Floating Naval Museum Battleship Averof, Attica, Greece
4.5 (296 reviews) Sunday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Paleo Faliro Speciality Museums
Venerable vessel
In the beautiful bay of Faliro in the south suburbs of Athens you can visit the Floating Naval Museum >, a ship of 141m, the flagship of the Royal Hellenic Navy fleet in the victorious naval battles of Elli in 1912 and Limnos in the beginning of 1913, during the Balkan War. Ιn 2011 the ship celebrate her 100 years birthday and thousands of people visit the Floating Naval Museum > discovering the historical importance of the ship for the liberation of northeaster islands of Aegean Sea. Also admired the restoration of the interior of the ship, the apartments of the admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, the quarter of the officers, the kitchens, the uniform exhibition, the armament, the bridge battle, the chapel of St. Nickolas and could made a tour to the main deck and the 2 others sub decks that are open for the visitors. As the Floating Naval Museum > can provide a tour with a guide, every day most of the schools from Athens and all around Greece can program a visit to a living myth that stands imperious to remind in every visitor the values of freedom, of honor and Hellenic patriotism. Exhibitions and activities can occur during the next 6 months so visit our website regularly for further information.
Address
Hellenic Maritime Heritage Park, Paleo Faliro 17510 Greece
Mobile
Website
http://www.averof.mil.gr
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 15:37
User Ratings
4.5 based on (296 reviews)
Reviews
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5geomaranos 5:00 PM Apr 22, 2022
Glorius Greek Naval History
The well maintained Averof Battleship represents the turbulent history of Hellas during the Balkan wars of 1910s, goes through the first Word War and ends at the second Word War. Almost 50 years of glorious naval history. It fought victoriously under the command of legendary Admiral Kountouriotis and other Commanders at Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. If at the Athens Riviera it deserves to take an hour and visit this living peace of history.
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4Noni L 5:00 PM Jan 28, 2020
The Averof battleship museum
Had a wonderful tour of this amazing ship. My grandfather served on this ship many, many years ago so made a point of visiting this floating museum whilst in Athens. It blew me away! Such a great experience and great information and videos about the ships battles. It surprises me that not many people know of this museum. It's a must see when in Athens. Unfortunately most of the rooms are now closed to the public and you can only view them from the windows. In any case you can get a great feel for it and it's extremely well looked after.
