Aigáleo

Worth seeing in and around Aigáleo

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

   The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, simply referred to as the University of Athens, is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses along the Athens agglomeration. It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean.

   4.4 km · university in Athens, Greece · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Erechtheion

   The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. The iconic Ionic building, which housed the statue of Athena Polias, has in modern scholarship been called the Erechtheion, in the belief that it encompassed two buildings mentioned by the Greek-Roman geographer Pausanias: the Temple of Athena Polias; and the Erechtheion.

   4 km · ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Panathenaic Stadium

   The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

   5.3 km · stadium in Athens, Greece · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Daphni Monastery

   Daphni or Dafni is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue. It is situated near the forest of the same name, on the Sacred Way that led to Eleusis.

   5.3 km · 11th-century Byzantine monastery in Greece · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Karaiskakis Stadium

   The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, commonly referred to as the Karaiskakis Stadium, is a football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece, and the home ground of the Piraeus football club Olympiacos. It is named after Georgios Karaiskakis, a military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence, who was mortally wounded in the area.

   4.4 km · football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Temple of Athena Nike

   The Temple of Athena Nike, the smallest temple on the Acropolis of Athens, is dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.

   3.9 km · ancient Greek temple built in the fifth century CE on the Acropolis of Athens in honor of Athena as the goddess of victory, located in Athens Municipality, Greece · Wikipedia
7. 07
   National Archaeological Museum of Athens

   The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and contains the richest collection of Greek Antiquity artifacts worldwide.

   4.3 km · museum in Athens, Greece · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Library of Greece

   The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production.

   4.7 km · national library in Athens, Greece · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Temple of Hephaestus

   The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion, is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.

   3.4 km · ancient Greek temple in Athens · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Mount Lycabettus

    Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital Athens. At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine trees cover its base.

    5.6 km · Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aigáleo

Airports

Athens Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), 23 km · Santorini (JTR), 237 km · Chania (CHQ), 276 km

Stations

Piraeus, 5.5 km

• Santorini Island → Aigáleo

  235 km · quickest by ferry, 10h 10m · €63–184
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• Souda → Aigáleo

  280 km · quickest by air, 4h 41m · €120–180
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• Thessaloniki → Aigáleo

  302 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · €130–190
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