Changing of the guard at Syntagma
Guide
Photo: Юкатан · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Guards in pleated kilts and pom-pom shoes swapping places in slow, high-stepping moves in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, below the Parliament on Syntagma Square.
A brief history
The guards are the Evzones, an honour guard. The Parliament behind them was built in the 1830s as the palace of Greece's first king, Otto.
Tips
- Best time
- Sunday at about 11:00 for the full ceremony; any hour on the hour otherwise
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually every hour on the hour, day and night; the full ceremony with a band is on Sunday mornings at about 11:00 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Syntagma and Kolonaki: Parliament, the National Garden, the marble stadium and Lycabettus above the smart streets of Kolonaki.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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