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General Info

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. Named after goddess Athena, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years. Today, the Greek capital is a bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 3.1 million people. Its centre overlooks the Aegean Sea for 20 km, and it is spread out inland for another 30 km. The city offers a vast array of choices, resources and opportunities, from history to culture, sport to shows, entertainment to business, great industry to the innumerable services that daily stimulate the hectic pace of the city. Athens today, is a unique city where glass and ancient buildings are placed side by side; where the night life unfolds itself among ancient amphitheatres and modern auditoriums with impeccable acoustics; where the picturesque taverns serving local cuisine are placed alongside hi-tech restaurants serving post-modern food; where the constant contrast between old and new, ancient and modern is highly unique and where culture and art blend marvellously with the vitality and geniality of its inhabitants!

• City of Athens: http://www.cityofathens.gr/

Main Sights

The historical centre of Athens can be divided into three areas, all totally different from each other, fine examples of the three main historical periods: - The archaeological area, the green belt of the city, is a concentration of the most magnificent monuments of classical Greece (Acropolis with Kerameikos, Teseion...) situated inside an enormous pedestrian area which links parks, green areas and archaeological sites. It’s a unique place of extraordinary beauty. Within the park there are the capital’s main archaeological museums. - The ancient quarters, nearly all pedestrian, are full of exceptional samples of Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. They are the ideal place for people who want to discover Athens of old times. - The Modern Area of the historical centre has been the institutional, commercial and vital centre of the capital for the last two centuries. Unlike the other two areas, it has maintained a rich architectural energy throughout the years, and today can offer the onlooker original contrasts between classical and post-modern aesthetics, with colonnades and reflecting glass façades. The area is dominated by tall modern buildings literally leaning against 19th century villas; it should be explored in depth and appreciated for its continual evolution, which gives us an insight into the way humankind is developing in a vital architectural contest. Athens it is truly an art and culture capital with its numbers of museums, theatres, libraries, exhibitions and cultural shows. The important Athenian collections of ancient art can be found not only in the various city museums, like the National Archaeological museum, the Acropolis museum and the Benaki museum, but simply walking along the street, in main squares like Sintagma and using the underground that is a work of art in itself, as it is made up of "museum stations" containing a large ancient art heritage and interesting modern art exhibitions.

• Benaki's Museum: http://www.benaki.gr/
• Museum of Cycladic Art: http://www.cycladic-m.gr/
• Frissiras Museum: http://www.frissirasmuseum.com/en/

Transports

Athens is served, since March 2001, by the ultra modern Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport located near the town of Spata, some 30 km east of Athens. There is an Express Bus service connecting the airport to the metro system and 2 express bus services connecting the airport to Piraeus port and the city centre respectively The Athens Mass Transit System consists of a large bus fleet, a trolleybus fleet that mainly serves the downtown area, the Athens Metro, a tram line connecting the southern suburbs to the city center, and the Athens Suburban Railway services.

• Elefterios Venizelos International Airport: http://www.aia.gr/
• Athens Urban Transport Network: http://www.oasa.gr/