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You will need to purchase a timed-entry ticket for this museum, separate from the Acropolis. Buying online in advance from the official website is strongly recommended. This museum replaces an older museum on the Acropolis, which was far too small to hold and display all the artifacts recovered by archaeologists. Its design looks very "modern" from the outside, but on the inside it's very intuitive. The main floor is filled with a seemingly-endless collection of classical sculptures excavated from each stage of pre-Roman Athens. The top floor has an excellent view of the Acropolis and lavish placeholder exhibits for the Parthenon Marbles, to refute the United Kingdom's arrogant excuse that Greece did not have an appropriate place to display them. Most people will need at least one hour; anyone who loves classical art will need two hours or more. Exhibits have detailed descriptions, and the museum offers a free app-based audioguide. Archaeologists uncovered Roman ruins at the site before construction began; the final compromise was to elevate the museum above them. After you visit the museum, go down the path to the left of the main entrance plaza and use your museum ticket to access the Roman ruins.
The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. The Acropolis Museum also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens.
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Classical Athens' main theatre, the first theatre ever built. Many of the great Greek plays were performed here for the first time. According to Plato's Symposium, it could hold an audience of 19,000 spectators. Aristophanes' The Clouds, mocking Socrates, was first performed here, and Plato considered this play to be a contributing factor in Socrates' trial and execution.
This landmark street starts from the Temple of Olympian Zeus at Vasilissis Olgas Avenue, continues under the southern slopes of the Acropolis near Plaka, and finishes just beyond the Temple of Hephaestus in Thiseio. The street has been pedestrianised, forming a scenic route. The entire route provides visitors with views of the Parthenon and the Agora (the meeting point of ancient Athenians), away from the busy city centre.
This theatre, built in 161 CE, is still used for concerts and plays. The stone backdrop is still preserved to a remarkable height of 3 stories, because it was incorporated into a later fortification on the site.
Only the ruins remain today. The column that has fallen and can still be seen in pieces was brought down during a thunderstorm about a century ago.
It was the ancient fortified town of Athens, dating back to the Late Bronze Age. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its historic role and the many iconic buildings of the Greek Classical age, among them the Parthenon, the Erectheion, and the Temple of Athena Nike. The key landmark of Athens, visible from afar, the Acropolis dominates the Athenian sky and symbolizes the foundation of modern culture and civilization. The Acropolis is considered to be an enduring symbol of Western civilisation.
A small but excellent museum displays artifacts from Mycenean Greece on, and includes some wonderful Persian artifacts.