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Odontotos rack railway

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Odontotos is not just a train. Vouraikos gorge and Odontotos rack railway Diakopto – Kalavrita is a unique attraction in Greece. An area full of towns, villages, hospitable inhabitants, unique environment and the scent of Greek life. In order to write the history of this place we need volumes of books but a trip on […]

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Academy of Athens

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The Academy of Athens forms part of the so-called “Neoclassical Trilogy” of the City of Athens: Academy – University – Library. It consists of aesthetically distinct parts that form a harmonic ensemble of built mass. A corridor connects the two lateral wings to the main body of the building, which -in its proportions of line […]

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National Archaeological Museum

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The National Archaeological Museum is the largest museum in Greece and one of the world’s great museums. Although its original purpose was to secure all the finds from the nineteenth century excavations in and around Athens, it gradually became the central National Archaeological Museum and was enriched with finds from all over Greece. Its abundant […]

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Ancient Agora of Athens Museum

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The Museum of the Ancient Agora is housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, originally erected during the 2nd cent. BC as a gift of the king of Pergamon, Attalos II, to Athens. The exhibition in the Museum gallery holds archaeological finds coming from the systematic excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in […]

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Acanthos

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Akanthos was the most important city and harbour of NE Chalkidiki. It was founded in the middle of the 7th century B.C. by colonists from Andros, on the site of a prehistoric settlement. The city extends on a ridge almost 600 m. SE of modern Ierissos. Sections of the fortification walls of the city are […]

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Medieval aqueduct Kavala

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Medieval aqueduct Kavala. The Aqueduct of Kavala, popularly known as the Kamares is a well-preserved aqueduct in the city of Kavala, Greece, and is one of the city’s landmarks. More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Kavala

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Delphi

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At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. More information: Τ.Κ. 33054, Delphi (Prefecture of Fokida) Telephone: +30 22650 82313, 82346Fax: +30 22650 82966Email:efafok@culture.gr Tickets: Full: €12, Reduced: €6Museum & Archaeological SiteSpecial ticket […]

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Archaeological Museum of Abdera

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The Archaeological Museum of Abdera exhibits objects found in the city and the cemeteries of ancient Abdera. The exhibition covers the period from the 7th c. e.g. until the 13th c. A.D. 2 D. Lazaridi Str., Avdira (Prefecture of Xanthi) Telephone: +30 25410 51003, +30 25410 51783Fax: +30 25410 51783Email:efaxan@culture.gr Tickets: Full: €4, Reduced: €2Ticket package for the archaeological site and […]