24 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Athens - Atlas Obscura

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Antikythera Mechanism

2000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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Spinialo

This Greek dish maintains an old fisherman's tradition of preserving one's catch in bottles of seawater.

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Patsas

This offal soup is a classic Greek hangover cure.

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