athensTRAVELMANUAL MUSEUMS National Archaeological Museum 44, Patision Ave., Athens T. +30 213 2144800 www.namuseum.gr Open daily: Monday 13.00-20.00 Tuesday-Sunday: 09.00-16.00 Closed: December 25th-26th, January 1st, March 25th, Easter Sunday, May 1st Entrance fee: € 7, Reduced € 3 Free entrance: every first Sunday of the month, from November 1st to March 31st Acropolis Museum 15, Dionysiou Areopagitou St. T. +30 210 9000900 www.theacropolismuseum.gr Open daily: April 1 - October 31 Monday: 08.00-16.00, Tuesday-Sunday: 08.00-20.00, Friday: 08.00-22.00 November 1 - March 31: Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00, Friday: 09.00-22.00, Saturday-Sunday 09.00-20.00 Entrance fee: € 5, Reduced € 3 Free entrance: Gift shop and restaurant Benaki Museum 1, Koumbari St., Kolonaki T.+30 210 3671000 www.benaki.gr Opening days: Wednesday, Friday: 09.00 - 17.00 Thursday, Saturday: 09.00 - 24.00 Sunday: 09.00 - 15.00 Entrance fee: € 7, Temporary exhibition € 5, Reduced € 5, Temporary exhibition € 3 Street Cultural Centre 138, Pireos Ave. & Andronikou St. T.+30 210 3453111 www.benaki.gr Opening days: Thursday, Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 Friday, Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00 Entrance fee: € 4 to € 6 depending on the exhibition MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART 4, Neophytou Douka St., Kolonaki T. +30 210 7228321 www.cycladic.gr Opening days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00. Friday: 10.00 - 20.00. Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed: Tuesday Entrance fee: € 7, Reduced € 3.5 Exhibitions ticket € 10 HELLENIC MOTOR Museum 3, Septemvriou and Ioulianou St. T. +30 210 8816187 www.hellenicmotormuseum.gr
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Opening days: Tuesday-Friday: 12.00 - 21.00. Sunday: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed: Monday Entrance fee: The entrance to the permanent exhibition is free. Kerameikos Archaeological Museum 148, Ermou St., Athens T.+30 210 3463552 Opening days: Tuesday to Sunday: 08.00 - 15.00 Closed: Monday Entrance fee: € 2, Reduced € 1 Benaki Museum of Islamic Art 22, Asomaton & 12, Dipylon St., Kerameikos, Tel .: 210 3251311 www.benaki.gr Opening days: Thursday, Friday Entrance fee: € 7, Reduced € 5 Museum of the City of Athens 5-7, I. Paparrigopoulou St. Tel .: 210 3231387 www.athenscitymuseum.gr Opening days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 09:00- 16:00 Saturday and Sunday: 10:00- 15:00 Entrance fee: € 5, Reduced € 3 (children, students, scouts, seniors and groups of more than four people). Free entrance: Disabled The Goulandris Museum of Natural History 13, Levidou Street, Kifissia Metro green line, Kifissia Station Single ticket: The Goulandris Museum of Natural History + Gaia Centre www.gnhm.gr Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum 12 Kallisperi & Karyatidon St. Metro red line, Acropolis Station Entrance fee: € 5, Reduced € 4 www.lalaounis-jewelrymuseum.gr
Archaeological Sites The Odeon Of Herodes Atticus Entrance fee: € 2, Reduced € 1 The odeon is today the main venue for the summer Athens Festival’s performances, under the shadow of the Acropolis and the Athenian stars! It was established in 1661 AD by the magnate Athenian Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife. It was then used as a concert hall.
Pnyka (Pnyx Hill) Literally THE birthplace of democracy and the Public Assembly of the citizens place of ancient Athenians. This is where they used to meet the discuss the city’s issues. Philopappos Hill Renowned in antiquity as the Hill of the Muses with its strikingly beautiful cobbled little roads and the Roman monument of Philopappos (2nd century AD), this summit affords extraordinary views of the Parthenon and the Athenian skyline. The Ancient Agora Entrance fee: € 4, Reduced € 2 The heart of public life in Ancient times. Pay a visit to the Temple of Hephaestus (460-420 BC) and the Stoa of Attalos that used to be the major commercial building of ancient Athens. The Roman Agora Entrance fee: € 2, Reduced € 1 The agora is a unified architectural complex constructed between 19-11 BC, thanks to a donation from Julius and Augustus. It was used as the main commercial market during the Roman Times. North of the complex is Hadrian’s library (a rectangular building), built in 132 AD. During the Byzantine period and the Turkish occupation the area was covered with houses, workshops and churches, along with the Fethiye Mosque. Temple of Olympian Zeus Entrance fee: € 2, Reduced € 1 The temple is one of the largest temples in antiquity (6th century BC), with 15 of its 104 columns still standing. According to the traveler Pausanias, it was built by Deucalion, a mythical ancestor of Greeks. Several attempts to built the temple were made until it took its final form in 31 BC by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The Archaeological Site of Sounio Entrance fee: € 4, Reduced € 2 The Temple of Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the sea, dominates the southernmost tip of Attica, where the horizon meets the Aegean Sea. Perched on the craggy rocks of Cape Sounio, the temple is one of the most impressive ancient temples in Greece, enveloped in myth and history from antiquity until the present day. The unknown architect is probably the same one who built the Temple of Hephaestus in the Ancient Agora of Athens.
