Athens, Greece
Old Madrasa of Athens
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
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Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Athens, Greece
The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.
Athens, Greece
This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.
Athens, Greece
This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.
Athens, Greece
One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.
Vouliagmeni, Greece
Past the megayachts in the hyper-modern marina of Vouliagmeni is a small, well-hidden chapel adorned with pebbles and maritime imagery.
Elefsina, Greece
Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.
Acharnes, Greece
After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.
Athens, Greece
An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.
Athens, Greece
The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.
Athens, Greece
Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.
Athens, Greece
View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.
Athens, Greece
Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.
Athens, Greece
There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.
Athens, Greece
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
Athens, Greece
A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.
Athens, Greece
The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Penteli, Greece
Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Athens, Greece
A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.
Athens, Greece
Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.