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Around the Acropolis
You start on the glass floor outside the museum, above a neighbourhood first lived in more than five thousand years ago, and look up at the gallery turned to line up with the temple.
Essential Athens: audio walks
What do you need to understand about Athens on a first visit?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksA first approach to Athens gains from connecting familiar names with stories. These routes locate the ancient city and its urban spaces within a walk you can follow and understand. Their stops help you choose what to look at and why it matters, making time to connect places rather than turn the visit into a succession of photographs.
In “Around the Acropolis”: You start on the glass floor outside the museum, above a neighbourhood first lived in more than five thousand years ago, and look up at the gallery turned to line up with the temple.
In “Athens Learns to Be a Capital”: You start in the square where Greece's first king lived as a tenant in a banker's house, a square that ended up being called "the square of weeping".
In “Legends of Monastiraki and Plaka”: You start in Monastiraki Square, in front of a mosque blamed for a plague, and find out what the eyewitnesses said.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Athens. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Athens Learns to Be a Capital
You start in the square where Greece's first king lived as a tenant in a banker's house, a square that ended up being called "the square of weeping".
Legends of Monastiraki and Plaka
You start in Monastiraki Square, in front of a mosque blamed for a plague, and find out what the eyewitnesses said.
Athens, before you go
Shade helps shape the walk here. Between city pavements, smooth rock and lanes beneath the Acropolis, a flexible plan and a bottle of water go a long way.
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