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HISTORY OF ATHENS
  |        History
  |        Birthplace of democracy
  |        Walking with history
  |         PRE-HISTORIC
  |                ATHENS DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES
  |         HISTORICAL TIMES
  |                ATHENS DURING HISTORICAL TIMES
  |                     Cylon and Draco
  |                     Solon
  |                     Peisistratos’ tyranny
  |                     Cleisthenes
  |                PERSIAN WARS
  |                DELIAN LEAGUE
  |                PELOPONNESIAN WAR
  |                336 BC to 267 AD
  |                     Beginning of Macedonian rule
  |                     Demetrius the Besieger
  |                     Macedonian rule to neutrality
  |                     On the side of Rome
  |                     Mithridates and Sulla
  |                     Roman rule in Athens
  |         MIDDLE AGES
  |                Neo-Platonic Academy - Christianity in Athens
  |                MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERIOD
  |                FRANKISH OCCUPATION
  |         MODERN TIMES
  |                15th-17th CENTURY
  |                18th CENTURY
  |                GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
  |                     Beginning of the revolution
  |                     Foreign intervention
  |                     The Kingdom of Greece
  |                     Athens and the War
  |                1834-1911
  |                     3 September Revolution
  |                     Troubled times
  |                     Athens grows
  |                     Greco-Turkish War
  |                     Modernization
  |                1912-1949
  |                     The Balkan Wars
  |                WORLD WAR I
  |                GRECO-TURKISH WAR - ASIA MINOR CAMPAGN
  |                     Greek Expansion
  |                     Outcome of the Greek Offensive
  |                     Turkish Offensive
  |                     Asia Minor Catastrophe
  |         MID-WAR PERIOD
  |                REFUGEES RESETTLEMENT
  |                THE MILITARY COUP OF 1923
  |                SECOND HELLENIC REPUBLIC - FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
  |                PANGALOS DICTATORSHIP
  |                THE LAST VENEIZELOS GOVERNMENT
  |                PERIOD OF INSTABILITY
  |                METAXAS DICTATORSHIP
  |         WORLD WAR II PERIOD
  |                THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  |                     Greco-Italian War
  |                     Battle of Greece
  |                     Occupation
  |                     Resistance
  |                     Liberation
  |         GREEK CIVIL WAR
  |                GREEK CIVIL WAR
  |                FIRST CONFLICT
  |                FROM AGREEMENT TO CONFRONTATION
  |                DEKEMVRIANA
  |                INTERLUDE
  |                CIVIL WAR
  |                END OF THE WAR
  |         POST-WAR PERIOD
  |                SUCCEEDING GOVERNMENTS
  |                REGIME OF THE COLONELS
  |                     Operation Gladio
  |                     Coup of 21 April
  |                      ROLE OF KING CONSTANTINE
  |                      KING CONSTANTINE’S COUNTER-COUP
  |                      REGENCY AND REPUBLIC
  |                      ANTI-JUNTA MOVEMENT
  |                      POLYTECHINIC UPRISING
  |                      CYPRUS DISPUTE AND FALL
  |                               EOKA CAMPAIGN AND CREATION OF TMT
  |                               CONSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN
  |                               PEACEMAKING EFFORTS
  |                               TURKISH INVASAION
  |                               RETURN TO DEMOCRACY
  |         RECENT DECADES
  |                     November 17
  |                     Junta Members Sentences
  |         GREEK HEADS OF STATE
  |         GREEK PRIME MINISTERS
  |         MAYORS OF ATHENS

GENERAL INFORMATION
  |         Location                      
  |         Country dialling code
  |         City population
  |         Religion
  |         Time zone
  |         Electricity
  |         Government
  |         Weather
  |         Food and drink
  |         Health care
  |         The Greek flag
  |         The Greek Anthem
  |         Greek lakes
  |         Greek rivers
  |         Greek mountains

  |         GREEK LIFE IN SHORT
  |                Time
  |                Cinemas
  |                Coffee
  |                Eating habits
  |                Island hopping
  |                Traffic solutions
  |                Born female
  |                Name days
  |                Plate smashing          
  |                Wacky beliefs
  |                Periptera
  |                Pleasure in living
  |         GREEK NAME DAYS
  |         INTERNET CAFES IN ATHENS
  |         GREEK PUBLIC HOLLIDAY
  |               New Year's Day          
  |               Epiphany
  |               Ash Monday
  |               Independence Day
  |               Orthodox Easter
  |               Labour Day
  |               Whit Monday
  |               Assumption Day
  |               No Day
  |               Christmas
  |               Gathering Day

  |         TOURISM OFFICES (G.N.T.O.)
  |         TOURISM OFFICES ABROAD
  |         TOURISM POLICE
  |         ATHENS CITY CENTER MAP
  |         THE GREEK LANGUAGE
  |               The Greek aplfabeth
  |               Learning Greek
  |               Your first Greek words
  |         GREEK MEDIA
  |               Post                    
  |               Courier Services       
  |               Press
  |               Telephone          
  |               Mobile phones          
  |               TV & Radio
  |         HOSPITALS IN ATHENS
  |        USEFULL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
  |         TELEPHONE AREA CODES
  |         INTERNATIONAL BANKS
  |         EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES IN ATHENS
  |         GREEK EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES ABROAD
  |         ATHENS' CATS AND DOGS

HOW TO GET TO ATHENS
  |       By air
  |       By car
  |       By bus
  |       By train
  |       By ferry-boat

ARRIVAL IN ATHENS
  |       Athens International. Airport
  |       Duty-Free
  |       Airlines
  |       Domestic Flights

  |        FROM AIRPORT TO CENTER
  |               Getting to Athens city center
  |               By Taxi
  |               By Express Bus
  |               By Metro
  |        FROM AIRPORT TO PIRAEUS
GETTING AROUND
  |      ATHENS METRO
  |                Metro and archaeology
  |                Metro in style
  |                Airport to center by metro
  |                Metro fares
  |                Metro regular time table
  |                Metro map
  |                Metro names
  |      ATHENS BUSES
  |                Airport to center by bus
  |                Express bus routes and times
  |                Airport to other destinations by bus
  |                City buses and trolleys
  |                Athens city bus routes
  |                Athens sightseeing bus nr. 400
  |      ATHENS TRAM
  |                The new Athens tram
  |                Tram ticket prices
  |                Tram system map
  |      ATHENS TAXI
  |                Taxi cowboys
  |                Athens taxi fares 2005
  |                Taxi driver's obligations
  |                Passenger's obligations
  |                Known scam tricks
  |                How to avoid frustration
  |                Report a taxi scam
  |                Perfect alternative
ONLINE TAXI TRANSFER BOOKING
LONG DISTANCE BUS TIMETABLES
DISTANCE BETWEEN GREEK CITIES
FERRIES TO GREEK ISLANDS
ONLINE FERRY TICKETS BOOKING
TAXI TRANSFERS IN ATHENS AND IN GREECE
WHAT TO SEE
  |      ACROPOLIS
  |                The Acropolis of Athens
  |                The Rock of Areos Pagos
  |                The Holy Rock
  |                Thank you!
  |                The Flag of the Acropolis
  |                The Art of Conservation
  |                MELINA MERCOURI
  |                         Melina Mercouri
  |                         Melina Mercouri Fondation
  |                ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
  |                ACROPOLIS - WEST SIDE
  |                         Entrance
  |                         Monument of Agrippa
  |                         Propylaea
  |                         Propylaea before
  |                         Temple of Athena Niki
  |                ACROPOLIS - NORTH SIDE
  |                         The Erechteion
  |                         The Erechteion - before
  |                          THE PARTHENON
  |                              Glory of the Acropolis
  |                              Tricks
  |                              Giant Athena
  |                          THE ELGIN MARBLES
  |                              A sad story
  |                              Lord Elgin
  |                              The Parthenon looting
  |                              The marbles in England
  |                              Cleaning scandal
  |                              Return of the marbles?
  |                              WHAT IS WHERE
  |                ACROPOLIS - SOUTH SIDE
  |                         Acropolis - South Side
  |                         South side - before
  |                         Light and Sound Show
  |                         Cranes on the Acropolis
  |                         The Acropolis - before
  |                         Theatre of Dionysos
  |                         Theatre of Herodes Attikus
  |    PLAKA AND ANAFIOTIKA
  |    MONASTIRAKI
  |               Monastiraki
  |               Hadrian's Library
  |               Hadrian's Library - before
  |               The Roman Agora
  |               The Tower of the winds
  |   PHILOPAPPOU AREA
  |               Philopappou Hill
  |               Dora Stratou Theatre
  |               The Observatory
  |               Pnyx Hill
  |   SYNTAGMA SQUARE
  |               Syntagma Square
  |               The Parliament
  |               The Pigeons of Syntagma
  |               THE EVZONES
  |                         Changing of the Guard
  |                         The Evzones
  |                         Contemporary duties
  |                         A meaningful uniform
  |   THE NATIONAL GARDEN AND THE ZAPPEION
  |               The National Garden
  |               The Zappeion
  |    HADRIAN'S ARCH & TEMPLE OF ZEUS
  |               Hadrian's Arch
  |               The Temple of Zeus
  |   LYSICRATES' MONUMENT
  |   THE ANCIENT AGORA OF ATHENS
  |               The ancient agora
  |               History
  |               Murder in the agora
  |               N-W & south side
  |               The Ancient Agroa as it used to bo
  |               Painted Stoa
  |               Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania
  |               Panathenaic Way
  |               Royal Stoa
  |               Altar of the Twelve Gods
  |               Themple of Ares
  |               Themple of Apollo Patroos
  |               Arsenal
  |               Statue of Hadrian
  |               Temple of Hephaistos
  |               Monument of the Eponymous Heroes
  |               Old Bouleuterion and he Metroon
  |               New Bouleuterion
  |               The Tholos
  |               Strategeion
  |               Southwest fountain house
  |               Heliaia
  |               SouthStoa
  |               The Odeion of Agrippa
  |               East Building
  |               Middle Stoa
  |               Enneakrounos
  |               Nymphaeum
  |               Mint
  |               Southeast Temple
  |               Eleusinion
  |               Private houses
  |               Library of Pantainos
  |               Stoa of Attalos
  |               Ancient Agora Museum
  |               The Agii Apostoli church
  |   KERAMEIKOS
  |   THE PANATHINAIC STADIUM
  |   LYKAVITTOS HILL
  |               Getting to the top
  |               A chapel with a view
  |   OMONIA SQUARE
  |   THE NEOCLASSICAL TRILOGY
  |               The Academy of Athens
  |               The National Library
  |               The Athens University
  |               The Student Club
  |   PLATO'S ACADEMY
  |   ATHENS' TOWN HALL
  |   MUSEUMS IN ATHENS
  |               ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
  |               ANCIENT AGORA MUSEUM
  |               ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF PIRAEUS
  |               ATELIER OF SPIROS VASSILIOU
  |               BENAKI MUSEUM
  |               BYZANTINE & CHRISTIAN MUSEUM
  |               CARTOON MUSEUM
  |               ELEFTHERIOS VENIZELOS MUSEUM
  |               FOLK ART & TRADITION CENTRE
  |               FRISSIRAS MUSEUM
  |               GOULANDRIS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
  |               HELLENIC CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
  |               HELLENIC COSMOS
  |               HELLENIC MARITIME MUSEUM
  |               HERAKLEIDON EXPERIENCE OF VISUAL ARTS
  |               ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM
  |               JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE
  |               KANELLOPOULOS MUSEUM
  |               KERAMEIKOS MUSEUM
  |               MARIKA KOTOPOULI MUSEUM
  |               MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS
  |               PIRAEUS MUNICIPAL GALLERY
  |               MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
  |               MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
  |               MUSEUM OF ENGRAVING AND GRAPHIC ART
  |               MUSEUM OF GREEK CHILDREN’S ART
  |               MUSEUM OF GREEK FOLK ART
  |               MUSEUM OF GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
  |               MUSEUM OF SHADOW THEATRE
  |               MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF ATHENS VOUROS-EFTAXIAS)
  |               MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK COSTUME
  |               MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
  |               MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL POTTERY
  |               MUSEUM-ART COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL BANK
  |               NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
  |               NATIONAL ART GALLERY
  |               NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM
  |               NIKOS HADJIKYRIAKOS-GHIKAS GALLERY
  |               NUMISMATIC MUSEUM
  |               PHILATELIC MUSEUM
  |               PIERIDES MUSEUM
  |               TACTUAL MUSEUM
  |               THEATRE MUSEUM
  |               WAR MUSEUM
  |   ATHENS' MARKETS
  |               Athens' central market
  |               Athens' street markets
  |   CHURCHES IN ATHENS
  |               AGIA ANNA
  |               AGIA DYNAMI
  |               AGIA EKATERINI
  |               AGIA FOTINI
  |               AGIA IRINI
  |               AGIA MARIA CHRISSOKASTRIOTISSA
  |               AGIA MARINA
  |               AGIA PARASKEVI
  |               AGIA ZONI
  |               AGII ANARGYRI
  |               AGII ANARGYRI KOLOKINTHI
  |               AGII APOSTOLI SOLAKI
  |               AGII ASSOMATI
  |               AGII ASSOMATI STA SKALIA
  |               AGII ASSOMATI TAXIARCHES
  |               AGII ISIDORI
  |               AGII PANTES
  |               AGII THEODORI
  |               AGIOS ANDREAS
  |               AGIOS ATHANASSIOS KOURKOURIS
  |               AGIOS ELEFTHERIOS
  |               AGIOS DIMITRIOS
  |               AGIOS DIMITRIOS LOUBARDIARIS
  |               AGIOS DIONYSIOS AREOPAGITIS
  |               AGIOS DIONYSIOS AREOPAGITIS - CATHOLIC
  |               AGIOS ELISSAIOS
  |               AGIOS GEORGIOS
  |               AGIOS GEORGIOS LYKAVITTOS
  |               AGIOS GEORGIOS KARITIS
  |               AGIOS GEORGIOS RIZAREIOS
  |               AGIOS GEORGIOS TOU VRACHOU
  |               AGIOS IOANNIS STIN KOLONA
  |               AGIOS IONANNIS THEOLOGOS
  |               AGIOS KONSTANTINOS
  |               AGIOS NICHOLAS RANGAVAS
  |               AGIOS NIKOLAOS
  |               AGIOS NIKOLAOS - SERAPHEIM
  |               AGIOS PAVLOS
  |               AGIOS PHILIPPOS
  |               AGIOS SIMEON
  |               AGIOS THOMAS
  |               BASILICA OF ILISSOS & MARTYRIUM
  |               BETH-SHALOM SYNAGOGUE
  |               CHRISTOKOPIDIS
  |               EVANGELISMOS TIS THEOTOKOU
  |               FETHIYE MOSQUE (CAMI)
  |               METAMORFORSI TOU SOTIROS
  |               PANAGIA CHRISSOSPILIOTISSA
  |               PANAGIA GORGOEPIKOOS
  |               PANAGIA KAPNIKAREA
  |               PANAGIA ROMVI
  |               SOTIRA LYKODIMOU
  |               SOTIRA TOU KOTTAKI
  |               TAXIARCHES - PANAGIA GRIGOROUSA
  |               TETRACONCH - MEGALI PANAGIA
  |               TSISDARAKIS MOSQUE
  |   PROFITIS ILIAS CAVE
  |   GAZI FACTORY WORKSHOP
  |   POULOPOULOS
  |   FIRST CEMETERY OF ATHENS
  |   PIRAEUS
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