Thebes (Greece) - modern city in Greece

Thebes (Greek: Thiva) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece.

Understand

Thebes is an unassuming modern town built on the site of the ancient city of the same name which played a dominant role over Classic Greece during the 4th century BC until its destruction by Alexander the Great in 335 BC.

The only reason to make a stop in Thebes is to visit its archaeological museum, one of the most important in Greece.

Get in

• KTEL Intercity Buses operate from Athens (15 daily) to Thiva’s central bus station 📍.
• Daily trains from Athens to Thebes Railway station 📍 in less than one hour. Trains schedule can be found on Train OSE website.

Get around

See

• Archaelogical Museum, Threpsiadi 1, 38.3234°, 23.3173°. Exhibits originate from excavations all around Boeotia, spanning from the Palaeolithic to the Post Byzantine periods. 2016-03-13

Do

Buy

Eat

• Alati kai Piperi, 38, Dirkis Str, 38.31843°, 23.31682°, +30 22620 81122. Burger, souvlaki, sandwiches 2016-03-13
• Barbeque, 86, Epameinonda Str (Central Square), 38.31996°, 23.31720°, +30 2262 089098. 10AM–2AM. Grilled foods 2016-03-13
• Ladokolla, 105, Epameinonda Str. (Central Square), 38.31966°, 23.31703°, +30 2262 028400. Seafood dishes 2016-03-13

Drink

Sleep

• Dionyssion Hotel, 5-7, Dimokritou Str, 38.31977°, 23.31665°, +30 22620 81500, +30 22620 81502. 2-star hotel 2016-03-13
• Meletiou Hotel, 56-58, Epaminonda Str, 38.31836°, 23.31716°, +30 22620 27333, info@hotelmeletiou.gr. 2-star hotel 2016-03-13
• Niovi Hotel, 63, Epameinonda Str, 38.31892°, 23.31718°, +30 22620 29888, +30 22620 89093-4, info@hotelniovi.gr. 2-star hotel 2016-03-13
• Philoxenia Hotel, 0,5 km Thiva-Ampelochori Road,, 38.3102°, 23.3096°, +30 22620 28705. 2-star hotel 2016-03-13

Connect

Go next

• Delphi — about 100 km eastwards
• Eleutherae (by the old National Road to Athens) — One of the best preserved fortresses of Ancient Greece dated between 370 and 360 BC.
• Porto Germenos (45 km south by the old National Road to Athens) — A small seaside resort on the forested shores of Alkyonides Gulf, near the ruins of the Ancient Aigosthena, a fortified city still retaining several of the tallest surviving towers of ancient Greece.