Athens is the capital of Greece. Athens is Greece's largest city and its administrative, economic, and cultural center. Athens is always in season with comfortable climate conditions for travelling and sightseeing.
In Summer you can enjoy numerous of unique activities like outdoor cinemas, performances in ancient theatres as well as up-to-date concerts and dancing clubs. Autumn means mild conditions slightly cooler than summer, giving travellers the opportunity to move more comfortably during the day.
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The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city) and the best known ancient monument in Greece. From Acropolis of Athens, our company has taken its name "Acropolis Rent a Car"
Although there are many other acropolis in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as The Acropolis without qualification. The Acropolis is a flat-topped rock which rises 150 meters (512 feet) above sea level in the city of Athens, Greece. |
A great number of museums operate throughout the country. Some of the most important are located in the capital of Greece Athens.
Visitors are afforded the opportunity to admire unique artifacts and scientific achievements produced on Greek territory more than 6.000 years ago.
Opening Hours
Most state-run museums are open on all weekdays except Monday. Museums are closed on the following public holidays:
January 1st, Good Friday, Easter Day, May 1st, Christmas (December 25 & 26). As regards other public holidays, check with the information centre of the museum you wish to visit to verify opening hours and days. |
Rent a car in Athens and visit Meteora, enjoy a unique and most impressive scenery with Monasteries containing priceless historical and religious treasures, standing between Heaven and Earth at the top of huge rocks. Return to Athens via Trikala, Lamia, Thermopylae (visit the Leonidas Monument) and Kammena Vourla.
The Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka.
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After the Acropolis, seek the appropriate car rental in Greece, your next destination is DELPHI, the most popular archaeological site in Greece. Located 180 kilometers from Athens and it is by far the most popular day trip out of Athens.
Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. The site of Delphi is located in lower central Greece, on multiple terraces along the slope of Mount Parnassus, and includes the Sanctuary of Apollo, the site of the ancient Oracle. This semicircular spur is known as Phaedriades, and overlooks the Pleistos Valley. Southwest of Delphi, about 15 km (9.3 mi) away, is the harbor-city of Kirrha on the Corinthian Gulf.
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