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Visiting the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

The Archaeological Museum of Eleusis stands within the ancient sanctuary of Eleusis, home to the Eleusinian Mysteries, in the town of Elefsina near Athens. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for planning your visit. This guide was…

Hellenic Maritime Museum, Piraeus: Visitor guide with hours, prices & tips

The Hellenic Maritime Museum is Greece's largest naval and maritime museum, located beside Zea Marina in Piraeus. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for planning your visit. This guide was updated in August 2026. The museum's own…

Visiting the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is a state-run museum near Zea Marina, holding finds from ancient Piraeus and the Attic coast. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for planning your visit. This guide was updated in August…

Visiting Aristotle’s Lyceum, Athens: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

Aristotle's Lyceum, officially the Archaeological Site of Lykeion, is an ancient gymnasium in central Athens, Greece, where Aristotle founded his philosophy school in 335 BC. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical tips for planning your visit. This guide…

Visiting the National Archaeological Museum, Athens: Guide with prices, hours and tips

The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and is situated at 44 Patission Street in central Athens. This guide provides essential information on opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, and accessibility to assist with planning a visit. If visiting…

Ancient Agora of Athens visitor guide (2026): Tickets, prices, hours & planning tips

The Ancient Agora of Athens is an archaeological site located northwest of the Acropolis in the centre of Athens, Greece. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, accessibility, and practical visitor tips for planning a visit. This guide was last updated in February 2026…

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece.

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens: Ticket prices, hours, visitor guide (2026)

Fifteen colossal Corinthian columns — each 17 metres tall — tower above central Athens as reminders that this was once the largest temple on the Greek mainland. Construction dragged on for 638 years across five different political regimes before Roman Emperor Hadrian finally completed the…

Personal recommendations for a short break in Athens, Greece

Democracy, drama, philosophy… Athens has given us an awful lot. And the traces of the ancient greats crop up surprisingly regularly in an otherwise gritty-but-buzzy modern city. Walking down a road past bars, street art and souvlaki joints, only to suddenly bump into the remnants…

The Eridanos River running through Monastiraki Station on the Athens Metro.

The mini-museums of the Athens Metro

The Athens Metro stations double as mini-museums, displaying ancient Greek history. See artifacts at Akropoli and the Eridanos River at Monastiraki. Archaeological finds inside Akropoli Station As clashes between ancient and modern go, it’s hard to top the Akropoli Metro Station in Athens, Greece. In…

Athens’ Acropolis Museum: A review of Greece’s modern treasure

Review of the Acropolis Museum in Athens. The building displays original sculptures, and highlights the political debate over the missing Parthenon marbles. The controversial modern building If ever something was on a hiding to nothing, it’s the Acropolis Museum in Athens. It cost €130 million…