This activity is only available in Greek.

Archaeologist and guide Michalis Giohalas leads a tour through the sculpture garden of the First Cemetery of Athens, in collaboration with the This is Athens City Festival.

Described in the early 20th century by sculptor Thomas Thomopoulos as encompassing “the entire movement of modern sculpture,” the cemetery stands as an open-air museum where art, memory and history coexist.

From the great names of Greek sculpture to the personal stories behind the graves, this walk offers a fascinating journey through time. It reveals little-known aspects of funerary art in modern Greece—along with very human tales of vanity, greed, artistic rivalries and unfulfilled love.