Palaio Faliro, Athens

Name: Palaio Faliro
Address: Athens, Greece

#194 among attractions in Athens

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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. ()

Local name: Παλαιό Φάληρο Area: 1.77 mi²Coordinates: 37°55'48"N, 23°42'1"E

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Palaio Faliro – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nea Smyrni Stadium, Evgenidio Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Alimos.

1 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
27 min walk • Nea Smyrni Stadium, nestled in the bustling city of Athens, Greece, is a quintessential sports venue that has become a hub for football enthusiasts and local sports events. This stadium serves as the home ground for the Panionios G.S.S.
0.7 miN
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
19 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.
0.9 miNW
Arts center with a park and opera house
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
22 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.
1.5 miSE
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Alimos, Athens
39 min walk • Alimos is a municipality in Attica, Greece. It was formed in 1968 comprising two settlements, the suburban seaside town of Kalamaki, and the inland community of Trachones. Alimos had 41,720 inhabitants in the 2011 census.
0.9 miW
Ship
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, Athens
24 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.
1.1 miN
Museum, Art museum
Tactual Museum of Athens, Athens
28 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.
~770 ftN
Town, Harbor
Phalerum, Athens
4 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.
0.9 miW
Park
Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex, Athens
25 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.
0.9 miW
Ship, Museum
Olympias, Athens
23 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.
1.4 miNE
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Nea Smyrni, Athens
35 min walk • Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants.
0.6 miW
Sport, Sport venue
Sofia Befon Palaio Faliro Indoor Hall, Piraeus
16 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Palaio Faliro?

Nearby attractions include Phalerum, Athens (4 min walk), Evgenidio Foundation, Athens (19 min walk), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens (22 min walk), Olympias, Athens (23 min walk).

How to get to Palaio Faliro by public transport?

The nearest stations to Palaio Faliro:

Bus

Καλυψουσ • Lines: 229, Α2 (4 min walk)
Αμφιθεασ • Lines: 106 (5 min walk)

Tram

Αγία Σκέπη (12 min walk)
Αχιλλέως • Lines: Τ4, Τ5 (14 min walk)

Trolleybus

Κέντρο Νεότητος • Lines: 10 (25 min walk)
3η Κατσώνη • Lines: 10 (26 min walk)