Welcome to the Elegant Resorts Destination Guide for Athens , created to help make your choice of luxury holiday as easy as possible. Here, you will find more detailed factual information about the destination you have selected.
Athens' Acropolis, meaning 'The Sacred Rock or high city', is the best known Acropolis in the world and visited by some three million tourists annually who come to stand in awe of the Parthenon – famed for its architectural symmetry and housing surviving friezes and marble metopes (though the best examples are still residing in the British Museum), the beautiful temples and the views of Athens stretched out before them. Located at the foot of the Acropolis is the Acropolis Museum, an architectural marvel which houses some of Greece's finest treasures, while the National Archaeological Museum is packed with ancient marble statues, jewellery and ceramics. Just north of Parthenon is Erechtheoin, Athens' most sacred ground where an olive tree sprung up at Athena's touch during a battle for possession of the city and where Poseidon plunged his spear into a rock, creating a massive waterfall. The capital has enjoyed a plentiful supply of both olives and fresh water ever since.
Emirates direct from Dubai to Athens.
Etihad Airways direct from Abu Dhabi to Athens.
Qatar Airways direct from Doha to Athens.
From Dubai to Athens: 5 hours.