Athens is famous for its ruins, just as famous as Rome, maybe. But Athens lacks the atmosphere Rome has. Where-as Rome simply takes your breath away as you look at walls remaining from once standing buildings, you can feel it, you can try to piece together what it must have been one day a long time ago, Athens lacks charm and atmosphere. Its just a big city with random looking walls lying around the place. Preservation of their Greek history and buildings compared to the Romans is poor. You get the impression they almost don’t care. Unless of course its the Acropolis, where large restoration is being under taken to preserve the life of these great monuments. But when it comes to the smaller and more insignificant there is almost no attempt to look after what is left, which in truth is admittedly not much. I was walking around Zeus’s Temple today and around the Roman baths and houses that once stood alongside it, and in a very small spot there was the remains of the original floor. There was no attempt to protect it from further damage from the elements it was just left there exposed to everything nature can throw at it. The floor is remarkable and to see it just left there with no intention of looking after it, is almost heartbreaking. It then gives you insight into understanding why so many ruins in Athens are pretty much unrecognizable today. It takes a great deal of imagination to see what would have stood there centuries ago. All in all for Athens, it is just an enormous city with random ruins scattered around the place to make it seem more interesting. Maybe I'm being unfair, the Acropolis is amazing and huge, and well worth the visit as it dominates the skyline around central Athens, only competing with the large castle or fortress perched on top of a large hill a few kms away. As I have said its only the Acropolis that seems to get any real preservation attention and I believe that the Greeks should be doing more to preserve what they have left as one day if they continue to not care the only things they will have left is the Acropolis and Athens could become almost a day trip... Even now its a lot like that for most tourists... one or two days is enough. With a bit of effort something that is dull and hardly remarkable it could become extrodinary.

A really nice stadium, also hosts big events like concerts, not just football matches. Also good if you are not intersted in football, or any other event, just want to walk in a nice area. The park around the stadium is well worth a visit. It's easy to reach with public transpor, as "Irini" station of the metro can be found close to the entrance.

The biggest stadium in Greece, part of the Olympic Center in Amarousion (Marousi). All the major Athenian soccer clubs were or are playing there, icluding the Greek National Football Team. A lot of other sport stadiums are built there. It is also recommended for a walk or biking.

There are 2 now the old and the new, the old one is really what you want to see as it staged the first modern Olympics, you can see it all from the outside and it even got a modern running track. This is one for the sports buffs

Amazing architecture well blended into great ancient ruins. Contrast between this modern structure and the ancient olympic stadium is fascinating.