Athens

Capital of Greece, named after the Greek goddess Athena. Athens was home to one of the earliest recorded formal democracies and the site of the Parthenon.

It is served by a newly constructed and opened airport, the Eleftherios Venizelos airport, about a 40-minute taxi ride from the city centre (depending upon the density of the traffic).

Things to see in Athens

the Acropolis, Athens

the Parthenon

[Piraeus harbour]?

[Agora, Athens]?

Plaka?

[Philopappos monument]?

Pnyx?

[Lysikrates monument]?

[Arch of Hadrian]?

Olympeion

Kerameikon

See Athenian democracy.