Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. The Acropolis is consistently inundated with tourists, with as many as 23,000 visitors clogging up ... [+] the complex on some days.

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon at its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion, named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens.

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 ...