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INFO<br />
AIRPORTS<br />
Airport Eleftherios Venizelos <strong>Athens</strong> International Airport,<br />
tel.: 210 3530000-1<br />
PORT AUTHORITIES<br />
Piraeus, tel.: 210 4511311-9, Rafina, tel.: 22940 22481<br />
Lavrio, tel.: 22920 25249<br />
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES<br />
THE ACROPOLIS<br />
Dionisiou Aeropagitou Plaka, tel.: 210 3210219.<br />
The «Sacred Rock» is built in the 3rd millennium B.C. on a<br />
hill 70 metres above the town of <strong>Athens</strong> and is the most<br />
important site of the city. In the same area there is the<br />
Parthenon temple, the temple of Apteros Niki (Wingless<br />
Victory) and the Erechteion.<br />
THE ODEION OF HERODES ATTICUS-HERODEION<br />
Dionisiou Aeropagitou, Plaka, tel.: 210 3232771<br />
The theatre was built by Herodes Atticus in 101 A.D. and<br />
held 6,000 people.Today the Festival of <strong>Athens</strong> takes<br />
place there during the summer months.<br />
ANCIENT AGORA OF ATHENS ADRIANOU<br />
Plaka, tel.: 210 3210185<br />
The Ancient Agora (market) was the center of the ancient<br />
Athenian every-day life. On the western site of the Agora<br />
lies the temple of Apollo and the Mitroon (where the city<br />
archives were kept).<br />
THE KALLIMARMARO STADIUM<br />
Vassilissis Olgas Ave.<br />
Built in 329 B.C. and rebuilt in 140 A.D. by Herodes Atticus.<br />
In 1895 it was revealed and reconstructed in marble in<br />
order to host the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896.<br />
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SANCTUARY OF POSEIDON<br />
Cape Sounion, tel.: 22920 39363<br />
65 km southeast of <strong>Athens</strong>, it is one of the few temples<br />
built to Poseidon. Built in the fifth century B.C. the temple<br />
offers a magnificent sunset and breathtaking view to the<br />
Aegean Sea.<br />
ROMAN AGORA<br />
Pelopida & Aiolou Str., tel.: 210 3210185<br />
It was erected by Julius Caesar and completed by Hadrian<br />
between 10 and 11 B.C.<br />
TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS<br />
Vassilissis Olgas and Amalias Ave, tel.: 210 9226330<br />
It took 700 years from 530 B.C. to built the Temple of<br />
Olympian Zeus, the biggest temple in Greece and an<br />
impressive example of the Corinthian order.<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
ACROPOLIS MUSEUM<br />
Dionisiou Aeropagitou, Plaka, tel.: 210 3214172<br />
BENAKI MUSEUM<br />
Koumbari 1 & Vassilissis Sofias, Kolonaki, tel.: 210 3671000<br />
CITY OF ATHENS MUSEUM<br />
Paparigopoulou 7, Klafthmonos Sq, tel.: 210 3246164<br />
CENTRE OF FOLK ART & TRADITION ANGELIKIS<br />
Hatzimichali 6, Plaka, tel.: 210 3243972<br />
GOULANDRIS MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART<br />
Neofytou Douka & Irodotou, Kolonaki, tel.: 210 7228321<br />
GOULANDRIS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY<br />
Othonos 13, Kifissia, tel.: 210 8015870<br />
Greek Costume Museum<br />
Dimokritou 7, Kolonaki, tel.: 210 3629513<br />
ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELLERY MUSEUM<br />
Karyatidon and Kallisperi 12, Makrygianni, tel.: 210 9221044<br />
MUSEUM OF GREEK FOLK ART<br />
Kidathinaion 17, Plaka, tel.: 210 3229031<br />
MUSEUM OF GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS<br />
Diogenous 1-3 Plaka, tel.: 210 3250198<br />
MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL GREEK CERAMICS<br />
Areos 1, Monastiraki, tel.: 210 3242066<br />
NATIONAL GALLERY<br />
Vassileos Konstantinou 50, tel.: 210 7235857<br />
NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM<br />
Stadiou 13, Kolokotronis Sq., tel.: 210 3237617<br />
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART<br />
Kallirrois and Amv. Frantzi, Syngrou, tel.: 210 9242111<br />
NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM<br />
Vassilissis Sofias & Rizari 2, tel.: 210 7252974<br />
NAUTICAL MUSEUM<br />
Zea Marinas, tel.: 210 4521598<br />
NUMISMATIC MUSEUM<br />
Panepistimiou 12, tel.: 210 3643774
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