Facing the Rock
3 stops · 30 min · 792 m
Three stops along the promenade under the Acropolis, about half an hour and free: the museum built to face the rock and show what is missing from it, the theatre one rich Athenian cut into the slope for his dead wife, and the bare hill where Athens tried murder and an invading army shot fire at the citadel.
Walk it either way
There is a station at each end, so this walk works in both directions — the guide reorders the route and retells the stops to match the way you are going.
- Acropolis Museum → Areopagus
- Areopagus → Acropolis Museum
Stops on this walk
- 1Acropolis Museum (the forecourt)
- 2Odeon of Herodes Atticus (from the promenade)
- 3Areopagus Hill (the bronze plaque)
How this walk works
Wanderful is an audio guide that knows where you are. Start this walk and it speaks as you reach each stop — no reading a map, no hunting for the next number on a sign. Put your phone in your pocket and listen.