Tip of the day – Odeon of Herodes Atticus closes for 3 years after the current season

• June 25, 2025

The impressive ancient theatre, which opened this year’s season with the National Opera’s opera “Turandot”, will close for the next three years for maintenance reasons. The historic theatre, at the foot of the Acropolis, is hosting performances for the last time before it remains “silent” for at least three years as restoration and maintenance work is set to begin.

This year’s Athens Epidaurus Festival marks the 70th anniversary of the festival, one of the country’s most important cultural institutions. The closure of the theatre, which has over 18 centuries of life, is seen as a blow to audiences who have come to identify their summers with unique musical and theatrical evenings under the stars.

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is one of the world’s most iconic open cultural spaces, with internationally acclaimed acoustics and architecture. The need to protect and preserve it necessitates its temporary closure, with the promise that it will return renewed.

So if you want to attend for one last (or even first) time to feel that special vibe and bid it farewell as it deserves, go to the Athens Epidaurus Festival website and book a ticket for the performance that suits you. It will be with us again in 3 years.