The ancient city of Athens sparks curiosity from travelers, students, and history buffs. Here are some of the most frequently-asked questions about Athens, the capital city of Greece.
1. What is the Altitude in Athens Greece?
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Athens slopes down to sea level, so the altitude in many spots is approximately zero. The altitude of the Acropolis is about 490 feet or approximately 150 meters above sea level. However, Athens is surrounded by mountains and also has a number of hills, including the rock of the Acropolis, Lycabettus Hill, and Philopappus Hill. The Acropolis is not perfectly even, so different measurements will vary.
2. What Are the GPS Coordinates for the Parthenon in Athens?
In the old days, this question would be "what are the latitude and longitude of the Parthenon"? In either case, here is one answer: 37°58′27″N, 23°43′39″E.3. How long will a flight from ---- take to Athens?
Obviously, this depends on where you start and if your route requires connections, which generally add a minimum of two to three hours to the flight time, including both the flight time "wasted" during the descent and take-offs and the actual time dashing through the terminal.
4. What time is it in Athens Greece? What's the time difference for Greece?
The time difference depends on your location, and can also vary because of the start and end of Daylight Savings Time as different nations start and end DST on different dates. The link to the World Clock provided helps you calculate the difference between your location and Athens, Greece. All of Greece is in the same time zone, the Eastern European Zone or EET, so you don't have to worry about multiple time zones affecting the difference.
5. What's the weather like in Athens Greece?
Need to know if it is raining right now in Athens? Visit Weather Underground - Athens.For general weather information, click on any of the months listed below.
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6. Is Athens Safe?
Athens is widely considered to be among the safest of world capitals. That being said, it never hurts to exercise reasonable precautions especially if you are wandering through the city on foot late at night. There are some instances of purse snatchings and pickpockets; the purse thefts are usually when someone is sitting on a bench or at a cafe with a bag slung over a chair or placed down at the side.
7. What Should I see in Athens?
Athens has no end of attractions and museums, and if it is your first time in the city, some of them are essential. There are more linked above, but you won't want to miss the Acropolis and Parthenon, the New Acropolis Museum, and the sunset at Cape Sounion.
8. How Big is Athens?
Athens is a huge, sprawling city with many interconnecting streets. Its area is about 165 square miles or 428 square kilometers.9. How Many People Live in Athens? What's the Population of Athens?
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About 4 million people live in the "greater Athens area", which contains most of the visible sprawl from the heart of the city to the outskirts. Increasing problems with undocumented immigrants make the number a particularly loose estimate. Well-to-do Athenians often have second or old "family" homes elsewhere in Greece and may or may not be counted in census figures for Athens itself. Greece's overall population is estimated to be about 11 million, and so almost half the population of Greece lives in the Athens area. Recent census figures are still pending.
