Introduction | p. 7 |
Acknowledgements | p. 8 |
How to use the Guide | p. 8 |
Highlights | p. 10 |
Practical Information | |
Planning your trip | p. 13 |
Getting there | p. 15 |
Accommodation | p. 17 |
Currency regulations | p. 21 |
On arrival | p. 22 |
Travelling around | p. 22 |
Food and drink | p. 28 |
Restaurants and cafes | p. 32 |
Language and transliteration | p. 36 |
General information | |
Disabled travellers | p. 37 |
Opening hours | p. 38 |
National holidays and festivals | p. 39 |
Health | p. 39 |
Useful telephone numbers and addresses | p. 40 |
Crime and personal security | p. 40 |
Leisure and sporting activities | p. 40 |
Communications | p. 41 |
Newspapers | p. 42 |
Manners and customs | p. 42 |
Other information | p. 43 |
Background information | |
History | p. 46 |
Politics in Classical Athens | p. 53 |
Topography | p. 55 |
Art and architecture | p. 59 |
Primary sources | p. 71 |
Select bibliography | p. 72 |
The Guide | |
Athens | |
Sintagma to the Acropolis | p. 77 |
The Acropolis | p. 87 |
Hills of Athens: the Areopagos, Mouseion, Pnyx, Hill of the Nymphs | p. 116 |
Omonia and Sintagma | p. 123 |
Omonia and Sintagma to Monastiraki | p. 130 |
The Hephaisteion ('Thision') Temple and the ancient Agora | p. 133 |
Plaka Old Athens | p. 150 |
Psiri and the ancient sites of the Kerameikos and Academy | p. 157 |
The Olympieion, the Ilissos and the Stadium | p. 171 |
Going north Omonia to Ambelokipi | p. 178 |
National Archaeological Museum | p. 180 |
Plateia Kaningos, Leoforos Akadhimias and Kolonaki | p. 199 |
Likavittos | p. 202 |
Sintagma to Ambelokipi via Vasilissis Sofias | p. 206 |
Piraeus via Neo Faliro | p. 215 |
Days out of the city | |
The suburbs of Athens | p. 229 |
The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion (Sounio) | p. 233 |
The Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron (Vravrona) and Porto Rafti | p. 236 |
Thorikos and Lavrio | p. 240 |
Dhafni and Eleusis (Elefsina) | p. 246 |
Porto Yermeno (Aigosthena) | p. 260 |
Marathon (Marathonas) and Rhamnous (Rhamnounda) | p. 261 |
The Amphiaraion, via Kalamos | p. 269 |
The island of Aiyina (Aegina) | p. 271 |
Glossary | p. 279 |
Index | p. 284 |
Maps and plans | |
Maps | |
Underground map Atlas | p. 1 |
Street map of Athens Atlas | p. 1 |
Aiyina | p. 273 |
Athens environs | p. 228 |
Piraeus | p. 219 |
Plans | |
Academy | p. 169 |
Acropolis | p. 92 |
Amphiaraion | p. 270 |
Ancient Athens | p. 56 |
Ancient Athens (Centre) | p. 138 |
Brauron (sanctuary of Artemis) | p. 238 |
Dhafni (monastery of) | p. 247 |
Eleusis | p. 252 |
Erechtheion | p. 109 |
Kerameikos, Street of Tombs | p. 162 |
Lavrio | p. 245 |
Marathon | p. 265 |
National Archaeological Museum | p. 183 |
Olympieion and Ilissos area | p. 172 |
Thorikos | p. 241 |
Greek Orders of Architecture | p. 282 |
Greek Temple and Theatre plans | p. 283 |
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