Sightseeing on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street
Sightseeing on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street
This beautiful district has its price, as it is the most expensive spot in Athens.
Dionysiou Areopagitou Street Sightseeing (Update 2023)
Discover the best things to see and do on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street in Athens!
The Areopagus or Areios Pagos is the "Rock of Ares", located north-west of the Acropolis Hill. This hill is where court took session in the ancient times for the trial of murders.... more
The Philopappou Hill which is located across from Acropolis took its name from the Syrian philhellene consul Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, who was exiled in Athens between 75-76 and 87-88 A.D.... more
In a unique forested expanse at the foot of Philopappou Hill, is the single-aisle vaulted church of Agios Dimitrios "Loumbardiaris". It is a sanctuary that dates back from the period of the Turkish occupation.... more
Worldwide, the Acropolis is the symbol of Athens. Atop the Sacred Rock of Athens, during the Golden Age of Pericles, the Ancient Greeks decided to convey their culture – which was at its peak at the time.... more
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is located on the south west side of the rock of Acropolis and was discovered during excavations in 1848 and 1857.... more
The Theater of Dionysus was built on the southern decline of the sacred hill of Acropolis. This is the place where ancient Greek drama was born.... more
The building of the Acropolis Museum had been, for the Greeks, a decades old dream that became a reality in 2009. In particular, the first discussions for building a museum for the Acropolis on the rock had began after the creation of the Greek Nation.... more
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) is located atop the Hill of the Nymphs in the area of Thissio. This is the first research center in Greece and was inaugurated in 1846 by Baron Georgios Sinas.... more
About Dionysiou Areopagitou Street
The pedestrian precinct of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (honoring with its name the ancient personality) starts on Vasilissis Amalias Avenue across the Hadrianʼs Arch and continues stretching to the entrance of the Acropolis archaeological site.... more
