Top places to visit in Athens

• Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro)

  Heritage · 4.6 rating · about 1 h · entry €10 (≈ ₹1,090), Adult €10; audio guide included; reduced €5

  The world's only stadium built entirely of marble — the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, still used for Athens Marathon finish and Olympic torch ceremonies.

• Areopagus Hill

  Viewpoint · 4.6 rating · about 0.3 h · check the fee at the gate

  The rocky outcrop immediately northwest of the Acropolis where St Paul preached to the Athenians in 51 AD — a free viewpoint with the best ground-level panorama of the Agora.

• Odeon of Herodes Atticus

  Heritage · 4.8 rating · about 1.5 h · check the fee at the gate

  A 2nd-century AD Roman theatre cut into the south slope of the Acropolis, perfectly restored and still hosting the Athens Epidaurus Festival every summer.

• Theatre of Dionysus

  Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 0.5 h · entry €8 (≈ ₹870), Adult €8 (separate ticket); or combined with south slope sites

  The world's first true theatre — a 5th-century BC open-air stage on the Acropolis south slope where Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes premiered their plays.

• Acropolis Museum

  Museum · 4.7 rating · about 2 h · entry €15 (≈ ₹1,630), Adult €15 (Apr–Oct); €10 (Nov–Mar); under-18 free; closed Tuesday

  One of the world's finest archaeology museums, built over ancient ruins, with the original Caryatids from the Erechtheion and the complete story of the Acropolis across three floors.

• Pnyx Hill

  Heritage · 4.6 rating · about 0.8 h · check the fee at the gate

  The world's oldest democratic assembly ground — the hillside where the citizens of ancient Athens voted on the laws of their city, with a bema (speaker's platform) carved from the rock.

• Stoa of Attalos

  Heritage · 4.7 rating · about 1 h · check the fee at the gate

  The magnificently reconstructed 2nd-century BC colonnaded shopping mall in the Ancient Agora, housing the Agora Museum with everyday objects from classical Athenian life.

• Roman Agora & Tower of the Winds

  Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 0.8 h · entry €8 (≈ ₹870), Adult €8; separate ticket since Apr 2025; includes Hadrian's Library

  The 1st-century BC Roman marketplace of Athens, anchored by the octagonal Tower of the Winds — the world's first meteorological station and one of ancient Athens' best-preserved monuments.

• Vouliagmeni Lake

  Nature · 4.5 rating · about 3 h · entry €15 (≈ ₹1,630), Adult €15 (€8 low season); includes beach chairs

  A unique thermal spring lake 25km south of Athens, naturally fed by underground sea water, with healing mineral properties — a spa resort open to the public year-round.

• First Cemetery of Athens

  Heritage · 4.6 rating · about 0.8 h · check the fee at the gate

  Athens' main 19th-century cemetery, with elaborate neoclassical mausoleums, the Sleeping Girl marble sculpture by Halepas, and the graves of Melina Mercouri, Theodorakis and Venizelos.

• Byzantine & Christian Museum

  Museum · 4.5 rating · about 1.5 h · entry €8 (≈ ₹870), Adult €8; reduced €4; closed Monday

  One of the world's finest collections of Byzantine art, with 25,000 objects spanning Early Christian to post-Byzantine periods, in a beautiful 19th-century Florentine villa.

• National Historical Museum Athens

  Museum · 4.4 rating · about 1.3 h · entry €6 (≈ ₹650), Adult €6; closed Monday

  Greece's national history museum housed in the 1858 Old Parliament Building — the country's finest Neoclassical interior, with Byron's sword and the Santorini frescos.

Things to do

• Acropolis & Parthenon Tour Historical Tour · 2 h · from EUR 26 per person
• Plaka Walking Tour Walking Tour · 2 h · from EUR 12 per person
• Athens Food Tour Food Tour · 3 h · from EUR 47 per person
• Lycabettus Hill Sunset Viewpoint · 2 h · from EUR 7 per person
• Anafiotika Hidden Walk Walking Tour · 1 h
• Acropolis Skip-the-Line Sightseeing · 3 h · from EUR 32 per person
• Acropolis and Acropolis Museum Tour Guided Tour · 4 h · from EUR 50 per person
• Ancient Agora Self-Guided Visit Sightseeing · 1.5 h · from EUR 11 per person

Where to stay in Athens

Hotels

• Hotel Grande Bretagne Athens 5-star · INR 35,000 to INR 140,000 per night
• Electra Metropolis Athens 5-star · INR 11,000 to INR 24,000 per night
• King George Athens 5-star · INR 32,000 to INR 120,000 per night
• Coco-Mat Athens BC 5-star · INR 11,000 to INR 22,000 per night
• Athens Was Hotel 5-star · INR 11,000 to INR 22,000 per night
• Athens Capital Center Hotel 5-star · INR 11,000 to INR 25,000 per night

Where to eat

• Bairaktaris greek, traditional, taverna · about EUR 20 per person
• Thanasis greek, traditional, street_food · about EUR 12 per person
• Tzitzikas Kai Mermigas greek, traditional, modern · about EUR 25 per person
• O Thanasis greek, street_food, grill · about EUR 12 per person
• Lukumades greek, patisserie, dessert · about EUR 5 per person
• Ergon House greek, mediterranean, food_hall · about EUR 30 per person
• Lefteris O Politis greek, street_food, traditional · about EUR 7 per person
• Liondi greek, traditional, taverna · about EUR 30 per person

Getting around

• Bus main way to get around

  Seeded from the curated primary_local_modes array; per-city parameters not yet researched.

• Metro main way to get around

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• Walking main way to get around

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More in Greece

• Santorini
• Mykonos
• Heraklion
• Rhodes
• Chania
• Thessaloniki