Places vixdaley Wants to Go

A forgotten "city of water" underneath the famous Trevi district.

Poseidon? No one seems to know.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

This lesser-visited World Heritage site in Athens boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

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

This small chapel holds the mummified heart of one of the heroes of the Greek Revolution.

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

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

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

The ruins of this ancient fortification wall sit in the middle of a quiet, residential intersection.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

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

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.