Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

Catch raucous live performances of traditional tunes at this old-school taverna.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

The Lobotesis family has been baking some of the best savory pies in Athens since 1910.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.