First Cemetery of Athens Walking Tour, Athina, , Greece
The official cemetery of Athens, the city’s First Cemetery isn’t just a historic landmark: given its wealth of beautiful carvings and ornamental gravesites, it’s akin to an open-air sculpture gallery. On this 3-hour, small-group walking tour, venture from the centrally located Syntagma Square and explore this 19th-century landmark, while your art historian guide tells you about the area’s past.
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The official cemetery of Athens, the city’s First Cemetery isn’t just a historic landmark: given its wealth of beautiful carvings and ornamental gravesites, it’s akin to an open-air sculpture gallery. On this 3-hour, small-group walking tour, venture from the centrally located Syntagma Square and explore this 19th-century landmark, while your art historian guide tells you about the area’s past.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
As we start walking we pass around the Temple of Olympian Zeus, talking about the decision to be Athens the capital of Greece, and the need for the first Cemetery of the new capital
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Anapafseos, Athina 116 36, Greece
We are heading to Anapafseos street, that means Rest to the main entrance of the First Cemetery, talking about sculpture, the funerary customs, and everything had to do with the life and death since antiquity in Greece
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Logginou, Athina 116 36, Greece
The city’s official cemetery, the sprawling landmark is famous for its pretty green space, several churches, and highly ornamental gravestones. Admire the sculptural tombs while your guide, an art historian, tells you about its backstory.
Opened in the 19th century, the First Cemetery is the final resting place for a number of Greek luminaries, from artists and poets to actors, politicians, and several former prime ministers. After you’ve discovered the sights and sculptures of the First Cemetery, continue your tour with a coffee stop in the historic Mets neighborhood, one of the prettiest districts in the city. We are reaching the First Cemetery of Athens, and the main Gate, we talk about the the sculpture of 19th Century, and we stop to the main and wellknown tombs, we talk about the different styles of the sculptures. You will learn also if finally the Cemetery is haunted or not.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: National Garden, Leoforos Amalias 1, Athens 10557 Greece
Though the National Garden of Athens we are heading to Synagma square, where is the end of our tour
Duration: 20 minutes
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
