1. Tourist Attraction in Greece
Great weather, beautiful waters and awash with antiquity, it’s no wonder Greece is the destination of
choice for a multitude of holidaymakers every year. And with so much to see it’s hard to know where to
begin – which is exactly why we thought we’d lend an overly-charitable helping hand with our sparkling
list of the Top 10 tourist attractions in Greece.
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Academy of Athens
The lovely Neoclassical Academy of Athens was built in the mid-19th century during the post-
independence re-flowering of Greek culture and is home to the national institutes for sciences,
philosophy, fine arts and humanities, following in a tradition first established by Plato in around 387 BC. It
is part of a triumvirate of neighboring buildings known as the ‘Neoclassical Trilogy’ designed by Danish
architects Theophil and Christian Hansen and encompassing the National Library and the University of
Athens. With a marble façade, the main entrance is through an ornamental colonnaded portico topped
with sculptures on the carved pediment representing the birth of Athena and flanked by statues of Athena
and Apollo standing on slender columns – all are the work of sculptor Leonidas Drossis in the 1870s and
are guarded by two philosophical-looking sculptures of Plato and Socrates.
Church of Panagia Paraportiani
Surrounded by the boutiques and bars that have made Mykonos the Aegean’s most stylish and
sophisticated Greek island, the flower-bedecked Church of Panagia Paraportiani is a highlight of a
wander through the town’s picture-perfect Little Venice. The island’s most famous and most
photographed church is made up of four whitewashed chapels, topped by a further bright white chapel on
the upper storey, reached by an external staircase. Built between the 14th and 17th centuries, the church
once guarded the entrance to the town’s castle, long since destroyed.
The multi-layered nature of the church gives it a unique shape, rising from the squared-off white chapels
on the ground level to the domed church of the Virgin Mary on the top. Don’t miss the chance snap a
photo of the church, standing out in brilliant white against the deep blue sky of the Aegean.