Athens Audio Walk 🎧 #3: An intriguing blend of living history beneath the Acropolis

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Athens Audio Walk 🎧 #3: An intriguing blend of living history beneath the Acropolis

Highlights

Experience the intriguing blend of living history that characterises the inner city neighbourhoods close to the historic centre of Athens on a curated 🎧 audio walk beneath the Acropolis.

Part of ‘The City is the Museum’ audio walk  project by the Municipality of Athens, this walk offers an immersive way of seeing the city using Google Maps with sound to create a whole new experience. 

In ‘Beneath the Acropolis’, a sculptor, a film director, an artist, a business owner, a coffee entrepreneur and a basketball enthusiast share their favourite places and stories that make Athens an exciting and modern city.

Total distance: 3.1 km

Estimated walking time (including audio): 2.5 hours

Number of stops: 10

Areas explored:

  • Mets
  • Makriyanni
  • Koukaki
     
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Description

Stop 1: The First Cemetery of Athens, 3 Logginou St

Our first stop is this resting place of notable Greeks and home to some of the city’s most beautiful marble sculptures.

Stop 2: 30 Anapafseos St

Marble sculptor Nikos Georgiou shares insight into his art form and why he loves the Mets neighbourhood of Athens so much.

Stop 3: Odeon Cafe, 19 Markou Moussourou St

Filmmaker Argyris Papadimitropoulos talks about how Athens inspires his work and why the city is a filming destination on the rise.

Stop 4: 14 Anapafseos St

Writer Rachel Howard explains how Mets and one of its main streets, Anapafseos, have evolved.

Stop 5: 1 Lempesi St

In this charming area beneath the Acropolis, you’ll find a true mix of period architecture and inner city life.

Stop 6: 2 Kavalloti St

Artist Andreas Finch introduces us to the peculiar charms of the periptero, the Greek kiosk that is the heart of every Athenian neighbourhood.

Stop 7: 8 Kariatidon St

The new wave of crafts people and designers in Koukaki is giving a fresh spin to traditional Greek crafts.

Stop 8: Guarantee, 41 Veikou St

Hear the story of a former sailor who built a sandwich business on land, contributing to Koukaki's food scene.

Stop 9: 6 Orlof St

Coffee entrepreneur Nikolas Loumidis talks us through the history of the city’s love affair with coffee, and how it has evolved in recent years.

Stop 10: Kountouriotou Squ

Basketball enthusiast Christos Koutsoukos explains why basketball is so popular in Athens and how this positively impacts local neighbourhood communities.
 

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