A week in Greece

Seven days across Greece: Athens, Árgos, Sparta, Peloponnese, Pýrgos, Lárisa, Kateríni and Rhodes. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.

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Day 1: Athens

One day in Athens, Greece

  1. LyceumArchaeological site · On the map
  2. Panathenaic StadiumArchaeological site · 0.7 km on from Lyceum · On the map
  3. Temple of Olympian ZeusTemple or shrine · 0.7 km on from Panathenaic Stadium · On the map
  4. Acropolis MuseumMuseum · 0.4 km on from Temple of Olympian Zeus · On the map
  5. ParthenonTemple or shrine · 0.4 km on from Acropolis Museum · On the map
  6. Temple of HephaestusTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Parthenon · On the map

6 stops, 5.9 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 23 min of walking.

Day 2: Árgos

One day in Árgos, Greece

  1. Treasury of AtreusArchaeological site · On the map
  2. Tomb of ClytemnestraArchaeological site · 0.5 km on from Treasury of Atreus · On the map
  3. Grave Circle B, MycenaeMonument · Next to Tomb of Clytemnestra · On the map
  4. MycenaeArchaeological site · 0.1 km on from Grave Circle B, Mycenae · On the map
  5. Archaeological Museum of MycenaeMuseum · 0.1 km on from Mycenae · On the map

5 stops, 1.2 km on foot along the streets: about 19 min of walking.

Day 3: Sparta, Peloponnese

One day in Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece

  1. sanctuary of Artemis OrthiaTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Theatre of SpartaArchaeological site · 1 km on from sanctuary of Artemis Orthia · On the map
  3. tomb of LeonidasMonument · 0.6 km on from Theatre of Sparta · On the map
  4. Archaeological Museum of SpartaMuseum · 0.6 km on from tomb of Leonidas · On the map
  5. SpartaArchaeological site · 0.1 km on from Archaeological Museum of Sparta · On the map
  6. Museum of Olive and Greek OilMuseum · 0.5 km on from Sparta · On the map

6 stops, 4.2 km on foot along the streets: about 53 min of walking.

Day 4: Pýrgos

One day in Pýrgos, Greece

  1. Statue of Zeus at OlympiaMonument · On the map
  2. OlympiaTemple or shrine · Next to Statue of Zeus at Olympia · On the map
  3. Museum of the History of the Olympic games of antiquityMuseum · 0.5 km on from Olympia · On the map
  4. Archaeological Museum of OlympiaMuseum · 0.4 km on from Museum of the History of the Olympic games of antiquity · On the map

4 stops, 1.8 km on foot along the streets: about 25 min of walking.

Day 5: Lárisa

One day in Lárisa, Greece

  1. Yeni Mosque, LarissaMuseum · On the map
  2. Bayrakli Mosque, LarissaMosque · 0.3 km on from Yeni Mosque, Larissa · On the map
  3. Basilica of St. AchilliosTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Bayrakli Mosque, Larissa · On the map
  4. First Ancient TheatreArchaeological site · 0.1 km on from Basilica of St. Achillios · On the map
  5. LarissaArchaeological site · 0.3 km on from First Ancient Theatre · On the map
  6. Second Ancient TheatreArchaeological site · 0.2 km on from Larissa · On the map

6 stops, 1.4 km on foot along the streets: about 18 min of walking.

Day 6: Kateríni

One day in Kateríni, Greece

  1. Mount OlympusPark · On the map
  2. Olympos National ParkPark · 0.8 km on from Mount Olympus · On the map
  3. Chapel of the Prophet Elias, Mount OlympusTemple or shrine · 1.5 km on from Olympos National Park · On the map

3 stops, 2 km on foot along the streets: about 43 min of walking.

Day 7: Rhodes

One day in Rhodes, Greece

  1. Colossus of RhodesMonument · On the map
  2. Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of RhodesMuseum · 0.7 km on from Colossus of Rhodes · On the map
  3. Suleymaniye Mosque, RhodesMuseum · 0.2 km on from Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes · On the map
  4. Archaeological Museum of RhodesMuseum · 0.3 km on from Suleymaniye Mosque, Rhodes · On the map
  5. Kahal Shalom SynagogueSynagogue · 0.4 km on from Archaeological Museum of Rhodes · On the map
  6. St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, RhodesCathedral · 0.6 km on from Kahal Shalom Synagogue · On the map

6 stops, 2.9 km on foot along the streets: about 37 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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