The Best of Athens Full Day Private tour-Lunch & Tickets included
Highlights
• Visit both the Acropolis of Athens with its Parthenon & the new Acropolis museum • Visit the ancient Agora • The ancient Olympic stadium, the Parliament, the change of the guards, the Syntagma square • Professional English-speaking tour driver • Greek lunch included • Travelers can customize the tour within the itinerary!
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Full Day Athens All Inclusive
Tickets are Included: Acropolis' Museum ticket is not included.
PERSONAL PRIVATE TOUR : This is a private tour just for you, your family, and your friends!
Duration: 8 hours
Lunch is included
Pick up / drop-off is included
Pickup included
What's included in The Best of Athens Full Day Private tour-Lunch & Tickets included
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Athens
We will pick you up from your accommodation in Athens. Our tour starts traveling directly to the Acropolis in order to avoid traffic and crowd. Welcome to Athens, the historical capital of Europe. Welcome to the birthplace of democracy, arts, science, and philosophy of western civilization. Home of Plato, Socrates, Pericles, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus. Athens is one of the world’s oldest cities. It’s recorded history spanning around 3.400 years and it is being inhabited since the 11th millennium B.C. E. Today, under the shadow of the Parthenon, the contemporary urban scenery of the sprawling city reflects its exciting history, its multi-cultural modern personality as well as the infrastructure and facilities. The perfect Mediterranean climate with the legendary greek sunlight, the unique combination of glorious history with modern, urban innovation, the coexistence of great culture with astonishing natural beauty, the high standard hotel accommodation ...
Propylaea
The Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis was built on the west side of the hill, where the gate of the Mycenaean fortification once stood. The first propylon, or gate, was constructed in the age of Peisistratos (mid-sixth century BC), after the Acropolis had become a sanctuary dedicated to Athena. A new propylon, built-in 510-480 BC, was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC and repaired after the end of the Persian Wars, during the fortification of the Acropolis by Themistokles and Kimon. The monumental Propylaia admired by modern visitors was part of the great Periclean building program. They have erected in 437-432 BC, after the completion of the Parthenon, by architect Mnesikles. The original building plan was particularly daring both in architectural and artistic terms but was never completed. The pie-shaped building of Pentelic marble frames beautifully the entrance to the sacred precinct. The central section, the propylon proper, had an outer (west) and inner (east) facade...
Tempio Di Athena Nike
The temple of Athena Nike stands at the southeast edge of the sacred rock atop a bastion, which in Mycenaean times protected the entrance to the Acropolis. The Classical temple, designed by architect Kallikrates and built-in 426-421 BC, succeeded earlier temples also dedicated to Athena Nike. The first one of these, a mid-sixth century BC wooden temple was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. The eschara, the altar believed to have supported the cult statue of the goddess, dates to this period. Under Kimon, c. 468 BC, a small temple of tufa was erected around the base of the statue and a new altar was built outside the temple. The foundations of these early temples and altars are preserved inside the bastion under the floor of the Classical structure. Pausanias (1, 22, 4) refers to this temple as that of the Apteros Nike, or Wingless Victory, and mentions that the cult statue of the goddess had no wings so that she would never leave Athens. Apart from the cult of Athena Nike other...
Inclusions
- A professional English speaking tour driver with good knowledge of history and culture of Greece.
- Lunch menu on Sundays : Pitta Gyros, Greek salad, Greek Dessert
- Lunch menu Monday-Saturday: ⇢ Variety of Greek home cooked food, Greek salad, Greek dessert
- Drink during lunch: Choose a drink from the following variety: Soft drink or glass of Wine or Beer.
- Entrance Tickets [Acropolis, Temple of Zeus, Ancient Agora]
- Bottled water
- Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle appropriate for the size of your group.
- Private tour pick up/drop-off: Hotels in Athens, AirBnB in Athens, Piraeus port.
- Road tolls and local taxes
- Gratuities
- Acropolis Museum
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- At time of booking, passengers must provide the following information: pick up location, accommodation address and name .
- Caution Restriction: Transfers from/to Athens Airport are not included in this tour, Athens International Airport transfers can be arranged on request at an extra cost!.
- Please note that our vehicles do not have a ramp for disable, foldable wheelchair or strollers are accepted in the vehicle.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 5 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Departure Point . HOTEL MEETING INSTRUCTIONS: We will meet you at the main entrance of your hotel. Please inform the porter that you are expecting your tour driver to call for you. If you are staying in a small hotel, please inform the receptionist instead. Return point: Return to the same spot We can pick you up from your cruise ship pier for an additional cost. Please get in touch with us!
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
HOTEL MEETING INSTRUCTIONS: We will meet you at the main entrance of your hotel. Please inform the porter that you are expecting your tour driver to call for you. If you are staying in a small hotel, please inform the receptionist instead. CRUISE PORT MEETING INSTRUCTIONS: Please disembark and walk outside the terminal exit door, where our driver/guide will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name on it. • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended • Please note: This voucher will not be accepted if presented directly at the venue. • Dress code is smart - no casual clothes (i.e. jeans, sportswear, joggers or sneakers) • If you have not already specified, you MUST advise supplier as soon as possible your Ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and departure time so that appropriate arrangements can be made Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.