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Flights to Athens

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Athens overview

Book a flight to Athens today to take a trip to the cradle of Western civilisation. The city at the cultural core of Ancient Greece, Athens is a place of mythological gods, the birthplace of democracy and philosophers Plato and Aristotle, the site of the first modern Olympics, and home to incredible monuments like the Parthenon. Athens today is as culturally vibrant as its past with bustling streets and cafes, a plethora of theatres, and a nightlife that would make the Olympian gods blush. So plan your weekend in Athensnow!

With its first settlements beginning around 3000 BCE, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world. Characterized by its resilience, the city has been invaded, occupied, and destroyed numerous times over by conquerors, empires, and armies throughout the centuries.

Originally a centre of Mycenaean civilization, Athens was ruled by kings until 1400 BCE when social unrest pushed through a new constitution that laid foundations for democracy.

When Cleisthenes came to power in 508, he set up electorates to choose representatives in the city’s governing council, marking the birth of democracy. Athens’ Golden Age began in the 5th century BCE, which was a time of advances in architecture, art, drama, and philosophy. The city was home to great minds such as Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates.

Wars with Sparta, northern Macedonian domination, and the conquests of Alexander the Great marked the 3rd and 4th centuries BCE for Athens until the Romans subsumed the city into its empire in the 2nd century.

Under Ottoman rule from 1458 to 1833, Athens suffered the looting, destruction of ancient monuments, and general decline. The War of Independence in 1833 liberated Greece as a country and Athens became its capital.

The Germans occupied Athens during the Second World War. Afterwards, the city experienced a large population spike. Greece joined the European Union in 1981, which helped investment, but in recent years the city has struggled with traffic, pollution and economic instability.