Unique Places in Athens

The museum's permanent collection includes about 3 thousand pieces of jewelry and sculpture designed and created by Ilias Lalaounis between 1940 and 1992.

Mr Lalaounis' inspiration came from a wide range of sources, including prehistoric finds, Copper Age jewelry, Classical and Hellenistic period pieces, the Byzantine Empire, Persian and Ottoman art, the civilizations of the Far East, and modern themes such as technological and scientific evolution.

The museum organizes temporary exhibitions, educational programs, seminars, and film shows on jewelry making and art in general.

All exhibits are presented in Greek, English, and French, while the museum offers tours in German and Italian

Address: Kalisperi Street and 4A Kariatydon Street

Leading international art collector Dakis Joannou knows how to make heads turn in the world of modern art. He brings together the best works that have been acquired by the collection of the DESTE Foundation - one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world.

DESTE Foundation - E.Pappa & Filellinon strs, Nea Ionia; Omirou 8, Neo Psychiko.

The new digital Planetarium is the largest and best-equipped digital planetarium in the world. It opened its doors to the public in October of 2003, and through virtual reality offers a magic voyage to the start and gives the spectator the thrilling sense of "living" in the filmed environment. 280 seats, 950 sq.m. of gigantic hemispherical dome.

Address: 387 Syngrou Ave
Buses:
126 Akadimia - P.Faliro
B2 Akadimia - Ayios Kosmas
550 P.Faliro - Kifissia
A2 Akadimia - Voula

Price:
6 euro - adults
4 euro - pupils, students, children, groups of 20+

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This is a place where culture and tecnology go on together. Inside you have a multimedial museum with several exibitions and some virtual reality theaters.
The area is really big, when I was there there were two exibitions: one about the development of mathematic and the other one about the born of democracy. Then there is a virtual reality theater with interactive exibitions. I watched the life in agora in the stereostophic projection and it was pretty funny. Then you also have a 3D glasses show which lasts 20 minuts and I chosed the life in Olimpia during the games.
The ticket that allows you to visit exibitions, the 3D show and the stereostophic projection costs 15 euro and it also include free internet access.
To go here take the metro untill Kalithea station, then get out on Pireus side exit on Thessalonikis street and go straight untill you find a big road (Pireos) then cross the road and go left. If like me you get lost, take a taxi at the metro station it was about 2 euro to take me to the theater.

A century has passed since the armored battle cruiser "G.Averof" sailed into Faliro Bay and was appointed as the Flag Ship of the Hellenic Navy heading the martial efforts of the Hellenic Nation for self determination and restoration of the Hellenism in the Aegean.

Location:
Marina Flisvou, P.Faliro 175 10 Athens

Kaisariani Monastery built in the 11th century AD and is set in an idyllic location on the slopes of Mount Ymittos just 5 km from Athens.

According to Greek mythology the area was frequented by the god Hephaistos. The river Ilissos, which has its source on a hill above the monastery, was sacred to Aphrodite.
The monastery was built over the ruins of a Roman temple which in turn was built over an ancient Greek one. Four columns of the ancient temple have survived to this day and support the dome of the monastery's church.

Opening Hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday-Sunday: 08.00-15.00

Transcultures - the exhibition organized by the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) and includes works of remarkable international artists (Kostas Varotsos, Bill Viola, Kendell Geers, Anish Kapoor, Mona Hatoum etc)
The exhibition's last day is 31.12.2004

The Athens Concert Hall - Vas.Sofias Eve & 1 Kokkali St.

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According to some books St.Valentine was a priest in a greek church at Rome. When he died his body buried at catacombs but after many adventures his relic finally transferred to a catholic church at Mitileni island in Greece! Around 1990 that church transferred it to the italic church of Athens, which is St.Fraqisque & Clara.

Every year on 14 of February some Italians come here in honor of him at religious celebration, giving roses to each other as a sign of love and… I’m sorry but my Italians are not so nice lately so I didn’t understand much of it :) I think it was boring for me after a while but funny also!

So, if you need an alternative that day and you always thinking only about the commercial use of the day this is your place. My friends got surprised when I told them I went to the church that day but when they’ve heard the story behind it they changed their minds. The church is an old neoclassical building and there’s no entrance fee.….

The church is at Gouilfordou Street near Viktoria square, there’s a subway station(Viktoria station) on the square so it’s easy to find it