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Contents 06 Welcome to Athens 08 This is Athens 14 5,000 years of history in two pages 16 Historic buildings 18 Monuments 22 Acropolis Museum 24 Museums 30 The secret gardens of Athens 32 Green life 34 Athens-Epidaurus Festival 2013 36 Art mania 40 Live concerts 42 Hotels 48 Restaurants 64 Nightlife 72 Gay Athens 74 Shopping 82 Family Athens 84 Beaches 88 Day trips 92 Athens on the move 94 Maps 98 Metro
COVER ARTIST “Athens as Island� by Point Supreme Architects. The team was founded in Rotterdam in 2007 by Konstantinos Pantazis and Marianna Rentzou and are now based in Athens. Their muchacclaimed work integrates research, architecture, urbanism, landscape and graphic design. Eight of their proposals for Athens were recently presented in the Venice Biennale of Architecture. They are regular visiting professors in the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.