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Top 10 Athens Greece attractions

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Top 10 Attractions and sightseeing in Athens, Greece. The attractions in Athens attract more than 15 million tourists every year. There are many tourist places that can be visited in Athens and for most of them, you will need more than just 1 hour to examine. But if you want to see all the sightseeing there then you may need at least one week. Every year more than 50 million tourists visit beautiful Greece all around and most of them come again at least once in their lifetime. All that you need for a perfect vacation is surely in Athens beaches, hotels, nightlife, fun centers and much more. You don't need time to think where to spend your great weekend, trip, travel, family vacation - Athens is your best tourism destination, not only because of its incredible attractions but also for the Greek culture, history, nature, and music. The best tourist and top popular places in the capital of Greece are: #1 The most famous in all of Athens sightseeing and attractions is the la

Athens Attractions - the Parthenon

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Athens Top Attractions Athens Greece Attractions or more precisely the top ten attractions in Athens are starting with the Parthenon that is one of the symbols of the capital of Greece - Athens. The Parthenon is the temple of Athena - the Greek goddess, whom the people of Athens considered their defender. It is one of the world's greatest cultural monuments and thought as one of the best Athens Greece attractions. The Parthenon was constructed in 432 BC on the other top attraction - the Athenian Acropolis , although decorations of the Parthenon continued one more year. It is the most important surviving building of Ancient Greece, usually considered to be an enduring symbol of Greece and of Athenian democracy. Currently, the Greek Ministry of Culture is carrying out a program of reconstruction and restoration of the temple to ensure its stability. Acropolis in Athens - top attraction The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, the Older Parthenon, that was r

Athens best attractions and top ten tourist places to see

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Athens top attractions have attracted thousands of tourists to Greece every year. Many of them are wondering what to do in Athens, or where to go exactly. The best tourist places in the city in our opinion are as following: * Parthenon; * New Acropolis Museum; * National Archaeological Museum, Athens; * Temple of Poseidon; * Cape Sounion; * Syntagma Square (Πλατεία Συντάγματος, Constitution Square); * The Agora (the ancient Greek agora). Athens best attractions All these attractions are world-wide famous. And it is worthy to visit them not only for some hours but for a couple of days. The rest of Athens best attractions are: the Temple of Hephaestus; Erechtheion (a large temple); Benaki Museum; Odeum of Herodes Atticus (known as Odeion theater); Hephaistion (a Greek temple, that is located on the Acropolis); Panathenaic stadium (also known as Panathinaiko Stadio); Filopappos Hill; Stoa of Attalos(an ancient Greek sculpture); Temple of Athena Nike (a sma