Athens Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Tourism === Athens has been a destination for travellers since antiquity. Over the past decade, the city's infrastructure and social amenities have improved, in part because of its successful bid to stage the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]]. The Greek Government, aided by the EU, has funded major infrastructure projects such as the state-of-the-art [[Athens International Airport|Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=AIA: Finance |url=http://www.aia.gr/UserFiles/File/235956_Englishl.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205201638/http://www.aia.gr/UserFiles/File/235956_Englishl.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2009 |access-date=5 April 2007 |website=Athens International Airport, S.A. |publisher=AIA.gr}}</ref> the expansion of the [[Athens Metro]] system,<ref name="EUfund">{{Cite web |title=Olympic Games 2004: five major projects for Athens |url=http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/themes/olympe/pages/focus_en.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520043310/http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/themes/olympe/pages/focus_en.htm |archive-date=20 May 2007 |access-date=5 April 2007 |website=European Union Regional Policy |publisher=ec.europa.eu}}</ref> and the new [[Attiki Odos]] Motorway.<ref name=EUfund/> {{Wide image|Athens4 tango7174.jpg|800px|Panorama from Mount Lycabettus, with a view of the [[Panathinaiko Stadium]], the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens|Temple of Olympian Zeus]], the [[Hellenic Parliament]] and the [[Acropolis of Athens]]}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page