VRONTINAKI EVA

Archaeological site of the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum: The most famous and emblematic site of Classical Greek culture!

(For the site there are two types of visits: a simple visit with your tour guide and a 3D visit with your guide and an iPad* with an application of 3D reconstruction of Acropolis that helps you restore the ancient form of Acropolis monuments)

More details for iPad see here: http://moptil.com/

Ancient Athens: Kerameikos (ancient cemetery), Classical and Roman Agora, Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch (walking tour and archaeological visits)

Walking Tour in the historical center of Athens : Old town-Plaka district, Panepistimio Street, Syntagma Square - Hellenic Parliament, National Garden and Panathenaic Stadium

Museums of Athens:

• National Archaeological Museum of Athens: The most important museum of ancient Greek art from the Neolithic era to late Roman period, a real treasury of ancient art or otherwise the Ark of ancient Greek art! http://www.namuseum.gr/index-en.html
• Museum of Byzantine Art: The Byzantine world from the 6th century AD up until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 through mosaics, religious sculpture, icons, frescoes and precious ecclesiastical artifacts. http://www.byzantinemuseum.gr/en/
• Benaki Museum: A real time-travel through a great collection of Greek art from the Neolithic era (5000 BC) to the 20th century. http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?lang=en
• Museum of Cycladic Art: The finest collection of Cycladic art with a great variety of Cycladic figurines dated in the early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) that have inspired many artists during the 20th century such as Picasso and Modigliani. https://www.cycladic.gr/en
• National Gallery of Art: Greek modern art from the 18th to the 20th century (Gyzis, Lytras, Tsarouchis, Moralis etc.) and a minor collection of European art (El Greco, Rembrandt, Dürer, Brueghel, Van Dyck, Caravaggio, Goya, Delacroix, Uttrillo, Cézanne etc.) http://www.nationalgallery.gr/site/content.php?set_locale=2

Attica is the wider area in which Athens is located. As Athens is the heart in the body of Attica, not far from Athens we can discover a different landscape from the urban with important archaeological sites.

• Ancient Sanctuaries of Attica: Sanctuary of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron, Sanctuary of Dimitra at Eleusis and Sanctuary of Amphiaraos at Oropos.
• Ancient city of Ramnous: The best preserved Attic city (demos) next to the field of the famous Battle of Marathon between the Greeks and the Persians in 490 BC.
• Byzantine Monastery of Dafni: An important Byzantine Monastery dated in the 11th century with wonderful mosaics and inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as one of the typical examples of the golden age of Byzantine art.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece

Until today, there are 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece (last inscription in 2016) and there are also 14 sites on the tentative list. But what is the importance of UNESCO World Heritage Sites? The World Heritage Sites are monuments which are considered as the best examples of human creative genius and represent important parts of the world history of humanity. http://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/GR/

Indicatively, I mention the following:

• MYCENAE: Mycenae was the most important acropolis (citadel) during the Late Bronze Age (15th-12th c. BC) in Greece. According to Homer, the poet of Iliad and Odyssey, Mycenae was the kingdom of Agamemnon, the leader of the expedition of the Greeks against Troy. The Lion's Gate and the Treasury of Atreus have been listed as "outstanding examples of human creative genius".
• DELPHI: The pan-hellenic Sanctuary of Apollo was one of the most important oracles in the Mediterranean and a symbol of Greek cultural unity from the 8th century BC onwards.
• OLYMPIA: The pan-hellenic Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games beginning in 776 BC.
• EPIDAURUS: The Sanctuary of Asclepios, the god of medicine, provides valuable insight into the healing cults of Greek and Roman times. The Theater at Epidaurus is considered as one of the original masterpieces of Greek architecture.
• VERGINA: The Royal Tumulus (tomb) of Philipos II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great, was a brilliant archaeological discovery due to the historical importance of this king and the precious finds made of gold, silver and ivory.
• MYSTRAS: The medieval citadel of Mystras known also as "the Wonder of Morea" was the last Byzantine stronghold before falling to the Ottomans in 1461.