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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #22 of 143 attractions in Athens
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Traveller Description: Second-century theater built into the hillside.
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Attraction type: Historic site, Theatre
Address: Odos Dionissiou Areopayitou Athens
Greece
Tel: 01-323-2771

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“A must if you are in Athens in the summer”
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5 of 5 stars
DurbanGal
Manchester, United Kingdom
18 Nov 2007
4
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This is open air theatre at its best. The 5,000-seat theatre built by Herodes Atticus as a memorial to his wife, AD 161it is just below the Acropolis. It is now used for the Athens summer festival of music and drama. I went to see an Opera in Italian. Had subtitles, in Greek! I didn't understand a word but it... more

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Odeum of Herodes Atticus (Odeion / Irodion) Address

Odos Dionissiou Areopayitou, Athens, Greece
Tel: 01-323-2771