min walk min walk min walk min walk min walk Museum mania without stops New old Athens without stops Old glory new habits without stops From Athens to the Riviera without stops Industrial Flair without stops Ampelokipoi to Kolonaki 29 Kolonaki to Kypseli 36 Mets ands Pagrati 50 87 56 Tags Museums Public spaces Shopping Architecture Tags Museums Library Shopping Architecture Tags Museums Music Olympic Games Picasso Tags Museums Architecture Parks Seaside Tags Arts Festival Eating Architecture 5 cultural self-guided walking tours Mavili Square Library of the French Institute of Athens First Cemetery of Athens National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) Scan Qr code New Municipal Gallery of Athens Scan Qr code Scan Qr code Scan Qr code for Google Maps Scan Qr code Vasilissis Sofias Ave. & Soutsou for Google Maps 31 Sina Str. for Google Maps 3 Logginou Str. for Google Maps Kallirrois Ave. & Amvr. Frantzi Str. Leonidou & Millerou Str., Metaxourgeio for Google Maps Trendy bars & restaurants, tables under the Flip your way through the 70.000 sources, The official cemetery of the City of Athens opened in 1837. Once a brewery, the building occupying An old silk factory designed in the early 19th century 1 min trees, a famous afterhours canteen with rare editions, international newspapers and 7 min The cemetery is considered an historical monument, an open 18.000 sqm. has undergone a major transformation by the prominent architect Christian Hansen hosts a "dirty" food. 3 min magazines, or just feed your hunger for a video game. museum, with famous sculptures. Mon – Sun: 08:00 – 20:00 in order to become the home of contemporary art. collection from leading 19th and 20th century Greek 7 min 5 min Athens Tue-Fri: 10:00 – 19:00, Sat: 09:00 – 14:00 | ifa.gr, mediatheque.gr EMST opened for the public in 2016, showcasing the work of both artists and temporary exhibitions. Tue: 10:00 - 21:00, Wed - Sat: Nikiforou Theotoki Str. Greek and international contemporary artists. | emst.gr 10:00 - 19:00, Sun: 10:00 - 16:00 | cityofathens.gr U.S. Embassy “Chancery” building One of Athens’ oldest and most impressive pedestrian streets, in the 91 Vasilissis Sofias Ave. Hellenic American Union heart of Mets neighborhood, full of lush plants and impressive Off the Beaten path 10 min A landmark, designed by the Bauhaus School founder Walter Gropius, 22 Massalias Str. 1 min mansions that introduce us to Athens of the past decades. Neos Kosmos – Dourgouti area Atopos Contemporary Visual Culture Archeological sites Museums Galleries Music inaugurated in 1961. Exhibitions, performances, concerts and lectures promoting the A distinctive neighborhood located between Frantzi and Lagoumitzi 72 Salaminos Str., Metaxourgeio Parks and open spaces Libraries Shopping Theatre 8 min Artistic spaces Festivals Architecture Dance exchange of ideas on art, literature, science and society. | hau.gr Varnava Square streets, with an extended construction of apartment blocks originally A non profit cultural organization, interested in the expression and A vibrant hangout of the city, with various bars, cafes and built by Welfares Ministry for the Greek refugees of the 1920 12 min adornment of the human body, hosting an unconventional art books Megaron - the Athens Concert Hall 7 min Vasilissis Sofias Ave. & Kokkali Str. Exarcheia area taverns open from morning to night, a meeting point also for music Catastrophe in Asia Minor. library. Mon - Fri: 11:00 - 18:30 | atopos.gr Walking down Didotou Str. enjoy the mosaic of the different 10 min lovers, a spot where the European Music Day is celebrated every 2 min The athenian version of Lincoln Centre, hosts music, opera, dance, theatre, and the visual arts. | megaron.gr architectural styles; Neoclassicism, Art Deco and Eclecticism, Bauhaus June. and Modernism acknowledged by Le Corbusier. Arrive at Exarcheia Onassis Stegi Technopolis – City of Athens 5 min Sqr., one of Athens most controversial and exciting areas. Panathenaic Stadium, Kallimarmaro 107 Syngrou Ave. 100 Pireos Str., Gazi Athens Municipality Arts Center Vasileos Konstantinou Ave. The place where contemporary culture meets aesthetics and science, The old Gas Factory of Athens was transformed to a popular cultural Vasilissis Sofias Ave., Parko Eleftherias (Freedom Park) The Panathenaic Stadium, the only stadium in the world built entirely the stage on which the boundaries between art, society, education and complex promoting arts and innovation, next to the existing old 6 min Former barracks - detention centre now hosts a contemporary art National Archaeological Museum of marble hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. It has 40 min politics are renegotiated. Onassis Stegi hosts theatrical and musical machinery and the Industrial Gas Museum. Mon - Sun: 10:00 - 22:00 12 min exhibition space and the Museum of Anti-dictatorial & Democratic 44, 28th of October (Patission) Str. 2 min been the venue for noble competition and fair play of mind and of productions, film screenings, art and digital shows. | onassis.org | athens-technopolis.gr Resistance. Tue – Sat: 10:00 – 21:00, Sun: 10:00 – 14:00 | opanda.gr An exquisite neoclassical building hosts the largest and most important body, since Antiquity. Mon – Sun: 08:00 – 19:00 (1/3-31/10), 08:00 – 6 min museum in the world devoted to the ancient Greek art. 17:00 (1/11-28/2) Tue: 13:00 – 20:00, Wed – Mon: 09:00 – 16:00 (1/11-31/3) Tue: 12:30 – Εugenides Foundation – Planetarium Kerameikos Archaelogical site The Byzantine and Christian Museum 20:00, Wed – Mon: 08:00 – 20:00 (1/4-31/10) | namuseum.gr Ardettus hill 387 Syngrou Ave. 148 Ermou Str., Kerameikos 22 Vasilissis Sofias Ave. The green hill behind the Panathenaic Stadium was considered a Contributing with its programs to the scientific and technical fields, also Opposite to Technopolis is located the ancient potters' quarter of the The glory of the Greek-orthodox style through the centuries. 3 min sacred site for ancient Athenians. Important monuments could be houses one of the best and largest planetariums in the world, made up city from which the word "ceramic" derives. Also the site of an Mon, Wed – Sun: 09:00 – 16:00 | byzantinemuseum.gr 4 min 7 min Pedion tou Areos found on the hill like the tomb of Herodes Atticus. Climb up to the top 5 min of a 278-seat amphitheatre surrounded by a huge dome. Catch your important ancient cemetery with numerous funerary sculptures. The largest park of Athens (230 acres), created in 1934. Popular as a of the hill and enjoy a unique view of the city. breath and touch the stars! Wed – Fri: 17:30 – 20:30, Sat – Sun: 10:30 – Mon - Sun: 08:00 - 17:00 | odysseus.culture.gr Lyceum (Aristotle's) place for leisure and resting, often hosts open-air events and urban 20:30. | eef.edu.gr 11 Rigillis Str. 5 min festivals. Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Center of debate and pursuit of knowledge, established in 335 BC by 13 Eratosthenous Str. Benaki Museum 2 min the famous Athenian philosopher Aristotle. Mon – Sun: 08:00 – 17:00 The newly established Museum of Basil & Elise Goulandris Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) 138 Pireos Str. Agiou Georgiou Square Foundation, dedicated to contemporary national and international 364 Syggrou Ave. A 1960s industrial building was transformed into a state-of-the-art Kypseli 6 min visual arts, showcasing works by Picasso, Chagall, Klee, Kandinsky, A Renzo Piano unique building, housing the National Opera, the 4 min museum space hosting dozens of exhibitions every year. Museum of Cycladic Art Have a coffee, a drink, or a bite at the picturesque square, a Rodin, Miro, Giacometti, Bouzianis, Tsarouchis, Ghika, Moralis, etc. National Library, and the Stavros Niarchos Park with its own artistic and Thu, Sun: 10:00 – 18:00, Fri, Sat: 10:00 – 22:00 | benaki.org 4 Neophytou Douka Str. rediscovered gem of this old neighbourhood. Mingle with actors, Tue – Sun: 10:00 – 18:00, Fri: 10:00 – 22:00. | goulandris.gr 18 min educational program. Sail along the canal or enjoy a glass of wine Marble, abstract figurines from the central Aegean culture flourished 6 min university students and international artists from the nearby Snehta gazing the Fountains dancing to the music of Nikos Skalkotas and 5 min from 3000 BC, inspired artists, like Brancusi, Giacometti, Ai Weiwei. Residency (47 Drossopoulou Str.). | snehtaresidency.org Arhelaou Str. Dmitri Shostakovich. Mon – Thu: 06:00- 22:00, Fri – Sun: 06:00 – 00:00 Michael Cacoyannis Foundation Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat: 10:00 – 17:00, Thu: 10:00 – 20:00, Sun: 11:00 – A "multi culti" street with an international allure, a meeting point for | snfcc.org 206 Pireos Str., Tavros 17:00 | cycladic.gr 2 min the young and the restless, with a variety of bars, cafes, and Founded by the director of the movie Zorba the Greek, M. Fokionos Negri Str. boutiques, a perfect site for a first date! 7 min Cacoyiannis, hosts exhibitions, theatre, movies and lectures. National Garden Kypseli Averof Museum in Athens Mon - Sat: 10:30 – 13:30 & 18:30-23:30, Sun: 10:30 – 23:30 | mcf.org Experience the real Athens with our self-guided walks; A 1 Vasilissis Sofias Ave. One of the most impressive, wide, pedestrian street of Athens, in the Proskopon Square Trocadero Marina, Paleo Faliro great way to get to know the city and its hidden gems. 2 min A unique shady refuge with more than 500 local and exotic species of heart of the so called coolest Athenian neighborhood. Do not miss the Since the 60’s it has been a hub for Greek politicians, writers and Explore the floating naval museum and the history of the battleship plants, owning its existence to Queen Amalia, wife of king Otto (1838).