Athens layers the Acropolis and Parthenon above the Plaka and Monastiraki neighbourhoods, with the Acropolis Museum, the Kallimarmaro stadium of the 1896 Olympics, and Sounion's cliff-top Poseidon temple at Attica's tip.
Highlights
Acropolis
Plaka
Piraeus
Cape Sounion
When to Visit
Apr-May
Athens Marathon route still echoes the original 490 BC run, Acropolis pleasant before summer heat, and Easter celebrations in Plaka with red eggs and roast lamb.
Jun-Aug
Hits 38°C and the Acropolis becomes punishing by 10am, but Athens & Epidaurus Festival evening performances run through August at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.
Sep-Oct
Athens Open Air Cinemas run into late September, Acropolis pleasant again, and Sounion's Poseidon temple at peak photogenic in autumn light.
Nov-Mar
Mild winter around 13°C, Acropolis museum tours uncrowded, and the Plaka tavernas indoors at peak with rebetiko evenings in Psyrri.
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