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Athens Festival
Διονυσίου Αρεοπαγίτου 6, Athens, 10558, Greece
+30 210 322 1459
site: Athens Festival
#28 of 208 things to do rated by Real Travelers

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The Athens Festival is one of Europe's largest summer festivals, held each year from May to October. Begun in 1955, the festival is a series of concerts as well as theatrical, opera and dance performances by some of the greatest Greek and international artists around. These events take place at the Odeon of Herod Atticus and elsewhere in Athens. Tickets for individual performances go on sale three weeks prior to the concert date.

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Metro Lines 2 & 3: Syntagma Station

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