Thebes (Greece)

Thebes (Greek: Thiva) is a city in Boeotia, West 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.
 * Daily trains from Athens to Thebes in less than one hour. Trains schedule can be found on Train OSE website.

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.