Acropolis of Athens
Athens, Greece
The Acropolis of Athens is the limestone hill above the city crowned by the Parthenon, the marble temple of Athena…
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Best ancient sites in Greece
10 ancient sites in Greece, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which ticket or tour to book and when to go.
| # | Site | Country | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acropolis of Athens | Greece | The Parthenon, Erechtheion and Propylaia on the rock above Athens, with their original sculptures in the Acropolis Museum at its foot. |
| 2 | Theatre of Epidaurus | Greece | The most complete ancient Greek theatre anywhere, its tiers of seats intact and its acoustics still used for summer festival performances. |
| 3 | Delos | Greece | A whole sacred island of temples, a theatre, houses with mosaic floors and the marble lions, reached by boat from Mykonos. |
| 4 | Ancient Olympia | Greece | The stadium where the Games began, the Temple of Zeus and the workshop of Pheidias, with the temple's sculptures in the museum. |
| 5 | Akrotiri | Greece | A Bronze Age town buried by the eruption of Thera, its streets and houses still standing to upper floors under a protective roof. |
| 6 | Mycenae | Greece | The Lion Gate, the Cyclopean walls and the beehive Treasury of Atreus at the citadel where the oldest Greek myths are set. |
| 7 | Aigai (Vergina) Royal Tombs | Greece | The royal tombs of Macedon, among them the one attributed to Philip II, seen with their gold and painted facades inside the burial mound. |
| 8 | Knossos | Greece | The Minoan palace of the labyrinth legend, partly reconstructed in concrete by Arthur Evans, with the Throne Room and the Grand Staircase. |
| 9 | Ancient Messene | Greece | A whole Greek city below Mount Ithome, with theatre, agora, stadium and nine kilometres of walls, and often almost no other visitors. |
| 10 | Ancient Corinth | Greece | The archaic Temple of Apollo, a Roman forum and the bema linked with Saint Paul, under Acrocorinth and about an hour from Athens. |
Theatre of Epidaurus
Epidavros, Greece
The Theatre of Epidaurus is the best-preserved theatre of ancient Greece, built in the late 4th century BC inside the…
40 tickets & tours
Delos
Delos, Greece
Delos is the small island off Mykonos that the Greeks held sacred as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, and its…
35 tickets & tours
Ancient Olympia
Olympia, Greece
Ancient Olympia is the sanctuary of Zeus in the western Peloponnese where the Olympic Games were held every four years…
89 tickets & tours
Akrotiri
Santorini, Greece
Akrotiri is the Bronze Age town on the south coast of Santorini that the great Theran eruption buried in volcanic ash…
18 tickets & tours
Mycenae
Mykines, Greece
Mycenae is the hilltop citadel of the Bronze Age kings who dominated Greece around 1350 BC and gave their name to…
57 tickets & tours
Aigai (Vergina) Royal Tombs
Vergina, Greece
Aigai, at the village of Vergina in northern Greece, was the first capital of the kings of Macedon and the place where…
10 tickets & tours
Knossos
Heraklion, Greece
Knossos is the largest Minoan palace on Crete, 5 km south of Heraklion, built from about 1900 BC on a hill that had…
111 tickets & tours
Ancient Messene
Messene, Greece
Ancient Messene is a Greek city founded in 369 BC by the Theban general Epaminondas below Mount Ithome, 25 km north of…
4 tickets & tours
Ancient Corinth
Corinth, Greece
Ancient Corinth is the excavated centre of one of the richest cities of ancient Greece, sacked by Rome in 146 BC and…
39 tickets & tours