Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, Athens

Name: Greek cruiser Georgios Averof
Address: Athens, Greece

#129 among attractions in Athens

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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. Although popularly known as a battleship in Greek, she is in fact an armored cruiser, the only ship of this type still in existence. ()

Local name: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ Coordinates: 37°56'2"N, 23°41'2"E

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Greek cruiser Georgios Averof – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Karaiskakis Stadium, Evgenidio Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Tactual Museum of Athens.

1.4 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
35 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.
0.8 miNE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
21 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.
0.7 miNE
Arts center with a park and opera house
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
18 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.
1.2 miNE
Museum, Art museum
Tactual Museum of Athens, Athens
31 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.
0.9 miE
Town, Harbor
Phalerum, Athens
23 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.
~230 ftSW
Park
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens
2 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.
~470 ftNE
Ship, Museum
Olympias, Athens
3 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.
0.9 miE
Area
Palaio Faliro, Athens
24 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.
~1610 ftE
Sport, Sport venue
Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall, Piraeus
8 min walk • Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall, is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece. The arena is named in honor of Sofia Befon. It is mainly used to host gymnastics, and basketball, volleyball, and handball games.
1.1 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Basketball
Sef, Piraeus
28 min walk • The Peace and Friendship Stadium, commonly known by its acronym SEF, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Piraeus, on the coastal zone of Attica, Greece.
0.4 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens
11 min walk • The Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena which is part of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex is an indoor arena in Palaio Faliro, in Athens, Greece. It is nicknamed "The Little Peace And Friendship Stadium", due to its similarity in design and close proximity to the Peace and Friendship Stadium.

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Which popular attractions are close to Greek cruiser Georgios Averof?

Nearby attractions include Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens (2 min walk), Olympias, Athens (3 min walk), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (18 min walk), Evgenidio Foundation, Athens (21 min walk).

How to get to Greek cruiser Georgios Averof by public transport?

The nearest stations to Greek cruiser Georgios Averof:

Tram

Τροκαντερό (7 min walk)
Πάρκο Φλοίσβου (13 min walk)

Bus

Αφετηρια • Lines: 550, 860 (8 min walk)
Αποβιβαση • Lines: 550, 860 (7 min walk)

Trolleybus

Επαμεινώνδα • Lines: 10 (15 min walk)
Τζιτζιφιεσ • Lines: 1 (17 min walk)

Metro

Faliro • Lines: Μ1 (33 min walk)