Athina Trip Overview
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Duration: 30 minutes
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athina, Greece, Greece
See Athens in 40′ while relaxing on your sofa! This is your best option. See the highlights of Athens on a private virtual tour, feeling like a traveler.
Stop At: Hellenic Parliament, Parliament Mansion, Athens GR-10021 Greece
The Hellenic Parliament, in Greek known as Voulí ton Ellínon is the parliament of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The Parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias Syntagma Square, Athens 100 28 Greece
We will see the changing of the guard (Euzones) in front of the old palace, which is today Parliament House, above the central square of Athens.
Pass By: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is the largest state institution of higher learning in Greece, and among the largest universities in Europe. The splendid Athens University was designed by the Danish architect Christian Hansen and completed in 1864.
Pass By: National Library of Greece, 32 Panepistimiou Street, Athens 106 79 Greece
The National Library of Greece was built at the end of the nineteenth century, as the last of the Architectural of Athens, a group of three neoclassical buildings which also includes the Academy and the University. The building was designed by Theophil Hansen.
Stop At: Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Athens, Attica
Then moving into the historical center of the city we will drive up the highest hill of Athens, Lycabettus Hill, where you’ll have the best panoramic view of the city, from the hill of Acropolis to the Aegean Sea.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
We will visit Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896.
Pass By: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
The Academy Building constitutes one of three parts in an “architectural trilogy”. It was founded with the Constitutional Decree of March 18th, 1926, as an Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts.
Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
Sightseeing in Athens starts with the hill of Acropolis which will make your day. On the historical hill, you will have the opportunity to see the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Temple of the Athena Nike, the monumental gateway (Propylaea), the Erechtheum and of course the famous Parthenon, the main temple dedicated to the virgin goddess Athena.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Propylaea, Acropolis, Athens 105 58 Greece
The Propylaea is the monumental entrances to the sacred area dedicated to Athena, the patron goddess of the city. Built by the architect Mnesicles with Pentelic marble, their design was avant-garde. To the south-west of the Propylaea, on a rampart protecting the main entrance to the Acropolis, is the Ionian temple of Apteros Nike, which is now being restored.
Pass By: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece
Parthenon, the main temple dedicated to the virgin goddess Athena. The eternal symbol of the Athenian Democracy and the Western Civilization.
Pass By: Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens 10558 Greece
Temple of Poseidon & Athina, the strangest and most sacred place in ancient Athens.
Pass By: Theater of Dionysus, Mitseon 25, Athens 105 58 Greece
The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major theatre in Athens, considered to be the world’s first theatre, built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis.
Pass By: Herod Atticus Odeon, Dionissiou Areopagitou, Athens Greece
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Roman theater structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in 161 AD and then renovated in 1950.
Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
After the Acropolis, we will head towards the Temple Of Zeus, the biggest temple in antiquity, devoted to the King of the Gods, by way of Hadrian’s Arch.
Duration: 2 minutes
