Depart for Panathinaiko Stadium cradle of the first Olympic Games which took place in 1896 (short stop). Pass by the Prime Ministers residence, Ex Royal Palace, (guarded by colorful Evzones) Zappion (Conference and Exhibition Hall), National Garden, Hadrian's Arc, St Pauls Church, Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, Schliemans House (Nomismatic Museum), Catholic Cathedral, Academy, University, National Library, Old Parliament, Constitution Square, Russian Orthodox Church. We continue passing by the temple of Olympian Zues and finally Acropolis (visit renovated Propylaea, Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, and Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens).
We continue with our museum tour with a pleasant short walk (weather permitting, otherwise bus transfer) passing by Heroddion and Dionysos Theater, in order to visit the new Acropolis museum. Main attractions such as votives, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you. |