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Argolis
About 58 miles away
Greece's prettiest old town, with Venetian forts above a small harbor.
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Ancient Agora
The marketplace and civic heart of ancient Athens, where Socrates taught, with the best-preserved Greek temple anywhere.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid; included in the combined ticket
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Adrianou 24, 105 55 AthensDirections
- Getting There
- Monastiraki or Thissio station.
Why Go
For centuries, Athenians met, traded and argued here. The Temple of Hephaestus, from the 5th century BC, still stands almost whole on its low hill.
The rebuilt Stoa of Attalos holds a museum of finds from the site.
Nearby in Athens
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