The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

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.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.