12 Stop 12 of 12 on The Village That Appeared Overnight

The Reveal

Plaka, Athens

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"Right. Some of that was me. Start with the ones people always guess wrong. The chapel with a nine-storey hotel standing on pillars over the top of it. The cave under the altar, and the gunpowder going out through the tunnel to the Greeks. All real. So is a cathedral assembled out of the marble of seventy-two demolished churches."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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The Village That Appeared Overnight

The Village That Appeared Overnight

12 stops · 1h 15m

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Tour Stops

Follow the full The Village That Appeared Overnight route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Church of Agia Dynami
  3. 3 The Cathedral and the Little Metropolis
  4. 4 The Church of Kapnikarea
  5. 5 The Tzistarakis Mosque
  6. 6 Hadrian's Library
  7. 7 The Gate of Athena Archegetis
  8. 8 The Tower of the Winds
  9. 9 The Old University
  10. 10 Mnesikleous Street, Plaka
  11. 11 Anafiotika
  12. 12 The Reveal

Hear the full story at The Reveal

This is just one of 12 stops on the The Village That Appeared Overnight tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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