Traveling with children is always fun and nice, but too often parents forget that children do not always like the same things that love adults, and it is difficult to sleep for active adults in their desire to cover everything and immediately. Greece is just a paradise for travelers, and I generally keep quiet about Athens. Although, for children (and some adults, what can I say) After some time, all these beautiful ruins are starting to look equally. But the trip to Athens and is to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of antiquity to admire the Parthenon to walk through the oldest area of Athens, the cry, with its old streets and buildings located at the foot of the Acropoli slopes. Athens is a big city, but besides old facilities and narrow streets, which, of course, are interesting to adults, you can find something here for kids. The best place for this is in the city center. This place combines modern and ancient worlds, and here really many places to entertain children while you can still explore ancient places.
If you are planning to stay in Athens for several days, you can enable a couple of places from the day-to-date visits listed below in order to please you and your children:
1) Museum of dolls and the theater of Shadows Haridimos
Special pleasure for young and old. This museum is within walking distance of the Metro Stissio metro station and unites about 900 exhibits - all these dolls are made by the hands of members of the popular body of puppeteers Harimidos and their students. A two-story beautiful museum is the house of the theater of shadow ideas.
During the excursion, you can learn how dolls work on the creation of characters and move them along the scene during the spectrals. The exhibits presented at the exhibition will tell tourists the history of the theater of the Shadows and Puppet Theater from 1925 to today. The theater does not make performances for the general public, but during the school year you can sometimes organize performances for Greek schoolchildren, so that you can join the audience. To get to the Muse, from the Metro Station, you go across the bridge to Apostolis Pavlou Street (this is a pedestrian zone that approaches Acropolis). Turn right and find Irakleidon Street. Follow it by 2 more blocks and you will see Melina Mercouri Cultural Center, and then the theater itself.
Address: Irakleidon 66 (inside Melina Mercouri Cultural Center)
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday from 9:00 to 13:00 and Tuesday -Subble 17:00 -21: 00
2) Cosmos Greek Center (Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center)
This is an ultra-modern cultural center and a museum, which is known for its innovative programs. It is located on the former industrial zone between Athens and Piraeme, where the past Athens meets modernity. This is a multifunctional place where visitors learn about Greek history and culture, as well as a wide range of classes for people of all ages and interests, such as interactive exhibitions, excursions to virtual reality, educational programs, theatrical ideas and much more. Especially interesting to children excursions in virtual reality (Virtual Reality Tours). Here visitors put on stereoscopic glasses and with the help of a special device make virtual travels, they visit cities and monuments that no longer exist and study the story in such a unique way.
In addition, there is a theater in here (accommodates 130 people), where the views pass the same with the participation of the latest digital devices. Tickets to the museum can be ordered online, buy at the entrance.
Address: 254 Pireos Street
Opening hours: in winter - 09:00 - 13:30 (Mon-Thu), 09:00 - 20:00 (PT), 11:00 - 16:00 (Sat) and 10:00 - 18:00 (VSK) . Investment - Mon and Sat-closed, 10:00 - 15:00 (W-Fri and VSK). In general, the schedule is very varying there for each department.
3) Archelon Salvation Center
The center has existed since 1983 and its main goal is to protect the sea turtles of Greece, through monitoring and research, developing and implementing plans to restore the habitat of the turtles. Can't do not like the baby!
Address: Solomou 57 (Glyfada, next to the tram stop "Paleo Demarhio").
4) Sit on the tram number 6 and go to Coast Flisovos Marina. Where all possible entertainment is located. There and the "lunar land", and the old yacht, which was turned into a museum, and a chessboard with figures in human growth. Sometimes you can take bicycles (and for free) and ride in beautiful places.
5) Visit wonderful Playground in the National Garden near Zappeio (We are going there on the tram 2, 4, 11.
6) Planetarium
What could be more interesting to view stars and planets? Especially, for the first time!
Address: 387 SYNGROU AVENUE
7) go very cool Summer Cinema. - This is a fresh air entertainment in Village Theater in Pangrati.
Here you can not only watch the movie, but also play with children on the playground, go to the children's store, in the imaginary and much more.
8) There is one restaurant, where children can finally do what they like them. Called O. "Archaion GEFSEIS" ANCIENT FLAVORS at κοδράτου 22.
Everyone dine, sitting on the floor on the pillows, where you can immediately and sleep - no one will drive out. You can also take them to "Ladokolla" - This restaurant dishes are served not on plates, but on dense sheets of paper, but eating there hands. Solid joy for children!
10) Ride on the subway.
The metro is here - this is the adventure itself, because the train is passing in places of amazing archaeological excavations. Here and the ancient graves, and aqueducts, and old ovens, and much more. This trip can really impress children.
And finally, you are just obliged to visit Museums Benaki Museum (Benaki Museum) at KouMPARI 1 - If you are traveling with young girls, they will definitely like a collection of costumes, and boys- ancient relics.
The boys like the Museum of War on Rizari 2, and a particularly huge plane, which is literally about to take off from the museum.
