The Ancient Agora of Athens is a flat area defined by the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis and the hill of Areopagus in the south and the hill of Kolonos Agoraios in the west. It is traversed by one of the most important ancient roads, the Panathenaic Way, which led to the Acropolis from the main gate of the city, the Dipylon Gate. This road served as the processional way for the great parade of the Panathenaic festival, which was held to honour the city patron goddess Athena.
On top of Agoraios Kolonos hill, stands the temple of Hephaestus, broadly known as Thisio. It is one of the best preserved ancient temples, partly because it was transformed into a Christian church. According to the traveller and geographer Pausanias (1, 14, 5-6), two deities were jointly worshipped in the temple: god Hephaestus, protector of all metallurgists, and goddess Athena Ergani, protecting all potters and the cottage industries. The identification of this temple as ?Hephaesteion? (location of worship of the god Hephaestus) was ascertained by the excavations and investigations that brought to light metallurgy workshops on the wider area of the hill, thus outshining earlier opinions presuming that Theseus, Hercules or Aris (Mars) were the deities worshipped there. The temple was probably erected between 460 and 420 BC by a yet unknown architect, to whom, however, are attributed other temples of similar structure in the Attica region
The Museum of the Ancient Agora is housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, originally erected during the 2nd cent. BC as a gift of the king of Pergamon, Attalos II, to Athens. The exhibition in the Museum gallery holds archaeological finds coming from the systematic excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in the area and dated from the Neolithic to the Post-byzantine and Ottoman periods.
This was an excellent tour. Our guide Gina was extremely knowledgeable and wonderful with our kids. It was not marked a kid friendly tour but we booked it anyway and it was very enjoyable. The kids loved it. We had a great time.
I'm a planner so I appreciate having tickets in advance so that my family doesn't waste our vacation standing in lines.
Paid in full for “Avoid the Line “ tickets and waited for vouchers in my email. They NEVER came! Looked in spam - they were not there. Texted and emailed over and over again with my correct email address. You kept saying they were sent to my email. I want a refund! Had to buy new tickets at the gate!!!! Rip off!
Tickets were emailed to us. Very easy to get in with those. Big area to walk around and explore. Structures were impressive and so was the museum.
Received the e ticket from Viator a day before the tour with information about the entrance to the Agora. The tickets also gives access to the Agora museum.
So the tour company never sent ticket. When we told them they just cancelled. So we just went on our own
A must see site in Athens. Close to the Acropolis on a large uncrowded site. Lovely, peaceful garden walk.
The view from the Temple of Hephaestus was amazing. Its is definitely well worth the visit along with the artefacts in the small museum.
Take a map, read the boards and step back into time. Walk in the same footsteps as the ancient greek. Look at the same pilars and smell the same air. If you love history, this is something you simply cannot miss.
These tix worked PERFECTLY! We scanned them in the ancient agora and were the only people down there the whole time! So cool! Then we rescanned and visited the museum. Easy peasy! I would almost recommend doing this before the acropolis because it really gives you context!
Never got the email with my ticket link, and once I got there I tried to show my confirmation email the person at the entrance didn't know anything about TripAdvisor and insisted that I pay the standard entrance, so I paid twice. That said, the grounds are lovely, and the museum is nice. The other irony is that there was no line to skip in the first place! And I was denied in my request for a refund from Trip Advisor.
Wonderful to walk through a site of such importance to the development of democracy. The history also highlights the fragility of democracy.
It was an excellent tour, and the tour guide was wonderful. The tour was very well organized. I would highly recommend it.
We received our tickets by email a week before and got them on our phone no issues to go to the site whatsoever the site itself was marvelous so much history to take in
One of the main historical areas of Athens, the cradle of civilization. Good circulation, good audio support.
A walk in the Half of the ruins and with the wonder of the temple of Hephaestus. In the midst of centuries-old olive trees and Mediterranean scents. Of course I recommend it out of season since in summer the heat could ruin the experience.
Excellent organization and communication with the manager from the first contact. A super special limousine ride with an attentive and kind chauffeur. In addition to all the joy and fun of our experience, we took lots of photos. Thank you everyone for the very special tour
Visit at 8am, zero queue, the archaeological site is worth a visit The green of the trees creates precious shade There are benches scattered along the path I'll point out two things, Temple of Hephaestus in excellent condition The shards of vases x the Athenian ostracism in the museum
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