Athens, Greece: Ancient Acropolis and Agora - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide - Travel Bite

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • More info about travel to Athens: www.ricksteves.... Crowned by the mighty Parthenon temple, the Acropolis rises above modern Athens- a lasting testament to Greece's glorious golden age. The Acropolis was the center of ritual and ceremony and the religious heart of the city. The marketplace at its base is the Agora, which was the hub of commercial, political, and social life. #ricksteveseurope #ricksteves #athens
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  • @Ivanecat
    @Ivanecat 13 років тому +20

    Greeks must be proud with him country.Greetings with love from Bulgaria.

  • @jostra4743
    @jostra4743 8 років тому +57

    As a non Greek im proud of what this nation has given us Westerners the world we live in. You will notice than the most important buildings of shrines in the Western world have the same front triangle like the Acropolis.
    it displays the Wests history and its freedom of democracy and its tribute to Ancient Greece

    • @aggelosn.6846
      @aggelosn.6846 7 років тому +7

      Jo Stra Thank you so much for your kind words :) greetings from Greece

    • @spartanhllacedaemon7049
      @spartanhllacedaemon7049 6 років тому +4

      Respect to you my fella.

    • @evelyngray4804
      @evelyngray4804 4 роки тому

      Me and my wife are inseparable. Sometimes, it takes three or four people to pull us apart. Hi Do you intend to giggle so very hard ? Then search on google "makemelaugh8282" or "make me laugh 8282"

    • @maxandocd7588
      @maxandocd7588 Рік тому

      Just saw this video by Mr. Steves. So amazing and beautiful:) I know it’s been on UA-cam for a long time, as well as the comments, but I’m just watching it now in ‘23. I’ll be going to Greece, and Europe, for the first time in my life. So excited:) # Western pride

  • @RickStevesEuropeOfficial
    @RickStevesEuropeOfficial  15 років тому +6

    This was shot on a Sony HDCAM 730.

  • @ZackNacheman
    @ZackNacheman 12 років тому +5

    Im a 3 year archaeology student studying in Athens for the past 4 years. This is a very accurate, and very helpful review of the acrop and agora. thank you rick!

  • @kazirog13
    @kazirog13 10 років тому +32

    Beautiful place I hope to visit one day, greetings from Armenia

  • @mohamadzreik5615
    @mohamadzreik5615 8 років тому +33

    i've been here i loved the parthenon and everything i recommend going to the acropolis museam and plaka.greetings from CANADA

    • @aggelosn.6846
      @aggelosn.6846 7 років тому +4

      Mohamad Zreik greetings from Greece!

    • @georgeevangel2616
      @georgeevangel2616 6 років тому +2

      The world would be very poor without Greece-Erasmus

  • @nixter888
    @nixter888 10 років тому +38

    Wonderful city! The cradle of civilization!

    • @spartanhllacedaemon7049
      @spartanhllacedaemon7049 6 років тому +3

      +Madison Cook What's your problem?

    • @ryguy1314
      @ryguy1314 6 років тому

      SpartanHl Lacedaemon probably thinks that is Egypt

    • @erayylmazer2673
      @erayylmazer2673 4 роки тому

      Yes what a sad story now greece is puppet of yours.Bad.Really bad.

  • @FTBLETSAS
    @FTBLETSAS 11 років тому +8

    Nice Video Rick! Thanks for visiting Greece!!

  • @josephshirley6989
    @josephshirley6989 5 років тому +3

    Great video to show my 7th grade students after learning about the agora and acropolis. Thank you

  • @itsmeehLala
    @itsmeehLala 15 років тому +2

    I love watching your videos. Very helpful in my preparation for my tour next year. Im religiously watch all your videos and read all your tips which makes me more excited. Cant wait to see all those beautiful places. Thanks for your wonderful work!

  • @githudd
    @githudd 11 років тому +4

    magnificent place to be and good work on the documentation

  • @CaroMovilla
    @CaroMovilla 13 років тому +1

    ahhhhhhhhhh this place is omg .. i don't have words to explain this place really it's so amazing u can see all the city and in the night is so beautifulll ... and has something speciall.. something that u feel ... please go there... it's a place u always going to remember...

  • @twingzable
    @twingzable 6 років тому +4

    Visiting Greece in May!! Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC 5 років тому +1

      Hola Elizabeth! I think you'll like it there. Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇷

    • @AliBajwaOfficial
      @AliBajwaOfficial 5 років тому

      you will enjoy alot here...because i am enjoying here alot in Greece

  • @KatalinBanoczy
    @KatalinBanoczy 10 років тому +7

    Beautiful...

  • @optimus71800
    @optimus71800 13 років тому +4

    we learn this in our school so im happy to learn greece stuff and about theyr god and all thats stuff!

  • @mr.fatmantheboss3332
    @mr.fatmantheboss3332 5 років тому +2

    Been to Greece beautiful place the Greeks were truly ahead of there time

  • @kathylol1
    @kathylol1 13 років тому +2

    i saw dis video in skewl today lol :D i liked it i just had ta look for it :)

  • @Xfan101
    @Xfan101 Рік тому

    Very informative and poetic! The music fit perfectly!

  • @talyahebner4332
    @talyahebner4332 6 років тому +5

    Awsome!

  • @victinho09ferro
    @victinho09ferro 5 місяців тому

    Men! I realy want to visit Athens, Sparta , Corith, Cret, and Samos.Greetings from Portugal! 🇵🇹

  • @PhilipScottJohnson
    @PhilipScottJohnson 15 років тому +2

    Love the high definition

  • @knottfarm
    @knottfarm 4 місяці тому

    i want to visit here one day, greeting from the USA

  • @rattiegirl5
    @rattiegirl5 12 років тому +1

    I finally took my dream vacation to Greece in 2009.

  • @lemonlenz4573
    @lemonlenz4573 4 роки тому +1

    That's so cool I hope to go there someday!

  • @sebastiankaczmarek2965
    @sebastiankaczmarek2965 2 роки тому

    Thanks Rick easy 100on my history project

  • @nickdrivas2801
    @nickdrivas2801 10 років тому +7

    My father who is completely Greek took me here.

  • @emmacassandre3264
    @emmacassandre3264 4 роки тому +4

    My world history teacher is making us all watch this, so you are probley going to get a lot more views.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Athenians for laying the foundation of our modern Society.

  • @Antoanetagv
    @Antoanetagv 13 років тому +2

    On of my fav cities

  • @annabrooks4095
    @annabrooks4095 11 років тому +5

    Cool.*

  • @mysterious368
    @mysterious368 11 років тому

    Your video enlivened my memories of my visit to Athens.

  • @xristoskoukoumis1233
    @xristoskoukoumis1233 9 років тому +4

    Hey to all i have to say that Greeks from ancient years were genius exactly like now so a huge congratulations to them :)
    Also i am a Greek too :D

  • @DisciplesOnCampus
    @DisciplesOnCampus Рік тому

    makes me want to visit

  • @albaniagreece6275
    @albaniagreece6275 11 років тому +4

    awsome

  • @ahalyabalan408
    @ahalyabalan408 8 місяців тому

    Soooo nice

  • @77elvistheking
    @77elvistheking 11 років тому +10

    Very nice video, you can visit us here in Macedonia-Greece too! There's Pella and Vergina which are the the Ancient Macedonian capital and the tombs of the Royal house of Macedon icluding the tomb of Philip II and Alexander's son! In the museum you can see the Golden larnax of Philip 2 and his crown along with other beautiful stuff. Not only that, Thessaloniki has many Byzantine monuments of which 13 or so are Unesco World Heritage sites including The Rotunda and the city Walls.

  • @padmakumar4170
    @padmakumar4170 3 роки тому +1

    I have visited here in 2006

  • @SinghRoadwayS
    @SinghRoadwayS Рік тому

    I'm watching this in 2023, 13 years ago, I could not afford internet 😉😁. 14/06/2023. Well I'm going to Athens tomorrow and I'm excited to walk on the footsteps of Socrates.

  • @denilyncarisma9612
    @denilyncarisma9612 3 роки тому +1

    Greece is a nice place, nice video.

  • @doctorcubism1069
    @doctorcubism1069 2 роки тому +1

    i'd like to go there. greetings from venezuela (now florida)

  • @agamemnon419
    @agamemnon419 11 років тому +1

    Picture quality is excellent

  • @billijinkarampouzouklis2430
    @billijinkarampouzouklis2430 11 років тому +2

    Athens is awesome you should visit us.

  • @David124328
    @David124328 12 років тому +2

    Na minha opinião o País mais lindo do mundo, quero um dia visita-lo.

  • @mpourmpoulithras11
    @mpourmpoulithras11 10 років тому +6

    i love greece the island omg !!!

  • @Somewondude
    @Somewondude 12 років тому +1

    greece is awesome, but if your traveling to crete or santorini from athens i suggest by plane cause its a looooong boat ride

  • @supermmarcos
    @supermmarcos 14 років тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @christopherpage3741
    @christopherpage3741 2 роки тому

    Ill be there next week...forty years since my last time there....

  • @mariosg932
    @mariosg932 10 років тому +8


    Athens is a European city . The DEMOCRACY BORN THERE and actived, during ancient times, THE FATHERS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AS Socrates , Aristotle , Plato , etc. The PARTHENON is among one of the most important monuments of the planet and SYMBOL OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE WORLDWIDE . Athens has FANTASTIC SUBURBS so close to sea and the north. The southeast suburbs are gorgeous with beautiful new buildings , sea like being on an island, SPACIOUS ROADS , BIG STREETS AND CLEAN . NORTHERN SUBURBS are green , clean, with excellent construction and neoclassical buildings. THE CENTER OF ATHENS IS FULL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN WHICH EVERYBODY CAN BROWSE .

  • @kaizo6379
    @kaizo6379 3 роки тому

    jakie piekny wieczor!

  • @AravGamez
    @AravGamez 2 роки тому

    All the way ⬆️ 🆙 🔝 up

  • @anfrew2511
    @anfrew2511 6 років тому

    Yeah, sure, that ancient architecture is impressive, but what's more impressive is this video quality from 2009!

  • @Tweak91ify
    @Tweak91ify 11 років тому +1

    Proud to be part-Greek.

  • @computerfraudandabuseactof43
    @computerfraudandabuseactof43 8 років тому +9

    I was born in the wrong generation, this is real architecture.

  • @axilleasize
    @axilleasize 13 років тому +1

    @Ivanecat thank you!!! we love Bulgaria ;)

  • @gardoarellano9601
    @gardoarellano9601 5 років тому

    Nokari ikalabat tanuya tanamabot my beautiful place Athens Greece

  • @jephesoj31
    @jephesoj31 7 років тому +2

    I searched for the GD level, but interesting video!

    • @thewrecker3246
      @thewrecker3246 7 років тому

      Joseph Carlston lol same

    • @vrooosh
      @vrooosh 7 років тому +1

      Joseph Carlston I knew it was a gd lvl but I had an exam all about it.. so I came here.. I was expecting the gd lvl to be my first result.. heh

  • @TheSajuahmed
    @TheSajuahmed 11 років тому +1

    hi
    RickSteves, i am writing a book based on my athens journey. Could u help me to find out the information about that house, basically who made it?
    thanks

  • @김남희-e2q
    @김남희-e2q 4 роки тому

    안녕하세요.선생님 감사합니다~♡

  • @jameshatzopoulos9885
    @jameshatzopoulos9885 3 роки тому

    Hey Rick - which kind of Greek column do you prefer? Use 3 details of form and 1 detail of context to support your answer.

  • @shelleyburnette5071
    @shelleyburnette5071 Рік тому

    How hard are the steps? How do you use the elevator?

  • @achmetsaatci1299
    @achmetsaatci1299 11 років тому

    hi welcome to athens im from chalkis \

  • @spidergameryt4557
    @spidergameryt4557 4 роки тому

    This place appeared in a manga called "saint seiya"

  • @20yearsago88
    @20yearsago88 8 років тому

    Rick Steves smokes herb...and I love him for that fact

  • @moaridi
    @moaridi 13 років тому

    Hellas welcomes you with Amphitrion!welcome to greece!

  • @edenendryas9755
    @edenendryas9755 2 роки тому

    Hello

  • @chocolatedonut31
    @chocolatedonut31 12 років тому

    What is the song that kicks in once you start talking about the Agora?

  • @recordplayerfaves
    @recordplayerfaves 11 років тому

    Did you explore any of the bathhouses, Rick?

  • @crackerjack6711
    @crackerjack6711 4 роки тому +1

    who is here from MR. Turner

  • @labracababrador4263
    @labracababrador4263 3 роки тому

    They say of the Acropolis where the parethenon is...

  • @xoxo8321
    @xoxo8321 4 роки тому +2

    who else is here from mrs.mullins class?

    • @Ruikinz
      @Ruikinz 4 роки тому

      I'm here from mrs Daniel's

  • @supermmarcos
    @supermmarcos 15 років тому

    What camera did you use?

  • @ladyjett8675309
    @ladyjett8675309 5 років тому

    They say of the acropolis where the Parthenon is...

  • @marodertili2020
    @marodertili2020 6 років тому +1

    1:20 you dint saed that british stolled 2 of them

  • @jayceexl7532
    @jayceexl7532 3 роки тому

    who else had to watch this for school

  • @BOOB6333
    @BOOB6333 8 років тому

    Les sous-titres en Français ??? Pitié !!

  • @SobeFILMS
    @SobeFILMS 11 років тому

    why did athena get two temples on the acropolis?

  • @dreamstate2847
    @dreamstate2847 4 роки тому

    "six beautiful maidens functioning as columns"
    yeah... about that my man

  • @GaiaTree
    @GaiaTree 5 років тому +1

    Who are still here?

  • @mikekeenan820
    @mikekeenan820 11 років тому

    RUINS
    We explore the Acropolis,
    climb its rocky hill,
    enter marble gates,
    in active voice
    sound out ancient rites
    with passion's verbs,
    shouts of joy; then-
    as day withdraws to night,
    evil invades sleep.
    I awake:
    a stranger to us both.

  • @GreeceCombination
    @GreeceCombination 13 років тому

    @NaughtyLover92 me,too:PP

  • @antoniofarinaccio541
    @antoniofarinaccio541 3 роки тому

    Amatorial

  • @thegreatestnoob1243
    @thegreatestnoob1243 2 роки тому +1

    Wait people actually watched this for more than school? *visible confusion*

  • @bandofbrothers1762
    @bandofbrothers1762 6 років тому

    Hayde bre Agora Meyhaneci!

  • @misSeVAjam
    @misSeVAjam 11 років тому

    i don't know where are you from but i'm greek and i totally agree with you!! the west is more greek than we are. i mean when we were at war with the ottomans we blended and i'm actually fine with it and our traditional costume is actually the same with the albanian costume. we are a salad of cultures, west, east and balcanian. we should be called ''new greeks'' or something..the plain ''greeks'' has caused only problems to us. (sorry for my english)

  • @wobikarli
    @wobikarli 7 років тому

    Baut die Akropolis wieder auf und macht Führungen : Bringt Arbeitsplätze und Geld. Und die Olympischen Spiele grundsätzlich nur in Griechenland absolvieren. Bringt Geld und Arbeitsplätze. Die einfachsten Ideen sind manchmal recht kompliziert, was?

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      @bodhibriar9683 3 роки тому

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  • @emstudios2280
    @emstudios2280 5 років тому

    ur mo,

  • @sadenb
    @sadenb 8 років тому

    Temple of karnak is far better than this

  • @millikid8556
    @millikid8556 7 років тому

    Let me tell you, Greece is worse now, don't think it is so great after watching this video, but it is a not well manner country now

  • @katherineprongos3929
    @katherineprongos3929 4 роки тому

    Would it be too much for him to learn correct pronunciation? He's surrounded by Greeks he could ask!

  • @jostra4743
    @jostra4743 8 років тому +5

    As a non Greek im proud of what this nation has given us Westerners the world we live in. You will notice than the most important buildings of shrines in the Western world have the same front triangle like the Acropolis.
    it displays the Wests history and its freedom of democracy and its tribute to Ancient Greece

    • @hitrapperandartistdababy
      @hitrapperandartistdababy 4 роки тому

      Most court houses are more inspired by Roman Architect as they lay the foundation if our laws. However as we all know Roman Culture was inspired by Greek