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Acropolis Museum vs Erechtheion
Both are recommended by writers. Overall, Acropolis Museum scores significantly better than Erechtheion. Acropolis Museum is ranked #2 in Athens with recommendations from 8 reviewers like Michelin Guide, The Telegraph and Frommer's.
Acropolis Museum
Frommer's
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Afar Magazine
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Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Makrigianni District, Athens 11742, Greece
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Frommer's
"Designed by Bernard Tschumi (and Michalis Fotiadis), the 21,000-sq.-m (226,000-sq.-ft.) glass-and-concrete museum is stunning."
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Fodor's
"The Acropolis Museum nods to the fabled ancient hill above it but speaks... in a contemporary architectural language."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The imposing modernist building brings together the surviving treasures... including items formerly held in other museums or storage, as well as pieces returned from foreign museums."
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Travel + Leisure
"The museum holds more than 4,000 artifacts, including five of the six original caryatids returned by Britain, but its crown glory is the Parthenon Gallery."
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Afar Magazine
"One of my most wondrous experiences was a year or two ago at the Acropolis Museum, which is devoted to archaeology."
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Erechtheion
Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide
U.S. News & World Report
Athens 10558, Greece
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This elegant 5C B.C. temple, with many places of worship, was a church, a palace, a harem and then a military magazine."
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Afar Magazine
"Outside of the Parthenon, the Erechtheum is an amazing work of art."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"Jewel of the Acropolis and masterpiece of Ionic art (406 BC), the Erechtheion served various cults before becoming a church, a palace, a harem and then a military magazine."
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U.S. News & World Report
3.0
"This structure features a frieze made of Eleusinian gray stone, multiple sculptures and other unique details, making it one of the Acropolis' most eye-catching buildings."
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