{"id":230,"date":"2008-01-05T12:29:40","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T02:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=230"},"modified":"2008-01-05T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T02:29:40","slug":"places-of-interest-athens-centre-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/greece\/things-to-see-in-athens\/places-of-interest-athens-centre-greece","title":{"rendered":"Athens Sights &#8211; Syntagma Square, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Syntagma Square is the main square in Athens and is a good starting place to do your own walking tour.  It is also referred to as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3400.jpg.html\" title=\"Parliament House at Syntagma Square, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38583-2\/AJP_3400.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Parliament House at Syntagma Square, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Parliament House at Syntagma Square, Athens\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>Constitution Square and around here you&#8217;ll find the banks, airline offices, shopping centres and malls, restaurants and hotels.  I needed to go to the American Express exchange office and we remembered it as being somewhere off the main square.  I often rely on Tony to remember locations as I have what you could described as a certain <em>lack of sense of direction<\/em>, however after looking around a bit, it was obvious that they had moved.  A hotel staff very kindly informed us that they had moved to Akadimias Street.  Apart from that little bit of distraction, there are a number of places of interest around Syntagma Square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3403.jpg.html\" title=\"Evzones, changing of the guards, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38593-2\/AJP_3403.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" alt=\"Evzones at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Evzones at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"110\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"85\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3400.jpg.html\" title=\"Parliament House at Syntagma Square, Athens\">Parliament House <\/a>is on the square and in front of this is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  It is guarded by two special guards called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3403.jpg.html\" title=\"Evzones, Changing of the Guards, Athens\"><em>evzones<\/em> <\/a>and each hour on the hour, there is the changing of the guards ceremony which is a much photographed event.  The guards in their traditional skirted uniforms and pom-pom shoes look very smart, but I don&#8217;t envy them in their full attire in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/DSC_1035.jpg.html\" title=\"Evzones, Changing of the Guards, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38599-2\/DSC_1035.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Evrones at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Evrones at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma Square, Athens\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>midday sun.   Apparently there are some 400 pleats in the skirt, and I can&#8217;t imagine myself wearing one of those.  I have this thing about pleated skirts and believe that you have to be pencil thin to look good in them!  Anyway, the ceremony was impressive and I kept clicking away.  You will see from our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/DSC_1035.jpg.html\" title=\"Evzones, Changing of the Guards, Athens\">gallery <\/a>the number of shots that were taken.  At one stage Tony thought I&#8217;d be run over by them as they high kicked their way away from the tomb at the end of the changeover.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3408.jpg.html\" title=\"Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3408.jpg.html\" title=\"Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38627-2\/AJP_3408.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>Across from Syntagma is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3408.jpg.html\" title=\"Grande Bretagne Hotel, Athens\">Grande Bretagne Hotel<\/a>.  This grand and luxurious hotel was established in 1862 and its guests usually include foreign dignataries and the more upmarket travellers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3319.jpg.html\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\"><\/a>Behind the Parliament House is the National Gardens, but we didn&#8217;t go in there this time.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3319.jpg.html\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/38383-2\/AJP_3319.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" alt=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"85\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a>Instead we walked down El. Venizelou Street, along which there are some magnificent and grand neoclassical buildings like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3319.jpg.html\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\">Academy of Arts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3320.jpg.html\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\"><\/a>University and National Library.  The university students are very fortunately to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Greece\/Athens\/AJP_3320.jpg.html\" title=\"Academy of Arts, Athens\"><\/a>have their university smack in the middle of town and surrounded by other historic institutions.   At the end of Venizelou Street is Omonia Square and if you turn around and head southwards, you&#8217;ll be walking in the direction of Monastiraki.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syntagma Square is the main square in Athens and is a good starting place to do your own walking tour. It is also referred to as Constitution Square and around here you&#8217;ll find the banks, airline offices, shopping centres and malls, restaurants and hotels. 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