1936 On the Continent

collection of Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons of various schools, remarkable embroideries (epitaphios of Salonica, of the fourteenth century), and pieces of ecclesiastical jewellery.
M USEUM OF D ECORATIVE A RTS (Plateia Monastiraki)
    This museum is housed in an old Turkish mosque. Lower floor: Byzantine and modern ceramics, objects in carved wood and in chiselled metal. Upper floor: Important collection of Copric stuff, beautiful embroideries and remarkable set of plates.
    At the National Archaeological Museum one may procure, at the price of 100 drachmas, tickets good for single admission to all the above-named museums, as well as to the Acropolis and to the archaeological sites of Athens, Piraeus and Eleusis.
    Tickets at 200 drachmas each are valid for single admission into all the State museums and the archaeological sites of Greece. A card obtained at a price of 300 drachmas (plus two photographs) entitles the bearer to admission into all the above for a period of one year.
    Tourists who prolong their stay in Greece beyond one month are entitled, after the expiration of that month, to enter all State museums and archaeological sites at a charge of 10 drachmas per person, with free admission on Thursdays and Sundays.
B ENAKI M USEUM (Leophoros Vassilissis Sophias—Odos Coumbari)
    Rich and interesting collections donated to the State by Mr. A. E. Benaki. Greek regional costumes, ethnographic collection, collection of Moslem art and of Coptic textiles, very important set of Chinese porcelain, embroideries, etc.
N ATIONAL P ICTURE G ALLERY (Odos Patission, in Polytechnic School building)
    Important collection of works of modern Greek painters (Gyzis, Iacobides, Lytras, Counelakis, Hadjis, Kouindjis, Phicas, Roilos, Rallis, Parthenis, Aravantinos, Galanis); of works of Greek sculptors (Demetriades, Thomopoulos, Doucas, Tombros); and of works of various schools, from the fourteenth century to our day (El Greco, Veronese, Tiepolo, Rembrandt, Correggio, Van Dyck, Poussin, S. Rosa, Van Ostade, Jordaens, Ruysdaël, Van Steen, Greuze, Aivazovsky, Watts).
H ISTORICAL AND E THNOLOGICAL M USEUM (Odos Patission, in Polytechnic School)
    E THNOGRAPHICAL M USEUM containing chiefly historical souvenirs of the Greek War of Independence.
L OVERDOS M USEUM (6 Odos Mavromichali)
    Remarkable private collection of about 700 Byzantine icons of the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries, donated to the state by the late D. Loverdos.
Gardens and Walks
    I N THE C ITY
    N ATIONAL G ARDEN . Beautiful park surrounding the new Chamber of Deputies and Senate building (old Royal Palace).
    Z APPEION . Exposition palace and park, in superb locality; much frequented during the good season. Music, cafés, restaurants, shows.
    C ONSTITUTION S QUARE (Plateia Syntagmatos). Large, much-frequented square, surrounded by cafés and big hotels. Garden with shade. At its upper end is the monument to the Unknown Soldier.
    L YCABETTUS . Rocky hill (909 feet). On its summit is a chapel consecrated to St. George. It affords an excellent panorama of the city and its environs.
    I N THE E NVIRONS
    K AISSARIANI (about 4 miles by motor-car. Altitude 1,476 feet). Old monastery at the foot of Mount Hymettus, with a very interesting Byzantine church of the tenth century.
    D APHNI (6¼ miles by motor-car or bus). Ruins of the monastery of Daphni, comprising an extremely interesting Byzantine church of the eleventh century, with remarkable mosaics. Daphni used to be the burial-ground of the Dukes of Athens.
    E LEUSIS (14 miles by car, bus or railway). Ruins of the famous sanctuary in which the initiation to the Eleusinian Mysteries was held in ancient times. Small museum.
    O LD P HALERON (4½ miles by bus, leaving from the Academy). Charming country resort by the sea. Hotels, cafés, restaurants, dancing.
    G LYPHADA (8 miles by bus from the Academy). Bathingbeach and summer resort; much frequented.
    V OULIAGMENI (14 miles by bus from Odos Omirou). Beautiful bay in the Saronic Gulf; much frequented in summer. Charming villas, pine woods. Near it is a pretty lake with steep banks.
    K EPHISSIA (9 miles by bus from Plateia Canningos; railway; tram (line K) from Omonia). Pretty village in the suburbs of Athens; a summer resort (altitude 984 feet). It has numerous excellent hotels.
Excursions
    N OTE .—The excursions mentioned below require a whole day each, except for some, which can be made by private car in half a day.
    T ATOI (15 miles by motor-car). Former royal summer