our emu tour guide, we headed to other interesting sites around Athens including Hadrian's gate, Zeus's temple, The Panathenaic Stadium (where the modern olympics started) and the Agora. All was going well and we were ...

... for recovery, I headed out into the city, eager to take in the sights. Closest to the hostel was the Panathenaic Stadium, a huge horseshoe shaped arena used in the first of the modern Olympics in 1896 and then again in 2004 games. Further ...

We have checked out and going for last bit of sight seeing here. We have walked to the Panathenaic Stadium which was originally built in 556bc. It was rebuilt in Marble in 396 bc. It was the place where the first modern day Olympics was held in 1896. ...

... ... not really, but it should have been.) We finally left the freeway and were heading into Athens proper.  Then I saw a landmark I recognized: the Panathenaic Stadium, which I knew from reading was close to Plaka. Excellent. I was at least ...

... of the modern Olympic Games but also played host to many ancient games. In 1896 the first games were held in Athens at the Panathenaic Stadium. As we wandered around the Stadium we listened to an audio guide, which gave us a great insight into the ...