DELPHI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
The archaeological site of Delphi is worth a visit because it has kept all ...Read more
ANCIENT SITE OF OLYMPIA
Unesco World Heritage Site with three main areas to visit.Read more
POSEIDONIAN TEMPLE
From the rock where this splendid temple dedicated to Poseidon is ...Read more
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ATHENS
This impressive national museum houses an extraordinary collection dating ...Read more
BYZANTINE SITE OF MYSTRA
The ancient Byzantine capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a wonderful ...Read more
ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
Museum with a café-restaurant with terrace presenting exhibitions of the ...Read more
AREOPAGUS AND PNYX
Hill of Aeropagus constituting the high legal instance, hill of Pnyx for ...Read more
VERGINA SITE
Site with a Macedonian tomb, a palace, a theater and royal tombs in ...Read more
MONT LYCABETTE
Hill sheltering a temple dedicated to Zeus.Read more
OLD CITY OF NAFPLION
City lined with neoclassical houses of the nineteenth century and home to ...Read more
LA PLACE SYNTAGMA
Read moreThe place of the Constitution is the heart of the city and the best place to find when you discover Athens. The Evzones, dressed in traditional uniform, raise custody before the tomb of the unknown soldier, who is before Parliament ("Vouli"). Change in custody takes place every hour.
CANAL AND ISTHMUS OF CORINTH
Don't miss the Canal and Isthmus of Corinth, a well-known site in all ...Read more
ANCIENT EPIDERMAL SITE
Be sure to see the theater located a little further up on the right after ...Read more
NATIONAL GARDEN
A true haven of peace in the heart of the city, this garden with its lush ...Read more
ERECHTHÉION
Read moreA mythical temple on the famous Acropolis of Athens, the Erechtheion is one of the most sacred on the hill and in the entire city. To the north of the Acropolis, a jewel and masterpiece of Ionic art, the very elegant Erechtheion was erected in the 5th century BC at the very place where, according to legend, Athena and Poseidon fought for the possession of Athens. It is next to this temple that the sacred olive tree of Athena would have grown and that there was the salt water well, a gift from Poseidon, whose trident would have left a mark on the northern wall of the building. The architect of the Erechtheion remained unknown, but he was able to exploit the irregularities of the ground to build a complex of several buildings on different levels. In this temple were worshipped several deities: Athena Polias, but also Poseidon and others still linked to the legendary history of Athens, such as Erechtheus to whom the temple owes its name. The temple is decorated with four porticoes on each side: the one on the southeast side, certainly the most famous, is the Caryatids. The Doric columns are replaced by female figures of perfect grace when you know the weight that weighs on their heads. In fact, it is their thick hair and the many folds in their clothing that reinforce the structure and allow the whole thing to remain standing.
The ones you see on the monument are only casts: of the six korês, only five are visible in the Acropolis Museum, the sixth being in the British Museum.
OLYMPIÉION
Read moreThis site allows you to discover the remains of the colossal temple of Zeus Olympian: 15 erected columns that are still very impressive. It must be said that the Olympiion was the largest temple ever built in Greece! Begun by Pisistrate in the 6th century BC, it was completed 600 years later by Emperor Hadrian before being destroyed by the Barbarians. The setting sun bathed the surviving columns in a magnificent golden hue, and we can understand this stylite hermit who, in the 17th century, chose the top of one of them to install his cabin!
DIONYSUS THEATRE
Site of the ancient theater hosting gladiators and water games.Read more