The striking contrast between breathtaking monuments of a glorious past and modern elegant structures is what you will enjoy during your tour of athens visit the acropolis the crowning beauty and glory of ancient athens with its many monuments atop its rocky base including the awesome parthenon the propylea the temple of athena nike and the erechtheion with its porch of maidens drive to the roman temple of olympic zeus the panathinaikon stadiumsite of the first modern olympic games in 1