Day 2 was spent visiting the Acropolis, Roman Agora and Ancient Agora. Instead of words I will use photos to share the experience at Acropolis:
A monument dedicated by the Athenians to Marcus vipsanius Agrippa
Propylea means is any monumental gateway in Greek architecture
Erectheion is an ancient temple on the north side of the Acropolis
No audioguide or map is provided for the Acropolis visit - so either you join a guided tour or download an audioguide from internet - we did the latter.
Roman Agora was not that impressive, so we cut the tour short and decided to grab lunch instead before entering the Ancient Agora.
Ancient Agora visit turned out to be great thanks to the audio guide given at the site. Ancient Agora is the best known example of an ancient Greek Agora - the literal meaning of the word Agora is "gathering place" or "assembly". The agora used to be the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city. This site is huge and requires atleast 3 hours to do justice to it - there is also a museum inside the complex that has some interesting information and artifacts.
We had an awesome day visiting the two main archeological sites in Athens. It was a warm and sunny day and a gelato provided a perfect way to wrap it up :)
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| View at entry/exit to Acropolis. Right hand top is Athena Nike temple. Left is Agrippa and middle is the grand entrance to Acropolis called Propylaea |
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| Agrippa Monument |
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| Propylaea |
A monument dedicated by the Athenians to Marcus vipsanius Agrippa
Propylea means is any monumental gateway in Greek architecture
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| Parthenon - temple dedicated to goddess Athena |
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| Erechtheion East End |
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| Erechtheion Caryatids |
Erectheion is an ancient temple on the north side of the Acropolis
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| Parthenon East End |
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| Greek flag and a view point |
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| Theatre of Dionysus - as visible from the Acropolis |
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| Temple of Olympian Zeus - as visible from The Acropolis |
No audioguide or map is provided for the Acropolis visit - so either you join a guided tour or download an audioguide from internet - we did the latter.
Roman Agora was not that impressive, so we cut the tour short and decided to grab lunch instead before entering the Ancient Agora.
Ancient Agora visit turned out to be great thanks to the audio guide given at the site. Ancient Agora is the best known example of an ancient Greek Agora - the literal meaning of the word Agora is "gathering place" or "assembly". The agora used to be the center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life of the city. This site is huge and requires atleast 3 hours to do justice to it - there is also a museum inside the complex that has some interesting information and artifacts.
We had an awesome day visiting the two main archeological sites in Athens. It was a warm and sunny day and a gelato provided a perfect way to wrap it up :)
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