20 places across Athens, Chania and 8 more cities — ranked by traveler ratings, with photos and where to find each one.
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The Acropolis of Athens
Athens · Attica · historical landmark · ★ 4.8 · 147,626 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

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Meteora
Kalabaka · Thessaly · place of worship · ★ 4.9 · 54,627 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗Meteora is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, viewed locally as second in importance only to Mount Athos. Their height is more than 20 metres (66 ft).

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The Acropolis Museum
Athens · Attica · museum · ★ 4.7 · 84,881 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. 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.

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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)
Kallithea · Attica · cultural center · ★ 4.8 · 62,045 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is a cultural center complex in the municipality of Kallithea in Athens, Greece. It includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece (NLG) and the Greek National Opera (GNO), as well as the 210,000 m2 (2,300,000 sq ft) Stavros Niarchos Park.

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Old Venetian Port of Chania
Chania · Crete · historical landmark · ★ 4.8 · 42,150 reviews ·
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The Panathenaic Stadium
Athens · Attica · stadium · ★ 4.7 · 46,428 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

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Ancient Agora of Athens
Athens · Attica · museum · ★ 4.7 · 40,508 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is an ancient Greek agora. It is located to the northwest of the Acropolis, and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.

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Athens National Garden
Athens · Attica · park · ★ 4.6 · 43,937 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The National Observatory of Athens is a research organization based in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research organization in Greece and one of the oldest in Southern Europe. It consists of three research institutes and is operating multiple facilities across the country.

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Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Heraklion · Crete · museum · ★ 4.7 · 34,833 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece, and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete.

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Ancient Theatre at the Asklepieion of Epidaurus
Nafplio · Peloponnese · historical landmark · ★ 4.8 · 25,734 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius. It is built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern Lygourio, and belongs to the Epidaurus Municipality.

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National Archaeological Museum
Athens · Attica · museum · ★ 4.6 · 38,963 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗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.

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Flisvos Marina
Athens · Attica · marina · ★ 4.7 · 28,388 reviews ·
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Philopappos Hill
Athens · Attica · park · ★ 4.8 · 22,466 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Philopappos Monument is an ancient Roman mausoleum and monument dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus, a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene. It is located on Mouseion Hill in Athens, Greece, southwest of the Acropolis.

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Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Athens · Attica · amphitheatre · ★ 4.9 · 17,918 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Greek theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950.

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Attica Zoological Park
Spata · Attica · zoo · ★ 4.6 · 29,763 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗Attica Park, officially Attica Zoological Park (AZP), is a private zoo located in the suburb of Spata, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Athens, Greece. It is the only zoo in Greece. The zoo is home to more than 1,500 animals representing 220 species, in an area of 200-acre (81 ha).

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Palace of Knossos
Heraklion · Crete · ★ 4.3 · 60,318 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗Knossos is an archaeological site and ancient urban centre in Crete, Greece. It is located within the southern periphery of Heraklion, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city's historic centre.

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Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes
Rhodes · South Aegean · historical landmark · ★ 4.6 · 27,720 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello, is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece.

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Elafonisi Beach
Chania · Crete · beach · ★ 4.5 · 34,708 reviews ·
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Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
Sounion · Attica · cultural landmark · ★ 4.7 · 22,201 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗The Temple of Poseidon is an ancient Greek temple on Cape Sounion, Greece, dedicated to the god Poseidon. There is evidence of the establishment of sanctuaries on the cape from as early as the 11th century BC.

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Archaeological site of Mycenae
Mycenae · Peloponnese · ★ 4.7 · 21,816 reviews ·
Open in Google Maps ↗Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres (7 miles) north of Argos; and 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Corinth.

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