The Athens Classic Marathon runs 42.195 km, starting in Marathon and ending in the Panathenaic Stadium, and a 10 km and two 5 km races fill the same autumn weekend. The middle half of the course climbs, and the organiser sets an eight-hour limit for the full race. Race week brings an expo in Palaio … Read more
The Athens Olympic Games workout is a 2-hour session that starts at the Zappeion with the story of the Games, trains discus, javelin, shot put and long jump in a 19th-century gym, and ends with a run in the marble Panathenaic Stadium. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The … Read more
Mets is one of the most charming and quiet neighbourhoods of central Athens, a leafy district of pastel neoclassical mansions on the slope below the Panathenaic Stadium, beside the First Cemetery and the National Garden. Explore it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a more local … Read more
The Panathenaic Stadium, known as Kallimarmaro, is the world’s only stadium built entirely of marble and the host of the first modern Olympics, held in 1896. Visit this Olympic landmark and run its ancient track with skip-the-line tickets and guided tours from My Greece Tours for a richer experience. Plan the whole trip with Greece … Read more