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There
has never been a better time to visit Athens. No
other city offers as much heritage, history and
culture to enjoy
Athens (pronounced
/ˈæèənz/;
Greek:
ÁèÞíá,
Athina, IPA: [aˈèina]),
the
capital
and largest city of
Greece,
dominates the
Attica
periphery: as one of the
world's oldest cities,
its recorded history spans at least
3,000 years. The Greek capital has a
population of 745,514 (in 2001) within
its administrative limits and a land
area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi).
The
urban area
of Athens extends beyond the
administrative city limits with a
population of 3.37 million (in 2005).
The area of Athens prefecture spans
412 km2 (159 sq mi) and
encompasses a population of 3,192,606.[1]
The Athens
Larger Urban Zone
(LUZ) is the 7th most populated LUZ in
the
European Union
with a population of 4,013,368 (in
2004). A bustling and cosmopolitan
metropolis, Athens is central to
economic, financial, industrial,
political and cultural life in Greece.
It is rapidly becoming a leading
business centre in the European Union.
In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's
32nd-richest city in a
UBS
study.
Classical
Athens
was a powerful
city-state.
A centre for the arts, learning and
philosophy,
home of
Plato's
Academy
and
Aristotle's
Lyceum,
Athens was also the birthplace of
Socrates,
Pericles,
Sophocles
and its many other prominent
philosophers, writers and politicians of
the ancient world. It is widely referred
to as the
cradle
of Western civilization and the
birthplace of
democracy,
largely due to the impact of its
cultural and political achievements
during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on
the rest of the then known European
continent.
The heritage of the classical era is
still evident in the city, represented
by a number of ancient monuments and
works of art, the most famous of all
being the
Parthenon
on the
Acropolis,
widely considered a key landmark of
early Western civilization. The city
also retains a vast variety of
Roman
and
Byzantine
monuments, as well as a smaller number
of remaining
Ottoman
monuments projecting the city's long
history across the centuries. Landmarks
of the modern era are also present,
dating back to 1830 (the establishment
of the independent Greek state), and
taking in the
Greek Parliament
(19th century) and the Athens Trilogy
(Library, University, and Academy).
Athens was the host city of the
first modern-day Olympic Games
in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed
home the
2004 Summer Olympics,
with great success.
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We offer special rates
for private tours on early
bookings.
PRIVATE TOURS WE SUGGEST:
Best of Athens:
This is an 8 hours tour
allows you to visit the world famous Acropolis, the
Archaeological Museum
You’ll see the
Temple of Athena Nike and the Erectheum, with its classical
Porch of Maidens. We will drive you
to see the
Parthenon, the highest point of
Athens and the ivory statue of the
warrior goddess.
Note:
These are the tours that we suggest, but you can
customize your itinerary the way you and your
Family feels more enjoyable and comfortable.
We can accommodate from one person to a large
group, we specialize in personal and Private
tour in Greece and the Greek Islands.
In most of the tours in Greece, height hills
shoes are not acceptable. |
