Athens

Flights Athens

Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"

Athens' strategic position at the crossroads of three continents offers access to numerous short-haul and medium-haul markets, thus promoting "Eleftherios Venizelos" as the natural connecting point of the region.

Athens Events

Athens Festival Summer Time

The HELLENIC FESTIVAL , for the Athens Festival, the Epidaurus Festival and Musical July, plus the "Sound and Light theatre " at the Municipal Garden of Rodos.

http://www.greekfestival.gr/

Museums Athens

ministry of culture greece The Ministry of Culture

Governmental body responsible for cultural heritage and the Arts in Greece. Find details of museums, monuments and archaelogical sites in Greece. Greek Museums

National Archaelogical Museums of Athens

One of the richest collections in the world concerning ancient Greek art. Its scope is representative of all the cultures that have flourished in Greece.

Greek Art

National Gallery

The permanent collection of modern Greek painters and international contempory artists includes large-scale sculptures. Open daily from 9am to 3pm. Open Sunday from 10am to 2pm. Closed Tuesday. Opposite the Hilton

National Historical Museum

This museum specialises in the Greek War of Independence and it's artifacts. Open daily from 9am to 1:30pm. Closed Mondays. Free on Sunday. 13 Stadiou street (in the old Parliament Building)

Museum of Popular Musical Instruments

Listen to different instruments and styles of music through headphones at each exhibit. Open daily from 10am to 2pm. Wednesday from 12 to 6pm. Closed on Mondays. 1-2 Diogenes, St Plaka

Restaurant Guide

Vardis Restaurant

A Grand Restaurant that has been awarded for many consecutive years with the famous Michelin catalogue's coveted Gold Star.

Vardis Athens

Le Grand Balcon

On the rooftop of this grand, 5-star hotel, Michelin-starred international cuisine is served to diners gazing at incredible views of Lycabettos Hill and the Acropolis

Le Grand Balcon Athens

History Athens

athens Athens - Olympic City 2004 - is the political, cultural and economic capital of Greece, located in the south-east of the country.

Athens has existed from the Neolithic period when the first inhabitants, in 4000-3000 BC, gathered around the hill of the Acropolis and the area of the Ilissos River.