At Athens Luxury Rooms we take your stay seriously and make sure you have a complete experience of Athens and Attica so that your vacation here will be unforgettable.
Here you will find all the museums within walking distance of our rooms so you can save time and travel to the glory of ancient and older Athens.
The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis.
These unique masterpieces of ancient architecture combine different orders and styles of Classical art in a most innovative manner and have influenced art and culture for many centuries.
The Acropolis Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, houses the findings of only one archaeological site, the Athenian Acropolis.
The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.
The Roman Agora was the ancient public square raised during the Roman period in Athens. It was one of the main meeting points in the city and it once housed the central market.
The Roman Agora was built around 100 metres east of the original agora by Eucles of Marathon between 27 BC and 17 BC (or possibly in 10 BC), using funds donated by Augustus, in fulfilment of a promise originally made by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.
The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion, is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.
It is one of the best preserved ancient temples, partly because it was transformed into a Christian church.
The Agora was the heart of ancient Athens, the focus of political, commercial, administrative and social activity, the religious and cultural centre, and the seat of justice.
The site was occupied without interruption in all periods of the city’s history. It was used as a residential and burial area as early as the Late Neolithic period (3000 B.C.). Early in the 6th century, in the time of Solon, the Agora became a public area.
Located in southern Athens, between the Acropolis and the Ilissos river, the Olympeion was the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus. Here stands one of the greatest ancient temples of Zeus and, according to Vitruvius, one of the most famous marble buildings ever constructed.
The sanctuary’s foundation is attributed to mythical Deukalion. The site of the Olympeion was a place of worship of chthonic deities and of ancient Athenian heroes since prehistory.
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.
It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and contains the richest collection of Greek Antiquity artifacts worldwide.
The Benaki Museum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in downtown Athens.
The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the modern times, an extensive collection of Asian art, hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop.
This Museum houses over 100,000 artifacts from Greek history and showcases the many eras, civilizations and cultures which have influenced the development of Greece.
The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation – Museum of Cycladic Art is a museum of Athens. It houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art.
The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris. Starting in the early 1960s, the couple collected Greek antiquities, with special interest in the prehistoric art from the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea.
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research foundation in Greece, as it was the first scientific research institute built after Greece became independent in 1829, and one of the oldest research institutes in Southern Europe.
It is a research center operating under public law rules and procedures and is supervised by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development and Investments.
The National Historical Museum is permanently housed in the Old Parliament Building at Stadiou Street (Kolokotronis square) since 1960.
The Museum narrates the history of Modern Greece: the period of Ottoman and Latin rule, the Greek War of Independence (1821), the liberation struggles, the creation of an independent state, the political, social and spiritual development of the Greeks up to the present day.
The Numismatic Museum is housed in the mansion Iliou Melathron, a neoclassical building that was constructed between 1878-1879 by the architect Ernst Ziller to become the residence of the Schliemann family.
Being the only museum of this particular type in Greece and one of the most distinctive in the world, the Museum owns a collection of 500,000 coins as well as lead seals, weights, medals, and seal rings dating from Antiquity up to the present.
The National Gallery is an art museum located on Vasilissis Sofias avenue in the Pangrati district, Athens. It is devoted to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century.
The newly renovated building reopened after an 8 year refurbishment, on 24 March 2021,a day before the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence.
The gallery exhibitions are mainly focused on post-Byzantine Greek Art. The gallery owns and exhibits also an extensive collection of European artists. Particularly valuable is the collection of paintings from the Renaissance.
The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art is a modern art museum in Eratosthenous Street, Pangrati, Athens, Greece, opened in October 2019.
It displays many of the works amassed by shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise Karadontis, who died in 1994, with an art collection valued at $3 billion.
The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.
The stadium was excavated in 1869 and hosted the Zappas Olympics in 1870 and 1875. After being refurbished, it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was the venue for 4 of the 9 contested sports. It was used for various purposes in the 20th century and was once again used as an Olympic venue in 2004.
It is the finishing point for the annual Athens Classic Marathon. It is also the last venue in Greece from where the Olympic flame handover ceremony to the host nation takes place.
Lycabettus is a hill of Athens. It has the small church of Agios Georgios at its top and also operates a cable car.
The view from Lycabettus Hill is best enjoyed at sunset whilst waiting for the lights of the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Panathenaic Stadium and Ancient Agora to come on.
You will also be reminded that Athens is surrounded by sea with spectacular views across the Aegean. There is also a restaurant where you can enjoy the view at sunset.
The National Garden (formerly known as the Royal Garden) is a public park of 15.5 hectares (38 acres) in the center of the Greek capital, Athens.
It is located between the districts of Kolonaki and Pangrati, directly behind the Greek Parliament building (The Old Palace). The Garden also encloses some ancient ruins, column drums and Corinthian capitals of columns, mosaics, and other features.
This beautiful oasis offers a soothing respite of greenery from the big city with many benches for picnicking, cafes, duck ponds and a small zoo.
Perhaps the most beautiful pedestrian street of Athens. It’s literally in the shadow of the Acropolis. Starts from the metro station which is right next door, on the also pedestrian Makrygianni street.
Going up DionysiouAreopagitou and leaving the Acropolis Museum behind you, you walk among excellent examples of ancient and modern architecture.
Make a stop to see the Conservatory of Herod Atticus climb up to the Acropolis or continue ending up on Apostolou Pavlou Street, in Theseio.
The old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.
Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens. It is known as the “Neighborhood of the Gods” due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites. Small shops selling jewelry, clothing and local ceramics line the narrow-cobbled streets. Outdoor cafes and family taverns stay open late.
Monastiraki is a bustling area with iconic attractions, such as the ruins of Hadrian’s Library, the Ancient Agora of Athens and the restored Stoa of Attalos, which also houses a museum with Athenian exhibits.
The outdoor market of Monastiraki has shops selling traditional soaps, handmade sandals and souvenir t-shirts. The streets of the area are lined with traditional taverns and restaurants, many of which have views of the Acropolis.
