Athens Travel Video

Although there are plenty of wonderful travel videos about the greek capital Athens one has to be careful not to get on of the many general Greece travel videos that feature only section on Athens itself. Obviously it is so much better to get a travel DVD that features your destination in detail to give you more in depth information.

We really tried to sample the best possible travel videos about Athens and hope we have succeeded with it.

Don't forget that it is also important to look out for the right version of the travel videos, as often travel DVD's from the USA do not work in Europe and Asia and vice versa.

Below you will find a selection of Athens travel videos. We hope you find them as useful as we think they are.

Travel Videos about Athens


Cities of the World 60 minutes - Whoever visits the Greek capital takes a pilgrimage to the fountain of European culture. The most famous building is the Acropolis, which garlanded by the golden pillars of the Parthenon. The statues, reliefs and frieses of the Acropolis Museum and the Museum of Athens show us the classical beauty ideal and the perfect sense of proportion.	Vista Point Athens 26 minutes - Athens is a lively city set in historic surroundings. It was founded three thousand five hundred years ago and had its golden age during Greek Antiquity under the democratic rule of Perikles. Likavittos is a two hundred and seventy-seven metre high limestone rock that dominates the city. A city in which both antiquity and the present unite: a symbol of the Occident.	God's Lair: Athens 28 minutes - In this travel video we start our visit in Athens' Acropolis where the Parthenon represents the symbol of the magnificent Greek civilization. We visit the Erechteion and the other monuments around the Acropolis, with short visits to the museums, after which we take a tour in Plaka, the old Turkish quarter, at the base of the hill.	Treasures ACROPOLIS Akropolis For more than 2500 years a landmark and symbol of one of the most influential European cultures, the Acropolis, has towered above the rooftops of Athens. It took nine years to build the great temple of the goddess Athene, known as The Parthenon, that was completed in 438 B.C. Unique among all other Greek temples, with its imposing appearance and artistic decoration, the Parthenon signified the great influence and power of ancient Athens.