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Roman Ruins
Impressive Roman ruins straddle both sides of the Tripolis road. The star attraction is the half-crumbled theatre , which originally seated 20,000 people. Dating from Classical times, it was greatly modified by the Romans. Nearby are the remains of a 1st-century-AD odeion (a smalle
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Palace of the Grand Master
From the outside, the magnificent Palace of the Grand Master looks much as it did when erected by the Knights Hospitaller during the 14th century. During the 19th century, however, it was devastated by an explosion, so the interior as you see it today is an Italian reconstruction,
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Mt Yiouhtas Peak Sanctuary
Driving south from Arhanes, look for a sign and turn-off for Giourtas. The narrow (but driveable) road leads to the top of Mt Yiouhtas. After a bone-rattling 4km ride, you’ll be rewarded with scenic views over to Mt Psiloritis and Iraklio. On the hill near the visible radar station
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Theophilos Museum
This humble structure contains 86 paintings by the primitive painter Theophilos, who remains a folk hero among Greek literati. He barely scratched out an existence, moving frequently and painting coffee-house walls for his daily bread, depicting the people he met at work and at pla
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Museum of Grylios
A short walk uphill from the lower village square, this humble museum presents the paintings and sculptures of Anogia-born folk artist Alkiviadis Skoulas (1900–1997), aka Grylios. Many depict local war scenes; there are few English explanations but the paintings largely speak for t
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Museum
The compact museum, by the turn-off for the site, houses some wonderful statuary from Ancient Messini. They include the fine specimen of manhood that is Hermes, fierce Artemis, an ugly Roman emperor statue carved from a female Greek statue, and also Machaon and Podaleiros, the sons
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Castle of the Knights
Kos’s magnificent 15th-century castle was constructed not on a hilltop, but right beside the entrance to the harbour. Access it by the bridge from Plateia Platanou, crossing what was once a seawater-filled moat but is now a road. Visitors can stroll atop the intact outer walls, sur
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Arcadian Gate
It’s well worth heading 800m along the road from Mavromati village, past the museum at the turn-off to the site, to the celebrated Arcadian Gate. This unusual stone portal with a circular courtyard between the double gates and an immense, half-collapsed gate post guarded the ancien
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Open Air Water Power Museum
This excellent little museum is an entertaining romp through the region’s pre-industrial past. It occupies the old Agios Yiannis mill complex, 1.6km south of town (signposted), where a spring-fed stream once supplied power for a succession of mills spread down the hillside. The lus
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Moni Arhangelou
West from Alyki, past Thymonia Beach, is the clifftop Moni Arhangelou, an Athonite dependency and working convent, notable for its 400-year-old church (with some ungainly modern touches) and stellar sea views. Those improperly attired will get shawled up for entry by the friendly n
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Moni Agias Triadas
Akrotiri Peninsula’s major cultural site, the impressive 17th-century Moni Agias Triadas, is a visitor-friendly monastery. It was founded by Venetian monks, Jeremiah and Laurentio Giancarolo, who were converts to the Orthodox faith. There was a religious school here in the 19th cen
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Moni Varlaam
About 700m down from Moni Megalou, Moni Varlaam has a small museum, an original rope-basket (until the 1930s, the method for hauling up provisions and monks) and fine late-Byzantine frescoes by Frangos Kastellanos. The mural The Blessed Sisois at the Tomb of Alexander the Great sho
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Planetarium
Athens boasts a large, technologically advanced digital planetarium. The 280-seat planetarium, with a 950-sq-metre hemispherical dome, offers 3D virtual trips to the galaxy, as well as IMAX movies and other shows. There is simultaneous narration in English (€1). The planetarium is
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Agia Marina Donkey Sanctuary
This place is for animal lovers. The passionate folk at Agia Marina Donkey Sanctuary feed and care for abandoned donkeys. At the time of research, 18 were in their possession, aged from two to 42 years. Feel free to bring along some carrots or apples and bond with a beast or three.
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Church of Agios Nikolaos
The carved-wood iconostasis in the Church of Agios Nikolaos is one of Greece’s finest. Follow the English signs for the museum and church.
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Museum of Asian Art
Just north of the cricket ground (in the Palace of St Michael & St George) is the Museum of Asian Art, built between 1818 and 1824 as the British Lord High Commissioners residence. Expertly curated with extensive, informative English-language placards, the collection’s approxim
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Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity
Beautifully presented displays depict the history of the worlds most prestigious sporting competition. Learn about its core original events (foot racing, wrestling, boxing and chariot racing); why its associated with Hercules (or Pelops); and what fate befell women who tried to wat
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Parliament
Designed by the Bavarian architect Von Gartner and built between 1836 and 1842, Greece’s Parliament was originally the royal palace. It was from the palace balcony that the syntagma (constitution) was declared on 3 September 1843, and in 1935 the palace became the seat of parliamen
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Kalithea Thermi
Italian architect Pietro Lombardi constructed this opulent art deco spa, on the site of ancient thermal springs, in 1929. Its dazzling white-domed pavilions, pebble-mosaic courtyards and sweeping sea-view colonnades appeared in movies such as Zorba the Greek and Guns of Navaron e,
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Castle of Antiparos
From the top of the pedestrianised main street, head for the distinctive, giant plane tree of Plateia Agios Nikolaou. From here, a narrow lane leads to the intriguing remnants of the Venetian Castle of Antiparos, entered through an archway. The castle dates from the 13th to the 16t
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