Athens pages   introduction   photo galleries Places in Greece   Athens Kastellorizo Kavala Patmos Pella Samos Samothraki Veria   index of contents contributors impressum sitemap Other places on My Favourite Planet   England:    Avebury France:    Paris Turkey    Istanbul    Ephesus    Selçuk    Kuşadası    Pergamon BLOGS Blogs home Edwin Drood's Column The Cheshire Cat Blog Guide to Planet Earth home   news   galleries   places   about MFP   contribute   contact   blogs My Favourite Planet > English > Europe > Greece > Attica > Athens > Athens photo galleries Athens Athens photo galleries   The Acropolis at night Over the coming months we will be adding new galleries, with more photos and detailed information about the sights and sites of Athens. We begin, as you would expect, with the Acropolis. The Acropolis gallery has - so far - 36 pages of photos and information about one of the world's most famous rocks and its inspirational monuments.   See also The Cheshire Cat Blog photo essays about: Athens    Meteora Acropolis gallery Coming soon With over 15,000 photos and 200 articles to sort through, we are currently sifting the pixels and paragragraphs to bring the My Favourite Planet pictorial guide to Athens online - gallery by gallery - as speedily a possible. Here are some of the ancient city's highlights which will be appearing over the coming months.   Monuments and sites • Areopagus Hill • Philapappou Hill • The Pnyx • Athens Observatory • The Ancient Agora   Hephaestus Temple, Stoa of Attalus... • The Roman Agora   Hadrian's Library, Tower of the Winds... • Kerameikos • Choragic Monument of Lysicrates • The Royal Palace / Parliament • The Zappeion • Arch of Hadrian • Temple of Olympian Zeus • Panathenaic Stadium • "The Trilogy"   Academy, University, National Library • Cathedrals, churches, monasteries • The First Cemetery • Ottoman mosques and buildings . . . Museums • The new Acropolis Museum • National Archaeological Museum • Epigraphical Museum • The Agora Museum • Kerameikos Museum • Benaki Museum • Goulandris Cycladic Art Museum • Numismatic Museum • Byzantine & Christian Museum • Jewish Museum • War Museum • Canellopoulos Museum • National Historical Museum • Greek Folk Art Museum • National Gallery • Museum of Contemporary Art • Museum of Musical Instruments • City of Athens Museum • Greek Costume Museum • Anthropology Museum • Zoological Museum • Postal & Philatelic Museum • Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum • Athens Planetarium • Ancient Cypriot Art Museum • Tactual Museum . . . Places, areas, disricts • Syntagma • National Gardens • The Plaka • Anafiotika • Monastiraki • Flea Market • Psyri • Thission, Gazi, Kerameikos • Central "Downtown" Athens • Omonia & Bazaar area • Kolonaki • Exarchia • Lykavittos Hill (Lycabettos) • Pangrati and Mets • Illisia • Mount Ymyttou (Hymettus) . . . Also ... • hotels, restaurants, bars,   ouzeries, shops ... • Athens International Airport • train and bus stations . . .   Some galleries will also include historical photos, drawings, paintings, plans and maps of Athens. Other areas outside Athens, such as Piraeus, Faliron, Varkiza, Lavrion, Sounion, Marathon and Eleusis, will also have their own galleries in the Attica section of My Favourite Planet. Photos and articles: © David John Addditiional photos: © Konstanze Gundudis All photos and articles are copyright protected. Images and materials by other authors have been attributed where applicable. If you are interested in using any of the photos for your website, blog or publication, please get in contact. Higher resolution versions are available on request.   < Introduction to Athens Copyright © 2003-2012 My Favourite Planet  |  contributors  |  impressum  |  index of contents  |  sitemap my-favourite-planet.com website design Ursa Major