Athens are an amazing city-museum, with cheerful residents, amazing architecture, excellent service and low prices. Each area of the city lives in its era – therefore, walks in Athens are similar to time travel. Temples, which are thousands of years old, stand next to markets and stadiums, bars and restaurants surround medieval Turkish houses. The hills overgrown with olives open amazing views of acropolis, city, sea and mountains. Very close, on the coast, travelers are waiting for hundreds of beaches.
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In the velvet season, summer heat, crowds of tourists, high prices for housing and tickets disappear. Therefore, we advise you to go to Athens this fall, because it is there that you can:
1. Feel like a resident of ancient Greece
The Acropolis, built in the 5th century BC, is a business card of Greece, which still affects the beauty and grace of architecture. In September, when the summer heat left and the city takes place by a sea breeze, walks among majestic temples are especially pleasant. The main temple of Acropolis – Parthenon, where the statue of Athena used to be, is still amazing with the simplicity and grace of the lines. In Erechtheion, statues of beautiful caryatids and well -preserved mosaics are stored. There is a very nearby Temple of Nicky, where there used to be a statue of a goddess with cut wings so that she could not leave the city and always bring victory.
Interesting excursions from local residents in Athens
Temple of Zeus Olympic
From the acropolis, a narrow path will bring you to the ancient cemetery of ceramic, where turtles live among the tombstones, and then – on the Agora, to the ruins of Zeus of the Olympic, the most huge temple of ancient Greece. You can take a walk among the ruins slowly – the entrance ticket is valid for 4 days. Be sure to climb to the top of the Filopapper hill, from where the beautiful view of the city, the port and the acropolis opens.
Monastiraki Square
2. Enjoy the Greek cuisine and the seething energy of the areas of the posters and the monastiraki
Athens are not only an open-air city, but also a cheerful city where 40% of the population of Greece lives and life boils, like thousands of years ago. We advise you to go to the areas of the old city – there you will find excellent restaurants in the labyrinths of streets, an amazing mixture of European and oriental architecture and a relaxed atmosphere of the holiday.
The area of the posture
The Monastiraki area is known for its huge market, where you can find everything from sweets to antiques – as well as an old mosque, narrow medieval streets and mansions of the 18th century, twisted ivy and covered graffiti. The poster, the oldest district of the city, lying at the foot of the acropolis, looks like Montmartre – here are hundreds of restaurants and bars, art galleries and excellent views.
National Archaeological Museum
3. Explore Athenian museums
Athens is one of the oldest capitals of Europe. Almost all ancient sculptures found during excavations are replaced by mock-ups, and the originals were transferred to museums due to their age and fragility. Therefore, we advise all lovers of history and art to go to the National Archaeological Museum, where masks, sculptures, mosaics, frescoes, furniture and clothes are stored.
Acropolis museum
All sculptures and household items found during excavations in the acropolis are located in the modern building of the Acropolis Museum at the foot of the hill. In the Benak Museum, you can see the masterpieces of Greek art from antiquity to the 20th century. Also in Athens there are excellent museums of contemporary art – the Cycosa Museum and the Frissirace Museum, as well as the Iraklidon Museum, where the works of an amazing Dutch artist Escher are stored.
4. relax on the beaches of the Attic coast
The sea is very close to Athens, you can get to many beaches by tram or bus in less than an hour. The best city beaches are Votsalakia, (9 kilometers from the city),
Alimos (11 kilometers from Athens),
and glyfada (16 kilometers from the city center). On each of them you will find excellent service, restaurants, water rides and … crowds of people.
If you prefer solitude, then you should go to one of the little wild beaches in the bays. The most beautiful of them is the alteen pebble beach, the Harakas beach, with small sand and crystal clear water and the beach of kapi, which is near Cape Sunion. This cape is famous for the ruins of the temple of Poseidon, from which the magnificent view of the Aegean Sea and the Cycosa Islands opens.
5. See an unforgettable sunset and have fun all night in psychics, Tessio and Gazi
In Athens, amazingly beautiful sunsets – a huge sun is slowly plunging into the sea, illuminating a snow -white city surrounded by mountains. You can enjoy the sunset and Greek cuisine in one of the many restaurants on the roofs. But the Athenians believe that the best view of the city and the sea opens from the top of the likavitos hill, where you can rise on foot or on a funicular. The nearest metro station is the Evangelismos, from it in a couple of minutes you can reach the funicular station at the foot of the hill.
And when it gets dark, get down the hill and go to the fashionable areas of psychics, Tessio and Gazi, where the night life of Athens boils. In the Psi, on the streets of the Apostoli and Miawli the most fun night clubs. In Gizi – jazz bars and restaurants. You will find the lowest prices and generous portions on the exaria Square, which are chosen by students and anarchists.
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