10 Best Family Things to Do in Athens
What to Do for Fun in Athens with Your Kids?
Family things to do in Athens let you walk into the past while at the same time experiencing ultramodern adventure and excitement for children and grown-ups alike. This historic city allows you to walk through temples that are thousands of years old, where such figures as Alexander the Great and Plato once stood. You can learn about art history, ancient mythology and the history of democracy. You can walk in serene parks and gardens and sunbathe on immaculate beaches. If you want, you can also hit up modern dining, shopping and amusement parks.
Athens is the place to have historic adventures in an equally historic city. Explore some of the best family things to do in Athens with your kids.
1. Astir Beach (Παραλία Αστέρας)
Relax on a beach featuring Apollo’s temple
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
Astir Beach (Παραλία Αστέρας) offers a vast stretch of crystal-clear turquoise waters and soft white sand at a private beach club that’s loaded with amenities. Athens has beaches aplenty to enjoy on your family vacation, and Astir is one of the best. If you’ve spent several days museum hopping or viewing historic sites, catching some rays on the shore is a great way to recharge the batteries. Astir Beach is a private beach club, which means it carries a cost, but the amenities make up for it in a big way.
Also on the beach, you’ll find the Temple of Apollo Zoster with elegant thrones and marble altars. It’s about 30 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Apollonos 40, Vouliagmeni 166 71, Greece
Teléfono: +30 21 0890 1619
Astir Beach (Παραλία Αστέρας)
2. Allou! Fun Park
Ride and play at a classic amusement park
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
Allou! Fun Park is among the most popular family destinations in Athens with tons of classic theme park fun from rides and games to carnival eats and entertainment. You can experience a 4D theater, ride a wild mouse coaster, enjoy water rapids and ride a gigantic Ferris wheel. You can experience a bone-chilling haunted house, or for the littlest ones, Kidom has unique games and activities just for younger children. You’ll also experience live concerts and shows, and when it’s time to eat, you can choose from tons of cafes and restaurants in the park.
This is a vast, classic amusement park with all the amenities. It’s only 10 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Λεωφ. Κηφισού, Petrou Ralli και, Ag. Ioannis Rentis 182 33, Greece
Horarios: Daily from 10 am to midnight
Teléfono: +30 21 0809 2888
Allou! Fun Park
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3. Museum of Illusions Athens
Question everything you know, see and hear
Categoría: Familias, Historia, De aventura
The Museum of Illusions Athens is a branch of an international museum dedicated to engaging and fooling the senses with science, biology, psychology and math. You’ll be educated and amazed when you find yourself standing on solid ground yet floating in thin air, exploring rooms where the entire world spins and you don’t know which way is up, and experiencing a place where you seem to be stuck to the ceiling. Every room here seems in some way to challenge or violate the laws of physics, and it’s all wildly fun.
Every exhibit here is interactive in some way, making it ideal for kids to engage their creativity. It’s also right in the city centre.
Ubicación: Ermou 119 Entrance from, Astiggos 12, Athina 105 55, Greece
Horarios: Monday–Friday from 11 am to 9 pm, Saturday–Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm
Teléfono: +30 21 0220 1610
Museum of Illusions Athens
4. National Garden
Read, play, run and reconnect
Categoría: Familias, Económico
The National Garden is a lovely, peaceful spot to reconnect as a family among 500 species of plants from all over the world, plus a mini zoo and playground. The park also features 2 duck ponds where you can walk along the shores or just sit in peace by the serene waters. Many locals enjoy coming here for picnics, to go jogging and hiking, or to kick back with a good book.
Speaking of books, the gardens also feature a children’s library that has reading rooms, music rooms, a movie room and even a fairy tale room. This spot will let the kids’ imaginations run wild. It’s in the heart of the city centre.
Ubicación: Leoforos Vasilisis Amalias 1, Athina 105 57, Greece
Horarios: Sunday–Tuesday from 6 am to 7 pm, Wednesday–Friday from 6 am to 9 pm, Saturday from 6 am to 8 pm
Teléfono: +30 21 0721 5019
National Garden
5. PLAYMOBIL FunPark Athens
Experience a play park filled with iconic figures
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
PLAYMOBIL FunPark Athens is the ultimate play park for young children, featuring rides, games and the chance to create their own PLAYMOBIL adventures. Kids can interact with life-size PLAYMOBIL figures at the entrance of the playground representing pirates, knights, princesses, fairies, monsters and even the great mythological figures of Greece from heroes to gods and goddesses. Kids can enter life-sized castles featuring dragons and knights. They can explore pyramids or police stations, visit toy farms and have all sorts of imaginary adventures.
Kids are always supervised by trained staff, so it’s completely safe. Book tickets in advance, as it gets crowded. The park is 30 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Amaliados 4, Kifisia 145 64, Greece
Horarios: Monday–Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm, Friday–Sunday from 10 am to 9 pm
Teléfono: +30 21 0800 0018
PLAYMOBIL FunPark Athens
6. Museum Ship Averof
See a gigantic, undefeated battleship
Categoría: Familias, Historia, De aventura
The Museum Ship Averof is a floating naval museum where you can climb aboard a battleship that was once the crown jewel of the Greek Navy and explore naval history. This battleship served in both World Wars between 1910 and 1952. It saw the Balkan Wars and helped transportation refugees in 1922. It’s one of the only armoured cruisers in the entire world. It was once affectionately called Barba Yiorgis, or Papa George, in honor of its emotional significance to Greece.
This is your chance to see an undefeated juggernaut in naval history up close. You can explore the entire ship, fore to aft, bridge, stores and engine room. It’s only 15 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Marina Flisvos, Trokadero, Paleo Faliro 175 10, Greece
Horarios: Tuesday–Friday from 9 am to 2 pm, Saturday–Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm (closed on Mondays)
Teléfono: +30 21 0988 8211
Museum Ship Averof
7. Children’s tour of the Acropolis
See one of Greece’s most iconic sites
Categoría: Familias, Historia, De aventura
A children’s tour of the Acropolis allows you to see one of the most important historical sites in the entire world and experience a museum dedicated to its archeological excavation. The Acropolis dates to the 5th century BCE and is an ancient citadel overlooking Athens. You’ll see temples to ancient gods, the Odeon of Herodes, the Theater of Dionysus and many other iconic sites, including the Parthenon. Just next door is the Acropolis museum, and a combined tour is available to explore both. Kids love this spot for the scale model of the Acropolis built from LEGOs.
You can also see the excavation of an ancient neighbourhood through a glass floor. It’s 10 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Greece
8. Adventure Park
Swing, crawl, climb and fly through the trees
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
Adventure Park in Malakasa offers tons of opportunities for outdoor adventure with climbing, flying, crawling and swinging through a verdant canopy at various heights for different ages. The highest point in the park, best for teens and adults, rises to 15 meters. Various routes here are marked for different difficulty and skill levels, so even beginners can get a pulse-pounding thrill. From rope climbs to zipper lines, extreme adventure options here are nearly endless. Staff members are on hand to train and help little kids make the most of their fun.
The park is great for kids as young as 3, and safety is always paramount. It’s about a 30-minute drive south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Epar.Od. Malakasas-Markopoulou, Malakasa 190 11, Greece
Teléfono: +30 2295 098335
Adventure Park
9. The Ellinikon Experience Park
Explore over 70,000 square meters of play space
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
The Ellinikon Experience Park offers more than 70,000 square meters of urban park space with places to hike, run, play and get wet in the summer. This vast urban park offers endless green space and a delightful water maze where you can dance, run and play as you try to find your way through an interactive fountain that shoots up hundreds of water jets. You can connect with nature as you play and escape in a forest playground area. At the Zen garden, you can awaken your senses and reconnect with the world. The outdoor fitness area lets you work out in the forest.
The park offers exciting experiences for everyone. It’s 15 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: VPWR+59, Elliniko 164 52, Greece
Horarios: Daily from 5 pm to 11 pm
Teléfono: +30 21 6202 0900
The Ellinikon Experience Park
10. Aquapolis Athens
Splash, relax and race through aquatic adventures
Categoría: Familias, De aventura
Aquapolis Athens is a thrilling water park that offers everything from relaxing beaches to soaking-wet thrill rides and has something for every age. The King Cobra slide is a scary water slide that takes you into the maw of a giant serpent. The Adrenaline Speed Zone is filled with rip-roaring water slides that will have you rocketing around curves and racing down chutes. The Beach lets you kick back and relax, while the Family Adventure Zone offers splash-able fun for family members of every age from 1 to 100.
You can book your tickets online for ultimate convenience and to beat the lines at the gate. It’s about 27 minutes south of the city centre.
Ubicación: Θέση Γιαλού, Spata 190 04, Greece
Horarios: Friday–Sunday from 10.30 am to 6.30 pm (closed Monday–Thursday)
Teléfono: +30 21 0602 5664
Aquapolis Athens
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