The area of greater Athens is 428 sq km and the area of city of Athens, capital of Attica prefecture, is 40 sq km.

You can explore Attica's seaside resort towns along the Apollo coast, from Athens, wander in ancient Athens (Akropolis), as well as in Athens city centre, watch the sun raise over the Cape Sounio and Temple of Poseidon and hop ferries from Piraeus, Attica's main port town, to nearly all Greek islands. 

Athens city

The capital of Greece. Population: 4,000,000. Area of the city: 40 sq km

Overview:

Athens began as a small fortified village as far back as 3,000 BC. It took its name after the goddess Athena, who won it from Poseidon. Today, the home of Socrates and Pericles boasts a third of its population. A wide variety of choices for entertainment, lively nightlife, all day life rhythms combining the traditional Greek air with the modern, cosmopolitan, European one and the eastern influences, as well as a representative historic wealth of Greece are all to be found in Athens.

Some of Athens sights:

• Akropolis, with Akropolis Museum, Parthenon, Temple of Athena Nike etc
• Ancient Agora
• National Archaeological Museum
• the Temple of Olympian Zeus
• Hadrian's Arch
• Lykabettos Hill
• Panathinaikon Stadium
• the National Gardens, with a Botanical Museum and Zoo
• Zappeion
• Syntagma Square, with the Great Parliament Building and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Church of Koimisi Theotokou

Athens Map