Πλατεία Ηροδότου

Πλατεία Ηροδότου is a park in Nea Smyrni, Athens Prefecture, Attica. Πλατεία Ηροδότου is situated near ΑΠΟ Νέα Σμύρνη, as well as near the tram stop Medeas - Mykalis.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and Onassis Hospital.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Park

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is a cultural center complex in the municipality of Kallithea in Athens, Greece. It includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m2 Stavros Niarchos Park. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is situated 1½ km west of Πλατεία Ηροδότου.

Onassis Hospital

Hospital

The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre or simply Onassio is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit Alexander S. Onassis Hospital is situated 1¼ km northwest of Πλατεία Ηροδότου.

Tactual Museum

Museum

The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece. Tactual Museum is situated 1¼ km northwest of Πλατεία Ηροδότου.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Smyrni and Palaio Faliro.

Nea Smyrni

Suburb

Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 Burning of Smyrna, during the Greco-Turkish war.