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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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Syntagma Square
The city's central square below the Parliament, where kilted Evzones guards change at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Syntagma, 105 63 AthensDirections
- Getting There
- Syntagma station (Metro lines 2 and 3).
Why Go
The Presidential Guard, in pleated kilts and pom-pom shoes, change every hour in a slow, high-stepping ceremony. The grandest change, with a band, is on Sunday mornings at 11.
The National Garden lies beside the Parliament.
Nearby in Athens
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