36 Hours in Athens, Greece

What can you do in Athens in 36 hours? Joanna Kakissis, an American journalist living in Greece recommends places to visit in Athens on behalf of The New York Times Travel section:

"FOR years, Athens was little more than a one-night stand on the way to the Greek isles. Concretized and crowded, it lived off its archaeological sites and dirty-dancing-on-tables night life. But now a visit has become more than just a quickie for the sake of the Parthenon. Athens is reinventing itself as a city where antiquity meets edginess. Museums and galleries abound, and new ones are in the works. Late this year, the New Acropolis Museum, designed by the New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi, is scheduled to open at the foot of the ancient citadel. Not a bad warm-up for Mykonos."

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Source:The New York Times