Athens, the capital city of Greece is one of the most popularly visited tourist destination in Europe. It is one of the oldest cities of the world entangled with a history of 3500 years.

The city limit of Athens is only 15 square miles with an estimated population of 750,000. However the urban area of the city stretches beyond the administrative city limits with a total land area of 159 square miles. The urban region of Athens is the seventh largest in the European Union with an estimated population of 5,000,000.
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