Private Tour: Half day Athens Sightseeing and Acropolis Museum
Take a private tour of the ancient city of Athens with a personal guide. You will visit the Acropolis, icon of Athens perched on its plateau, and walk to Syntagma Square, the central square of the modern day city.
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Private Tour
Pickup included
What's included in Private Tour: Half day Athens Sightseeing and Acropolis Museum
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Panathenaic Stadium
Following a hotel pick-up, your first stop will be at the Panathinaikos Stadium, cradle of the first modern Olympic games, which took place in 1896.
Acropolis
Pass by the Greek Parliament in the former Royal Palace of Syntagma Square and watch the fanciful Evzoni Guards in their amber tunics. Continue to the stately Zappion Conference Center in the National Gardens of Greece. Proceed pass the Roman Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arc and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, guarded by more Evzones. You will pass the handsome Numismatic Museum at Schlieman's House, the Catholic Cathedral, Athens Neoclassical trilogy and finally the Acropolis (view also of Areopagus and theater of Dionysus), where you will visit the monumental marble gates of the Propylaea, the Temples of Athena Nike and Parthenon. See the famous Porch of Maidens at the Erectheion.
Acropolis Museum
Continue with a pleasant short walk past Herodion and Dionysos Theater, in order to visit the daring new Acropolis Museum. Home to a multitude of archaeological finds from the Acropolis, major attractions include votives, artifacts of everyday life, archaic statues, Caryatids and the Parthenon hall with displays from the pediments, the metopes and the frieze.
Inclusions
- Private tour
- Entrance fees
- Hotel pick up/drop-off service
- Transportation by luxury air conditioned vehicle
- Local taxes
- Professional & licensed guide
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities (optional)
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Additional Information
Pick up/drop off service from/to Athens hotels/apartments/Airbnb.
Meeting / End Points
- Our office is located 3 min walk from Acropolis metro station, beside Royal Olympic hotel. We offer pick up service from Athens hotels/apartments/Airbnb. Please call +302109233166 at least 24 hours before your travel date in order to confirm your pick up time.
