Best of Athens Full Day Private Tour

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Duration:8 hours to 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Athens, Greece

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Get around Athens’ most-cherished attractions and enjoy the city in comfort. Visit Acropolis, where you can stroll through the Parthenon, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Propylaea, and the Erechtheum. Take views of the city from Lycabettus Hill and explore the neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki.

- Take the hassle out of seeing Athens with the freedom of a private tour
- Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Athens hotel, airport, or Piraeus port
- Drive to the Parthenon where you have free time to visit the Acropolis Museum
- See the Hellenic Parliament guards; pass-by Panathenaic and Kalimarmaro stadiums
- Enjoy the comfort of a luxury air-conditioned private car with WiFi available onboard

WHAT'S INCLUDED

✓ Private transportation
✓ Bottled water
✓ WiFi on board
✓ Professional drivers with deep knowledge of history (Not licensed to accompany you in any site)
✓ Lunch (With Greek Traditional Food option)
✓ Air-conditioned vehicle
✓ Hotel/ port pickup and drop-off

✗ Licensed tour guide - €350 (upon request and depending on availability)
✗ Entrance tickets - Acropolis Extended (€30 pp, must be purchased in advance - limited availability)
✗ Entrance tickets - Acropolis Museum (€15 pp)
✗ Entrance tickets - Nat. Arch. Museum (€6 pp)
✗ Entrance tickets (available upon request or book on your own - links on the ticket/ voucher)

WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Athens
Pick up from your hotel, apartment, Airbnb, Athens airport, or Piraeus port.
2. Acropolis
Walk on the land in which thousands of years ago some of the largest and most important parts of the global philosophy, politics, and science were born and flourished. Navigate ancient monuments of priceless cultural and historical value and experience in person the greatness and glamour of Greek ancient times. Starting off with the Acropolis, which in Greek translates to the edge of the city, the geographically and spiritually highest point according to ancient Greeks.
3. Propylaea
The Propylaea was the monumental gateway to the Acropolis of Athens and was one of several public works commissioned by the Athenian leader Pericles in order to rebuild the Acropolis a generation after the conclusion of the Persian Wars.
4. Parthenon
On the top of this sacred hill, proudly stands the Parthenon, which is the epitome of ancient Greek architecture, where you will experience the greatness of ancient Greece captured on every piece of marble. An architectural jewel that hosts the best of what the human spirit and genius has ever conceived, an open embrace that awaits its famed sister marbles to welcome them home again.
5. Erechtheion
The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.
6. Temple of Athena Nike
The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the southwest corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the Victory Sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea's southwest wing and from a narrow stair on the north. The sheer walls of its bastion were protected on the north, west, and south by the Nike Parapet, named for its frieze of Nikai celebrating victory and sacrificing to their patroness, Athena and Nike.
7. Theater of Dionysus
The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. The first orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the mid- to late-sixth century BC, where it hosted the City Dionysia. The theatre reached its fullest extent in the fourth century BC under the epistates of Lycurgus when it would have had a capacity of up to 17,000, and was in continuous use down to the Roman period. The theatre then fell into decay in the Byzantine era and was not identified, excavated, and restored to its current condition until the nineteenth century.
8. Herod Atticus Odeon
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Roman theater structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens. The building was completed in 161 AD and then renovated in 1950.
9. Acropolis Museum
At the foot of the Acropolis Hill in the shadow of the imposing Parthenon lays a modern jewel that houses some of the most important ancient Greek statues and works of art, the Acropolis Museum.
10. Arch of Hadrian
The Arch of Hadrian, most commonly known in Greek as Hadrian's Gate, is a monumental gateway resembling a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
11. Temple of Olympian Zeus
Between the Acropolis and the Ilisos River are the remains of the Olympian Zeus Temple (now known as the Pillars of Olympian Zeus), one of Athens’ most important and oldest shrines. The space even today gives the visitor a sense of grandeur.
12. Panathenaic Stadium
Continuing with the stunning Calimarmaro or as it is called today, the Panathenaic Stadium, the house of the first modern Olympic games, made of Pentelic marble in which the Olympic ideals are still reflected today.
13. Mount Lycabettus
After leaving the beautiful Calimarmaro behind us, we will drive up to Lycabettus hill where you will enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the city and admire the combination of ancient and modern Athens from above.
14. Syntagma
Syntagma Square (Constitution Square) is the central square of Athens. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843.[2] It is located in front of the 19th century Old Royal Palace, housing the Greek Parliament since 1934. Syntagma Square is the most important square of modern Athens from both a historical and social point of view, at the heart of commercial activity and Greek politics. The name Syntagma alone also refers to the neighbourhood surrounding the square.
15. Hellenic Parliament
Traveling thousands of years ahead, to the Hellenic Parliament building that houses the Greek Parliament in an impressive building in downtown Athens overseeing Syntagma Square, protected by the presidential guard that consists of two soldiers dressed in the traditional Greek combat uniform, standing stationary and guarding beside the tomb of the unknown soldier. The two guards perform the guard change ceremony every hour with impressive accuracy and agility.
16. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok. The tomb is guarded by the Evzones of the Presidential Guard.
17. The Academy of Athens
The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926 and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The Academy's main building is one of the major landmarks of Athens.
18. National Library of Greece
The National Library of Greece is situated near the center of the city of Athens. It was designed by the Danish architect Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, as part of his famous Trilogy of neo-classical buildings including the Academy of Athens and the original building of the Athens University. It was founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias.
19. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The University of Athens has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students. The University of Athens was founded on 3 May 1837 by King Otto of Greece and was named in his honour Othonian University. It was the first university in the liberated Greek state and in the surrounding area of Southeast Europe as well. It was also the second academic institution after the Ionian Academy. This fledgling university consisted of four faculties; Theology, Law, Medicine and Arts (which included applied sciences and mathematics). During its first year of operation, the institution was staffed by 33 professors, while courses were attended by 52 students and 75 non-matriculated "auditors".
20. National History Museum (Old Parliament)
The Old Parliament House at Stadiou Street in Athens housed the Greek Parliament between 1875 and 1935. It now houses the country's National Historical Museum.
21. National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity worldwide.
22. Monastiraki
Free time for lunch at a traditional Greek tavern with your friends and family or shopping.
23. Ancient Agora of Athens
The ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill. The Agora's initial use was for a commercial, assembly, or residential gathering place and is considered the birthplace of democracy, philosophy and free speech.
24. Museum of the Ancient Agora
A small museum where you can see findings from Ancient Athenians' daily life.
25. Temple of Hephaestus
The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion is a well-preserved Greek temple as it remains standing largely intact. It is a Doric peripteral temple and is located at the northwest side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of Saint George Akamates.
26. Plaka
The old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens. It is known as the "Neighborhood of the Gods" due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites.

ADDITIONAL INFO

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Our drivers are not official tour guides, but they are knowledgeable and can provide fascinating commentary in fluent English. Although they will not enter the archaeological sites with you, they can answer all of your questions about the places you visit with this tour.
• Third party activities and especially extreme sports are not allowed during the tour. This can be a cause for immediate cancellation of the tour.
• Airport pick-up and drop-off upon request (Additional cost)
• We can provide you with the skip-the-line tickets upon request or you can pre-purchase them by following the links on your ticket/ voucher. The availability is limited and the tickets must be pre-purchased timely.

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Posted By : Sheldon_I
Our tour guide Costa was amazing. We would not have been able to see everything we did and have such a good time if we did not do it via this private tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 11:16:35

Posted By : Cathy_A
Spyros was excellent! Very professional and helpful during the whole tour. I would definitely recommend him if you plan on going to Athens!! Great job Spyros!! 👏👏👏👏
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Posted On : 2024-05-13 02:19:59

Posted By : davidcA959OE
Greeted by our tour guide Nick, who was on time and very friendly. He was very professional with everything, offered us plenty of water and time at each stop was not a problem. We took lots of amazing photos and the views were fantastic. Thanks to Nick we had a great day
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Posted On : 2024-05-10 14:36:29

Posted By : pelliengee
Indeed the best! From the moment our fun, entertaining and knowledgeable guides, Manolis and George, picked us up in a new and comfortable van, we were on a roll! First, we got to the Acropolis and beat the mega tours that were already beginning to swarm. Then we got to the museum and skipped the lines because they were so thoughtful to pre-purchase all of our tickets that I was too lazy to do for myself. We watched the changing of the guards close up from a picturesque location. After a few more sites, Manolis ordered an amazing spread of Greek food for lunch at a quiet, authentic restaurant with no other tourists. Then George showed us the best way to enjoy ouzo. Our bellies sated after baklava with ice cream, we embarked on a few more sites. Our memories of Athens will always include George and Manolis, and a friendly little cat named Manolis.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 16:22:20

Posted By : WaiMing_C
Fotis is very nice and helpful. He arrived earlier than scheduled. He solved our problems in a very patient way. We found him very sincere and even provide us a lot of information.
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Posted On : 2024-05-03 12:56:32

Posted By : Beatrice_O
Our guide Spyros was amazing. He was knowledgeable and allowed us time to explore. We enjoyed seeing the historic sites and the awesome conversation. Probably the best way to see so many things.
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Posted On : 2023-10-24 13:17:46

Posted By : beatrice_orns
Spyros is AH-MAZING!!! He was kind and knowledgeable. He took very good care of us. He gave us time at the most important places and made sure we got the most out of this tour. He also complimented us for learning some Greek. I would choose him a 100 times. ευχαριστώ Spyros!
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Posted On : 2023-10-23 13:24:13

Posted By : askass2018
Our tour guide Apostolos was excellent. He made sure we saw all of the sights in Athens and gave us a history and background of everything. He also picked us up whenever we needed him and gave us cold water and was very friendly and polite. We highly recommend him.
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Posted On : 2023-10-05 14:21:57

Posted By : Passport405688
Chris was a wonderful tour guide! He took us to all of the major sites and stopped for a gyro on the way back! We highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2023-10-04 12:33:25

Posted By : haleybS2282EX
We cruised into Athens and our driver George was right on time and very friendly and knowledgeable. We went to Acropolis and the original modern day Olympic stadium he even went out of his way to take us to the best bakery in town and went in to help us order because we wanted baklava.
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Posted On : 2023-09-26 12:33:49

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Best of Athens Full Day Private Tour

WHAT'S INCLUDED

WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Athens

2. Acropolis

3. Propylaea

4. Parthenon

5. Erechtheion

6. Temple of Athena Nike

7. Theater of Dionysus

8. Herod Atticus Odeon

9. Acropolis Museum

10. Arch of Hadrian

11. Temple of Olympian Zeus

12. Panathenaic Stadium

13. Mount Lycabettus

14. Syntagma

15. Hellenic Parliament

16. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

17. The Academy of Athens

18. National Library of Greece

19. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

20. National History Museum (Old Parliament)

21. National Archaeological Museum

22. Monastiraki

23. Ancient Agora of Athens

24. Museum of the Ancient Agora

25. Temple of Hephaestus

26. Plaka

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Best of Athens Full Day Private Tour

WHAT'S INCLUDED ⟱

WHAT TO EXPECT ⟱

1. Athens

2. Acropolis

3. Propylaea

4. Parthenon

5. Erechtheion

6. Temple of Athena Nike

7. Theater of Dionysus

8. Herod Atticus Odeon

9. Acropolis Museum

10. Arch of Hadrian

11. Temple of Olympian Zeus

12. Panathenaic Stadium

13. Mount Lycabettus

14. Syntagma

15. Hellenic Parliament

16. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

17. The Academy of Athens

18. National Library of Greece

19. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

20. National History Museum (Old Parliament)

21. National Archaeological Museum

22. Monastiraki

23. Ancient Agora of Athens

24. Museum of the Ancient Agora

25. Temple of Hephaestus

26. Plaka

ADDITIONAL INFO ⟱

CANCELLATION POLICY ⟱

Partner Resources

How it works

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Adventure

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

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