Car Rental in Athens
General Information about Athens
The capital of Greece, Athens was named after Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, who according to mythology won the city as prize after a duel against Poseidon. It is a huge town, with a history that goes back thousands of years. For a big city like Athens the best way to travel around and visit all the monuments is with a rental car.
For most visitors the highlight of a visit to Athens is the stunning vestiges of the ancient, Classical Greek city, most famously represented by the Acropolis and its surrounding archaeological sites. The old nineteenth-century quarter of Plaka, is a maze of narrow, winding streets bubbling with life. The area’s souvenir shops and tourist tavernas are interspersed with ancient monuments and medieval churches.
Visit the Greek islands! Piraeus is the bustling port of Athens and the departure point for hundreds of island ferries and cruise ships. Most tourists pass through it while visiting Greece. Pireaus has been Athens’ port since ancient times. It actually consists of three harbours, with most of the tourist boats using the Zea Limani section.
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The capital is famous, more than any other European capital, for its nightlife. Athens by night totally transforms. The options for entertainment satisfy all tastes. The famous bouzoukia are the leaders in Athenian entertainment, while theatres all around Athens offer a different type of entertainment. Rent a car and explore the city of Athens and you will be amazed by the culture and the beauty of the capital. By hosting the Olympic Games in 2004 prompted a lot of development, including a new airport Athens International Airport, the extension of the metro system, the building of new sports venues, upgrading of hotels, and the formation of a traffic-free promenade.
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The most important monument in Athens is the Acropolis. The image of this distinctive citadel of ancient Athens perched on its steep flat-topped rock above the sprawling city. It is the spot where Athens, and classical Greek civilisation, began, and the site of a collection of beautiful temples, most dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena. The ruins that remain visible today date from the 4th century BC; most of them erected by Pericles after the Persians destroyed many of the original Acropolis buildings.
You must visit the National Archaeological Museum. It is the largest and most popular of Athens’ many museums, and usually very crowded. Its vast collection includes treasures unearthed from Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann; a staggering array of sculpture including the earliest known Greek figurines dating from around 2,000 BC, frescoes from the volcanic island of Santorini; and so much more that it is recommended visitors make several visits to absorb it all.
Finally go to the Ancient Agora. Clustered below the Acropolis are the remains of the Agora, ancient Athens' commercial and civic centre, where once walked and talked the great philosophers Socrates and Plato. In fact the disgraced and despairing Socrates committed suicide in a prison in the southwest corner of the Agora, by drinking poison.
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