Athens
Athens comes into many myths, like its patron goddess, Athena. It's one of the oldest cities – people have been living here for over five millenia. And because the Athenians were amazing builders and fabulous artists, exploring Athens with kids is the key stone to ancient Greece.
Ride the Metro - The metro in Athens is a modern system, and absolutely your best way to get around Athens! At the stations, there are excavation exhibits (when they were digging the subway, they kept bumping into all sorts of ancient stuff) - an old aqueduct, potters kiln, Christian graves, ancient road, plus vases and statues. It's cheap and fast, get a day ticket and hop on and off.
Shopping
Lots of fun souvenirs – embroidered slippers and shirts, polished
stone eggs, miniature Greek vases and statues,
ceramic boxes, tiny bronze helmets, clay horses, painted wooden donkeys,
onyx boxes, Athena's owl.
The Acropolis was the site of festivals, temples and shrines, law courts, city marketplace, concerts and theater, but how to make it come alive for kids? Take a private family walking tour, plus skip-the-line tickets:
National Archaeological Museum is chock full of stunning statues from ancient Greece, but can you tell the difference between Zeus and Poseidon? Find out about the gods, goddesses and heroes on a family walking tour of the museum:
