Irakleio, Athens

Name: Irakleio
Address: Athens, Greece

#199 among attractions in Athens

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Irakleio is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Attica agglomeration, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. ()

Local name: Ηράκλειο Αττικής Coordinates: 38°2'56"N, 23°46'0"E

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Ηράκλειο (Ανω Ηράκλειο)Athens Greece

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Nearby attractions include: Tourkovounia, Deste Foundation, Olympic Stadium, Nea Ionia.

1.4 miSW
Hill
Tourkovounia, Marousi
36 min walk • The Tourkovounia, also known as Lykovounia and in Antiquity called Anchesmos, is a hill range in Athens, Attica. The name has also been transferred to a neighbourhood in Central Athens and a neighbourhood in Keratsini.
0.7 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Deste Foundation, Athens
19 min walk • Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art is an arts foundation in Nea Ionia, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. Housing the art collection of Greek businessman Dakis Joannou, it organizes exhibitions with the collection and commissions new work by emerging and established international contemporary artists.
1.4 miSE
Football, Sport venue, Sport
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
37 min walk • The Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spyros Louis" is a sports stadium in Athens, Greece. It is a part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex and is named after the first modern Olympic marathon gold medalist in 1896, Spyros Louis.
1.4 miSW
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Nea Ionia, Athens
36 min walk • Nea Ionia is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
1.2 miSE
Sport venue, Sport
Athens Olympic Sports Complex, Athens
31 min walk • The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Spiros Louis or OACA, is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, northeast Athens, Greece. The complex consists of five major venues as well as other supplementary sport facilities.
1.1 miNE
38°3'39"N • 23°46'47"E
Rockway, Athens
28 min walk • Climbing
1.2 miSE
Basketball, Event space, Sport venue
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Marousi
32 min walk • The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, which is a part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens «Spyros Louis», was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
1 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Marousi
27 min walk • The Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre is a complex at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, consisting of two outdoor pools and one indoor pool, that was built for the 1991 Mediterranean Games. It was refurbished and expanded for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
1 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Athens Olympic Velodrome, Marousi
25 min walk • The Athens Olympic Velodrome is a velodrome stadium that is located in Marousi, Athens, Greece, at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.