Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, Athens

Name: Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre
Address: Athens, Greece

#298 among attractions in Athens

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The Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre is a stadium in the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex that hosted the beach volleyball competition for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The stadium holds a total of 9,600 individuals, though the public seating capacity was limited to 7,300 during the Olympics. The stadium was officially opened on August 2, 2004, a few weeks before the Olympics, though test events were held at the site a year earlier. ()

Local name: Ολυμπιακό Κέντρο Μπιτς Βόλεϊ Coordinates: 37°56'27"N, 23°40'58"E

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Καλλιθέα (Τζιτζιφιές)Athens Greece

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Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Karaiskakis Stadium, Evgenidio Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greek cruiser Georgios Averof.

1.1 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
28 min walk • The Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, commonly referred to as the Karaiskakis Stadium, is a football stadium in Piraeus, Attica, Greece, and the home ground of the Piraeus football club Olympiacos.
0.7 miE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
20 min walk • The Evgenidio Foundation was established in 1956 in Athens, Greece implementing the will of the late Greek benefactor Eugenios Eugenidis, who died in April 1954. It has the form of private legal entity under law.
0.6 miE
Arts center with a park and opera house
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
15 min walk • The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is a complex in the bay of Faliro in Athens which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m² Stavros Niarchos Park.
0.5 miS
Ship
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, Athens
13 min walk • Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armored cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century.
1 miE
Museum, Art museum
Tactual Museum of Athens, Athens
26 min walk • The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece.
1.1 miSE
Town, Harbor
Phalerum, Athens
29 min walk • Phalerum or Phaleron was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum". The area of Phalerum is now occupied by the towns Palaio Faliro, Kallithea, Moschato and Neo Faliro, all of which are part of the Athens agglomeration.
0.5 miS
Park
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens
14 min walk • The Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex is a complex in the coastal zone of Athens, Greece. It consists of two indoor arenas and a beach volleyball stadium, and it hosted Handball, Taekwondo, and volleyball events at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
0.5 miS
Ship, Museum
Olympias, Athens
13 min walk • Olympias is a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme and an important example of experimental archaeology. It is also a commissioned ship in the Hellenic Navy of Greece, the only commissioned vessel of its kind in any of the world's navies.
1.2 miN
Street
Peiraios Street, Athens
31 min walk • Peiraios Street is a main road in Athens, Greece linking the center of the city with the port of Piraeus. It is part of the system of national roads, as number 56. Its length spans 10 km.
1.4 miNE
Area
Kallithea, Athens
36 min walk • Kallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area. Additionally, it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality in Greece, with 21,192/km2. The municipality has an area of 4.749 km2.
1.2 miSE
Area
Palaio Faliro, Athens
31 min walk • Palaio Faliro is a coastal district and a municipality in the southern part of the Piraeus agglomeration, Greece. At the 2011 census it had 64,021 inhabitants.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre?

Nearby attractions include Olympias, Athens (13 min walk), Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, Athens (13 min walk), Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens (14 min walk), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (15 min walk).

How to get to Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre by public transport?

The nearest stations to Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre:

Tram

Καλλιθέα (4 min walk)
Τζιτζιφιές (8 min walk)

Bus

Τζιτζιφιεσ • Lines: 040 Συνταγμα - Πειραιασ, 130, 217, 229, Α1, Β1, Χ96 (6 min walk)
Μαρκομιχελακειο • Lines: 040, 040 Συνταγμα - Πειραιασ, 130, 217, 229, Α1, Β1 (6 min walk)

Trolleybus

Τζιτζιφιεσ • Lines: 1 (6 min walk)
Αφετηρία • Lines: 10 (6 min walk)

Metro

Faliro • Lines: Μ1 (26 min walk)
Moschato • Lines: Μ1 (26 min walk)