Smile!You are in Athens!
The capital and largest city of Greece, one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. The Greek capital has a population of 5.000.000 and a land area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi).
A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, with its numerous museums, archeological sites, parks, hills, and shopping areas such as Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Athens is central to the economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as one of the most important world cities.
Classical Athens was a powerful city-state during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates (father of Philosophy), Pericles, Sophocles and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. Athens is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon on the Acropolis, widely considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of remaining Ottoman monuments projecting the city's long history across the centuries. Landmarks of the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment of the independent Greek state), and taking in the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics, with great success.
Athens is also renown for its nightlife and clubs that cover all kind of tastes...
Or, alternatively, from the port of Piraeus you can set sail to the breathtaking Greek islands
No wonder why you will have the time of your life in Athens...
A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, with its numerous museums, archeological sites, parks, hills, and shopping areas such as Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Athens is central to the economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as one of the most important world cities.
Classical Athens was a powerful city-state during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates (father of Philosophy), Pericles, Sophocles and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. Athens is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon on the Acropolis, widely considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of remaining Ottoman monuments projecting the city's long history across the centuries. Landmarks of the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment of the independent Greek state), and taking in the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics, with great success.
Athens is also renown for its nightlife and clubs that cover all kind of tastes...
Or, alternatively, from the port of Piraeus you can set sail to the breathtaking Greek islands
No wonder why you will have the time of your life in Athens...
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