This Athens tourist map marks the 11 top sights, 32 hidden gems in orange and a 4.1 km walking route through the centre, from the Acropolis and the Parthenon to the Ancient Agora. It is free to view, print and download.
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Each sight is described in full on Athens tourist attractions.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 9 sights sit on the walking route through the centre and are reached on foot; the last 2 are reached by metro or funicular.
Marked in orange on the map: 32 smaller sights worth a detour. The PDF lists all of them with addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map of the centre with the numbered legend, how to get around and the licence. Pages 2 and 3 list the 11 sights with a photo, a short text and the full address, including the transport for the two outside the walking route. The 32 hidden gems follow with their addresses, and a page of neighbourhoods closes it. In English, 1.7 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 4.1 km (2.6 miles) route, about 55 min on foot without the visits. The site on the rock is entered from Dionysiou Areopagitou with timed entry, and Akropoli station on metro line 2 is named after it. The route drops down the south slope to the next stop.
On the south slope of the Acropolis, off Dionysiou Areopagitou: the curved stone tiers, the paved orchestra and the front row of marble thrones are covered by the Acropolis and Slopes ticket. The Acropolis Museum is a short walk away.
At Dionysiou Areopagitou 15 in Makrygianni, ticketed separately from the Acropolis site. Glass floors show the excavated neighbourhood below, and the top floor lines up with the Parthenon. The route then heads east to the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
On Vasilissis Olgas, east of the Acropolis: fifteen Corinthian columns stand on a platform inside a ticketed enclosure, with a sixteenth lying where it fell. From here the route turns back north-west into the lanes of Plaka.
The oldest inhabited quarter, between Syntagma, Monastiraki and the Acropolis slope, is free to walk at any hour. Pedestrian lanes run between neoclassical houses, courtyard gardens and small Byzantine churches; mornings are the calmest time. The next stop climbs to Anafiotika.
Whitewashed houses on stepped lanes around Stratonos street, on the north slope above Plaka. There is no gate and no ticket, and people live here, so quiet feet are appreciated. The longest leg, 0.8 km, winds down from here to the Roman Agora.
Entered on Polygnotou through the Gate of Athena Archegetis, with four Doric columns, and ticketed. Rows of column stumps mark the colonnades around the courtyard, and the Fethiye Mosque fills the northern side. Hadrian's Library is the next stop.
On Areos street in Monastiraki, ticketed: a row of Corinthian columns from the western facade stands along the street. Monastiraki station, on metro lines 1 and 3, is named after the district. The last leg heads west to the Ancient Agora.
The route ends at the civic heart of the ancient city, ticketed. The Adrianou gate is closed for redevelopment, so entry and exit run through the gate on Thiseio Square, and Thissio station on metro line 1 is named after the area. Inside stand the Temple of Hephaestus and the Stoa of Attalos.
The centre is walkable: the 9 stops on the route cover 4.1 km, about 55 min of walking without the visits, and the longest leg is the 0.8 km from Anafiotika down to the Roman Agora.
The metro, run by STASY, has three lines through the centre. Line 2 stops at Akropoli, for the Acropolis, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Acropolis Museum, and at Syntagma, which it shares with line 3, on the edge of Plaka. Lines 1 and 3 meet at Monastiraki, for Hadrian's Library, and line 1 continues to Thissio, the area of the Thiseio Square gate of the Ancient Agora. Anafiotika and the Roman Agora sit between the stations and are easiest on foot.
Sights outside the walking route:
Four of the numbered sights on the walking route sell entry tickets online: the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Ancient Agora.
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