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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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National Archaeological Museum
One of the world's great museums of ancient art, with the gold mask of Agamemnon and the Antikythera mechanism.
- Open
- Every day; shorter hours on some days in winter
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- 28is Oktovriou 44, 106 82 AthensDirections
- Getting There
- Viktoria or Omonia station.
Why Go
Its galleries trace Greek art from the Bronze Age to Roman times: the gold of Mycenae, Cycladic figurines, bronze gods pulled from the sea and the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient geared computer.
It's north of the center, worth a whole morning.
Nearby in Athens
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