The Acropolis is one of several European tourist sites instituting timed tickets or capping visitors in an effort to stem crowds. Others include the Louvre in Paris and the Pantheon in Rome.

Extreme temperatures on Friday prompted authorities to temporarily close one of the city’s most recognizable monuments, the Acropolis ... including the capital Rome, and warned people to ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Once you're inside the Acropolis Museum, look for the famous caryatids – a collection of marble statues that were replaced by copies on the Erechtheion for the purpose of ...

But when the government reopened the Acropolis on Monday ... Nearly two dozen Italian cities — including Rome, Bologna and Florence and every other major — are currently under red alert ...

The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours ... while sprinklers were set up to cool passersby. In Rome, tourist Carmen Díaz, from Madrid, was trying to keep cool with a fan at lunchtime.

The Acropolis also had to consider the weather ... and Elisabetta Povoledo from Rome. Niki Kitsantonis is a freelance correspondent for The Times based in Athens. She has been writing about ...

The Acropolis, one of Greece’s most famous landmarks, will close to tourists during the hottest part of the day Wednesday, as a heat wave scorches the country’s capital. The popular tourist ...