Greece's most visited tourist site, the Acropolis in Athens, will be closed during the hottest hours on Wednesday due to a severe heatwave.
Authorities have announced that tourists will not be able to visit the Parthenon and other ancient monuments located at the UNESCO World Heritage site between noon and 5:00 p.m. local time, according to the Culture Ministry.
The partial closure is the second in just over a month, with Greece's national weather service forecasting temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country.
The Acropolis was closed during the hottest hours of the day for two consecutive days in June due to the earliest heatwave in Greek history.
In 2023, the Acropolis recorded a record number of nearly four million visitors, its popularity boosted by tourists arriving on cruise ships docking at the nearby port of Piraeus.
