Yes – Tuesday, May 18 is International Museums Day and I am told all museums are free , no admission fees!o
Sounds splendid! Enjoy it!
If you went to a museum you loved – tell me. Tell me about how and why you enjoyed it… why was it good? Why would you recommend it!
Rock, roll and vibrate!
At the new Heraklion Natural History Museum (on the seafront) an earthquake simulator both thrills and educates about the actual experience and what best to do during an earthquake (great for “Adults and Kids”!).
Displays of wildlife are superbly designed and quite well explained.
Apart from the quaking experience, there is splendid children’s area on the lower floor (that’s where I had most fun, those caves and things!).
About 1 kilometre west of the Marina and the bottom of 25th August Street (20 minute walk).
Open daily.
Don’t ask about the price..it’s very affordable.
Museum website: http://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/
This article is an interesting read – both about Greek bureaucracy and the New Acropolis Museum.
As we have not seen the completed museum yet, only an early pre-completion preview, the article gives a mouthwatering must-visit description.
On Greek bureaucracy this is perfect, accurate and the story told can be applied to everything in Greece.
Go visit the museum.
Fire the bureaucrats, almost every one of them, save the few (5% would be generous) who really contribute. Life in Greece would immediately be 100 times healthier and better for all who sail under the fluttering blue and white flag.
http://globalista.co.uk/destinations/athens/itineraries/the-new-acropolis-museum-postcard
A new Building, a new era, the new Acropolis museum opens in June.
Athens has improved so much in the last 6 years from the visitor’s viewpoint.
The walk all the way around the Acropolis, pedestrianized, with outdoor-indoor cafes punctuating a stroll beneath that most impressive of monuments has been the foundation of the transformation.
Everything of immediate note and fame to see in the centre of Athens is well, there within walking distance in the centre – all major museums and sites.
Now the new Acropolis Museum Building present a the final treat.
The Grand opening on the 20th June will be followed by 3 days of exclusive admission only to ticket-holders who have purchase tickets online (available from 1 week before the official opening day).
The museum will cost only 1 Euro for admission until the end of 2009.
Next year – 2010 – the admission charge will increase to a still very reasonable 5 Euros.
Apart from the endless delights, contemporary methods of display and plethora of treasures on show, there will also be a gift shop and cafe-restaurant at the museum.
Nearest metro station (entrance right outside the museum) is “Acropolis” .
There are two entrances – from the Metro station (on Makrygianni Street) it’s just 40 metres to the Acropolis pedestrianized walkway and then another entrance is round the corner on a side street (Mitseon Street).
Information and tickets http://www.newacropolismuseum.gr
Guide to Athens http://www.cretetravel.com/Athens/Athens_mini_guide/Athens_mini_guide-Museums.htm
(or www.CreteTravel.com/Athens )
The 15 kilometre long Samaria Gorge (Europe”s longest) is open for walking.
For the rest of the story on Crete see http://www.CreteTravel.com
And for hotels in Chania where you can stay as a base for walking the Samaria gorge >
Chania Hotels
3 ways to look at the biggest Greek island, 3 maps of Crete
Crete – interactive Map – find hotels
http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/Help/Crete_map.htm
This map of Crete includes major attractions, sites, sights and hotels ! all in one…
http://www.crete-hotels-rooms.com/Reservations/Help/Crete_map_Google.htm
Crete standard printed maps
http://www.cretetravel.com/Maps.htm
Soon the rest of the Acropolis Museum the dramatic and modern new one, will open (the ground floor – but a small part of it – already has opened its doors), when may be the subject of bookie’s odds in London and betting dens in Las Vegas.
Britain’s Spectator magazine has written about it … read it here >
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/style-and-travel/1875481/acropolis-now.thtml
Athens – good fast access from the airport by metro, great walk area around the Acropolis
A good article with some tips for visiting Athens>
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/02/travel/04hours.php?WT.mc_id=travelalert
The guide to Athens if you are there for a 2-3 day visit>
http://cretetravel.com/Athens/Athens_mini_guide/Athens_mini_guide-Museums.htm
Our long-awaited guide to Agios Nikolaos – the guide you have been waiting for…wait no more >
http://www.cretetravel.com/Agios_Nikolaos/Agios_Nikolaos.htm
Hope it helps you enjoy a visit to the town and also surrounding areas such as Elounda, Plaka and Kritsa.
This joins the suite of guides to various towns and villages in Crete on CreteTravel.com “The Guide to the Crete You are looking for” .
Heraklion’s Archaeology museum which houses thousands of the most significant archaeological finds from all over Crete is now open.
The current exhibits are just a small part of what will ulitmately be available when the new buildings and total refurbishment of the museum is complete – but at last visitors will not leave dissapointed at being unable to visit this resource.