# Things to Do in Athens

Athens landmarks and museums worth a visit, drawn from official sources. · community starter list

Looking for things to do in Athens? This list of 8 includes Museum of Cycladic Art (Kolonaki, Athens). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Greece](/greece.md) / Athens
**Updated:** 2026-08-26 09:40:10

1. **[Museum of Cycladic Art](/e/museum-of-cycladic-art---1683.md)** (attraction) — Museum focused on ancient Cycladic art and the Goulandris family's Aegean collection, spanning two connected buildings near Syntagma. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/now/entertainment/moyseio-kykladikis-tehnis-anakainizetai-paramenontas-anoihto-sto-koino, https://cycladic.gr/en/episkeftheite-to-mouseio/
2. **[Acropolis of Athens](/e/acropolis-of-athens---1684.md)** (attraction) — Fortified hilltop citadel with the Parthenon and other classical-era temples, inhabited since Neolithic times and open daily as an archaeological site. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/guide/art/place/akropoli, http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp?obj_id=2384
3. **[Acropolis Museum](/e/acropolis-museum---1685.md)** (attraction) — Glass-and-concrete museum built over an excavated ancient neighbourhood, displaying sculptures and finds from the Acropolis including the Parthenon marbles. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/now/english-news/guide-acropolis-museum, https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en
4. **[Ancient Agora of Athens](/e/ancient-agora-of-athens---1686.md)** (attraction) — Excavated marketplace and civic centre of ancient Athens, occupied since Neolithic times, with the Temple of Hephaistos and the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/culture/arxaiologia/oi-thisayroi-tis-arhaias-agoras, http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp?obj_id=2485
5. **[National Archaeological Museum](/e/national-archaeological-museum---1687.md)** (attraction) — Greece's largest archaeological museum, housed in a 19th-century neoclassical building, with more than 11,000 exhibits spanning prehistory to late antiquity. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.lifo.gr/culture/design/neo-ethniko-arhaiologiko-moyseio-prosito-anthropokentriko-syndedemeno-me-tin-athina, https://www.namuseum.gr/en/to-moyseio/taytotita/
6. **[Panathenaic Stadium](/e/panathenaic-stadium---1688.md)** (attraction) — All-marble ancient stadium rebuilt in the 1890s that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, now open to visitors with a running-track and museum exhibits. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.athensvoice.gr/life/life-in-athens/682274/panathinaiko-stadio-ena-apo-ta-simantikotera-mnimeia-tis-athinas/, https://www.panathenaicstadium.gr/en/visit/
7. **[Temple of Olympian Zeus](/e/temple-of-olympian-zeus---1689.md)** (attraction) — Ruins of a colossal temple begun in the 6th century BC and completed under Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, with several of its original columns still standing. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.athensvoice.gr/life/life-in-athens/321641/100-pragmata-poy-prepei-na-gnorizeis-gia-tin-athina/, http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh255.jsp?obj_id=12863
8. **[Benaki Museum of Greek Culture](/e/benaki-museum-of-greek-culture---1690.md)** (attraction) — Museum of Greek history and culture from prehistory to the 20th century, housed in the renovated former residence of the Benakis family. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.thisisathens.org/museums/benaki-museum-greek-culture, https://www.lifo.gr/culture/arxaiologia/moyseio-mpenaki-ena-mageytiko-kaleidoskopio-toy-ellinikoy-politismoy

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