# The best things to see in Athens

The Acropolis, the Agora and sunset on Areopagus Hill: Athens's essential sights according to Lonely Planet and travel blogs.

- 30 votes · 14 items
- Mar 15, 2020 · Ryan
- https://even.best/en/l/2676/the-best-things-to-see-in-athens

## Top 14

1. **Plaka and Anafiotika** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Old streets and island-style houses under the Acropolis.
2. **Acropolis and the Parthenon** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The Parthenon, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike.
3. **Acropolis Museum** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The Parthenon galleries with views of the rock.
4. **Temple of Olympian Zeus** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The giant columns of the Olympieion.
5. **Monastiraki** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Flea market and the square below the Acropolis.
6. **Lycabettus Hill** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The city's highest point, at 277 metres.
7. **Areopagus Hill** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Free sunset view of the Acropolis.
8. **Ancient Agora** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The Temple of Hephaestus and the Stoa of Attalos.
9. **National Garden** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Shady park next to Parliament.
10. **National Archaeological Museum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The world's largest collection of Greek antiquities.
11. **Panathenaic Stadium** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The marble stadium of the first modern Olympics.
12. **Temple of Poseidon at Sounion** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sunset day trip to the cape.
13. **Changing of the Guard at Syntagma** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Evzones at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
14. **Benaki Museum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Greek art from antiquity to modern times.

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