Áno Petrálona
District of Athens
in Nomarchía Athínas of Attica, Greece

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
37.979 and 23.716 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 37° 58' 46" and E 23° 42' 58"
Currency and Currency Code:
Euro - EUR
Spoken languages:
Modern Greek, English, French
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 05:46 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/Athens
UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:13 am and 5:45 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-22.661 and -152.805 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Motu Ura
References
This place on Geonames.org
Current travel safety evaluation for Greece in Southern Europe

Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Greece.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Greece. Last Update: 2024-03-29 07:25:35

Discover Áno Petrálona

The district Áno Petrálona of Athens in Nomarchía Athínas (Attica) is a subburb in Greece and is a district of the nations capital.

If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kallithea, Nea Smyrni, Dafni, Aigaleo and Moskhaton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F

Morning Temperature 15°C / 58 °F
Evening Temperature 20°C / 68 °F
Night Temperature 16°C / 61 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 42%
Air Pressure 1019 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-East
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 2% of sky
General Conditions Sky is clear

Saturday, 30th of March 2024

21°C (70 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Sunday, 31st of March 2024

22°C (71 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Monday, 1st of April 2024

23°C (73 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.

Hotels and Places to Stay

InterContinental Hotels ATHENAEUM ATHENS

Address
1,4 mi
Syngrou Avenue 89-93
11745 ATHENS
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Divani Palace Acropolis

Address
1,0 mi
Akropolis - 19-25, Parthenonos St.
11742 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 11:30 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Athens Atrium Hotel & Suites

Address
1,7 mi
21 Okeanidon Str., Ag Sostis (Sygrou Ave.)
11745 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Mc Queen

Address
0,4 mi
Kastorias 24
10447 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:30 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


NLH Neighborhood Lifestyle Hotels

Address
1,2 mi
Syggrou 64 & Stratigou Kontouli Str
117 42 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Be My Guest

Address
0,3 mi
Νηλέως 33
118 51 Αθήνα
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Athens Studios

Address
1,1 mi
3A Veikou St
11742 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Athens Lodge

Address
0,5 mi
Karaiskaki Yeoryiu 19
105 54 Athina
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Herodion

Address
1,0 mi
Acropolis - 4, Rovertou Galli Str.
11742 Athen
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 12:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Athens Avenue Hotel

Address
1,6 mi
Sygrou Avenue 182
176 71 Athens
Greece

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


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Ancient Sites of Athens

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Rating: 5 of 5
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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Kerameikos

Keramikos is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon (Δίπυλον) Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the city, from which the English word "ceramic" is derived, and was also the site of an important cemetery and numerous funerary sculptures erected along the road out of the city towards Eleusis.

Located at 37.9783, 23.7186 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient cemeteries in Greece, Areas of Athens, Ancient Greek pottery, Mycenaean sites in central Greece, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Iron Age sites in Greece, Landmarks in Athens

Parthenon

The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron deity. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the culmination of the development of the Doric order.

Located at 37.9702, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Temples of Athena, Acropolis of Athens, 5th-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Temples in ancient Athens, Sculptures by Phidias, Greek temples, Conversion of non-Christian places of worship into churches, Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques, Former mosques

Pnyx

The Pnyx is a hill in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC, the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy. The Pnyx is located less than 1 kilometre west of the Acropolis and 1.6 km south-west of the centre of Athens, Syntagma Square.

Located at 37.9717, 23.7194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Hills of Greece, Athenian democracy

Temple of Hephaestus

The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of St. George Akamates.

Located at 37.9756, 23.7214 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, 5th-century BC architecture, Temples in ancient Athens, Hephaestus, Archaeological sites in Attica, Landmarks in Athens, Conversion of non-Christian places of worship into churches

Ancient Agora of Athens

The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens (aka Forum of Athens in older texts) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Kolonus Agoraios, also called Market Hill.

Located at 37.975, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
6th-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May (for the semi-final) and 20 May 2006 (for the final). The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT). The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", written by lead singer Mr. Lordi.

Located at 37.9667, 23.7167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
2006 in Greece, 2006 music awards, Culture in Athens, Eurovision Song Contest by year, Greek music, Sakis Rouvas

Athens Prefecture

The Athens Prefecture was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the Attica region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture was the city of Athens. After Lefkada Prefecture it was the second-smallest in Greece, but was the most populous and most densely populated. It covered the central part of the agglomeration of Athens.

Located at 37.9667, 23.7167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Athens Prefecture, Prefectures of Greece, Geography of Attica

Stoa of Zeus

The Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built c. 425 BC–410 BC for religious purposes in dedication to Zeus by the Eleutherios (Freedom): a cult founded after the Persian War. It is different from others in that it was a stoa rather than a temple (the common building used for religious purposes). Scholars believe the building also served other civic purposes due to its central location.

Located at 37.9757, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Stoas in Greece, Archaeological sites in Attica

National Observatory of Athens

The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) (Greek: Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research foundation in Greece, as it was the first scientific research institute built after Greece became independent in 1829, and one of the oldest research institutes in Southern Europe.

Located at 37.9733, 23.72 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Buildings and structures in Athens, Astronomical observatories in Greece, Science and technology in Greece, Research institutes in Greece, 1842 establishments in Greece

Votanikos

Votanikos is a subdivision located 3 km west of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part are residential, the western part are forested and industrialized. The subdivision has no squares but has a nearby school.

Located at 37.9758, 23.7164 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods in Athens

Thiseio

Thiseio, also Thisseio, Thisio and Thissio is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, 1.5 km southwest of downtown, and 1 km southwest of city hall; its name derives from the Temple of Hephaestus, also known as Τhiseio, as it was, in earlier times, considered a temple of Theseus. The area also takes in the ancient Agora, Petralona, and Kerameikos, which includes the Assomaton Square. In Assomaton Square there is Agioi Assomatoi church.

Located at 37.975, 23.7167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods in Athens

Thiseio metro station

Thiseio is an Athens Metro station, located in Thiseio at 8.603 km from Piraeus. It is located in Athens and took its name from the nearby Temple of Hephaestus which is famous as Thiseio. The station was first opened on February 27, 1869 and was renovated in 2004. It has two platforms. Thiseio station is the first railway station in the city of Athens, other than the Thiseio–Piraeus of today's line 1 of ISAP and the first railway line other than the range of the Greek government.

Located at 37.9768, 23.7204 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
ISAP stations, Railway stations opened in 1869

Petralona station

The Petralona Station is an ISAP station, located in Petralona 7.016 km from Piraeus. It is located in Athens and took its name from the neighbourhood in Athens, It was first opened on November 22, 1954 and features two platforms. It was renovated in 2004.

Located at 37.9685, 23.7091 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
ISAP stations

Athens Arena

Athens Arena (Athinon Arena) is a grand music venue in Athens, Greece. It is a large-scale convention centre and concert hall, designed to host up to 3,000 people seated. It is owned by the Papatheoharis Group. Artists featured in the Arena are Marinella, Antonis Remos Sakis Rouvas and Greek superstar Anna Vissi. Since 2005, it is the venue for the Greek preselection final for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Located at 37.9717, 23.7041 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Music venues in Greece, Buildings and structures in Athens, Culture in Athens, Visitor attractions in Athens

Technopolis (Gazi)

Technopolis (Gazi) is an industrial museum and a major cultural venue of the City of Athens, Greece, in the neighborhood of Gazi, next to Keramikos and very close to the Acropolis. It is dedicated to the memory of the great Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, which is why it is also known as "Gazi Technopolis Manos Hatzidakis". It has been in operation since 1999 and is situated in the city's former gasworks which were founded in 1857, occupying an area of about 30.000 m2.

Located at 37.9781, 23.7141 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Museums in Athens, Gas museums, Science museums in Greece

Melina Merkouri Cultural Center

The Melina Merkouri Cultural Centre is a municipal cultural organization in Athens, Greece. It is housed in an impressive old hat factory in Thisseio. The Centre has two permanent exhibitions, the one called "Travelogue of Athens", which presents the neighborhoods of Athens at the beginning of the 20th century, and the other "The Charidimos Shadow Theater", with figures and materials of the famous shadow theater artist. The Centre also includes the "Melina" hall, a 220 sq.m.

Located at 37.9761, 23.7143 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Cultural organizations, Art museums and galleries in Greece, Museums in Athens

Gazi, Athens

Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is an industrial museum and exhibition space, widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis. It is home to the Technopolis of Athens, that spreads in an area of about 30.000 m2, an industrial museum of modern architecture. In the past ten years it has been growing rapidly as the new, and expanding, Athens gay village.

Located at 37.9781, 23.7144 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods in Athens, Entertainment districts

Petralona

Petralona is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece located between Thiseio and Kallithea. Athenians refer to Petralona either as Ano (upper) Petralona or Kato (Lower) Petralona, where Ano Petralona is the area between the hill of Filopappou and the railway and Kato Petralona the area between the railway and Piraeus Street.

Located at 37.9663, 23.7105 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods in Athens

Rouf, Athens

Rouf is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.

Located at 37.9736, 23.7036 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Neighbourhoods in Athens

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece and adjacently situated near the Metroon, was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens. Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7223 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Temple of Aphrodite Urania

The Temple of Aphrodite Urania is a temple located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania. According to Pausanias, the sanctuary had a marble statue of the deity sculpted by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias. Today, there are a few number of saved stones on the slope of the hill beside the train tracks and near the temple of her husband Hephaestus.

Located at 37.976, 23.7217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Temples of Aphrodite, Temples in ancient Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Altar of Zeus Agoraios

The Altar of Zeus Agoraios is a 4th century BC altar located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens, constructed from white marble, 9 m deep and 5.5 m wide. It was one of the first objects to be discovered inside the Agora during the excavations of 1931. Evidence of marks done by masons from the Augustan period show that it was moved from an initial source later identified as the Pnyx located outside the ancient Agora.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Zeus

Temple of Apollo Patroos

The Temple of Apollo Patroos (meaning "from the fathers") is a small ruined temple of Ionic order built in 340-320 BCE. It is 10 m wide and 16.5 m long and located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens near the Stoa of Zeus. Considered to be the founder of the Ionian race and protector of families, the temple's interior had a cult statue dedicated to the god and made by the famous Greek sculptor Euphranor.

Located at 37.9755, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Apollo, Ionian mythology

Philopappos Monument

The Philopappos Monument is an ancient Greek mausoleum and monument dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus, (Greek: Γάιος Ιούλιος Αντίοχος Επιφανής Φιλόπαππος, 65–116 AD), a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene. It is located on Mouseion Hill in Athens, Greece, southwest of the Acropolis.

Located at 37.9672, 23.7214 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
2nd-century architecture, Acropolis of Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Monuments and memorials in Greece, Burial monuments and structures, Roman Athens

Harokopio University

Harokopio University is a public research university in Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1990 as the successor of the Harokopios Higher School of Home Economics that was established in 1929. The development of the University was based on international standards and scientific research that was conducted by the Institute of Regional Development of the Panteion University after request of the Ministry of Education.

Located at 37.9611, 23.7083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Universities in Greece, Educational institutions established in 1990, Education in Athens

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Άνω Πετράλωνα, Ανω Πετραλωνα, Ano Petralona