Self-guided walking tour

Athens Walking Tour: From the Roman Agora to Kerameikos (about 1 hour, 7 stops)

7 stops in walking order through Athens, from Ancient Agora of Athens to Kerameikos: 3.3 km on foot, about 40 min of walking, 1 h 5 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “From the Roman Agora to Kerameikos”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 5 min
Distance: 3.3 km
Walking: 40 min
Stops: 7

The stops, in walking order

Ancient Agora of Athens
The open civic square where ancient Athenians traded, debated legal matters, voted and talked.
2 min walk · 190 m
Temple of Hephaestus
A largely intact marble temple dedicated to the god of fire, metalworking, and craft.
7 min walk · 630 m
Monastiraki
A flea-market neighbourhood in Athens’ old town and a major shopping destination.
2 min walk · 200 m
Hadrian's Library
Hadrian’s Library is an archaeological ruin recalling a monumental Roman building commissioned under Emperor Hadrian.
2 min walk · 170 m
Tower of the Winds
An octagonal marble tower in Athens’ Roman Agora, completed by about 50 BC at the latest.
11 min walk · 910 m
Areopagus
A rocky Athens hill tied to an ancient council that handled homicide and other serious religious or legal cases.
15 min walk · 1.2 km
Kerameikos
An archaeological area that combines Athens’ ancient potters’ quarter with a cemetery threaded by the Sacred Way to Eleusis.