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Entertainment and Culture: Athens remains the centre for music and the theatre, although the annual Athens Festival is something of a misnomer, because it includes performances at the ancient Epidaurus theatre and in several other parts of the country. Although concentrated in August and September, the length and scope of the programmes and the number of performances outside Athens grows each year. Many clubs, live music halls, bars are almost in every big town in Greece. Many restaurants offer live Greek music.

The Acropolis is a perennial attraction. Do not miss the all-embracing view of it, and of Athens and the coast, from the top of Philopappos Hill, across the road from the Acropolis. Near the foot of Philopappus are the cells where legend says Socrates spent his last days. In summer, Dora Stratou's Greek folk-dancers perform in an open-air theatre on Philopappos.
Another hill worthy of ascent is Lycabettos, rising steeply from the Kolonaki residential district above Syntagma (Constitution) Square. A funicular opened in 1965 takes you to the summit .

Athens has many winter and summer (open-air) theatres and cinemas. Some productions, especially those of the National Theatre Company and the Arts Theatre , maintain a very high standard. Works are presented in Greek. Winter and summer concerts and many other artistic events take place at many places like the the Music hall of Athens (Megaron) , the Herodes Atticus theatre featuring among many other musical events, foreign artists and conductors as frequent guests. The state-sponsored opera presents foreign and local singers. The many cinemas, both winter and open-air, show foreign films with Greek sub-titles, as well as locally made films.

Sports in Greece and the Greek islands there are many facilities for golf, tennis, sailing, climbing , fishing, and, in winter, seven ski centres with runs and lifts. Spectator sports, inexplicably, lie as a rule outside the visitor's itinerary. Athens has its international motor racing event of its own the 3, 100 km. Acropolis Rally, held May 30th to Jun 1st. Lesser races and rallies are held in the summer and in November. There is horse racing 4 times in the week in Markopoulo near the Airport. Association football is followed with intense enthusiasm the OAKA stadium of Athens seats 80,000- Yacht-racing and rowing regattas are frequent.

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