Half Day Athens Sightseeing Tour with Acropolis Museum
Description
This tour gives you an opportunity to observe the striking contrasts that make Athens such a fascinating city. Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop). Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian's Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma). On the Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis museum.
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Itinerary
Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).
Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform
the Temple of Olympian Zeus
the Hadrian's Arch
the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma).
On the Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis museum.
We continue the expert guided Athens sightseeing and museum tour with a pleasant short walk passing by Herodion and Dionysos Theater, in order to visit the museum. Main attractions such as votives, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pickup starts: 1 hour before departure. Traveler pickup is offered from selected Athens hotels. Enter your accommodation details and we will inform you on the exact pick up time and location after your booking. If you are staying at an area outside of our pickup zone, you will be advised to proceed to the nearest pick up point. If you are staying at an area outside of our pickup zone, you will be advised to proceed to the nearest pick up point.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The tour is not suitable for people with hurt or mobility problems.
Reviews(49)
Loved this tour. Our guide Fontina was incredibly knowledgeable, warm, and kept the group moving at a great pace. Having a licensed guide makes a real difference; they have access to areas others don’t. Highly recommend. Just bring cash to tip — she earned it!
First we had to stop at the Panathenaic Stadium 15 minutes and it did not! The guide spoke much more in English than in French! I paid for a visit with explanations in French! She spoke too fast and no room for questions! Group too big, more than 30 people. Several people left the group before the visit ended. And no one left him a tip! She didn’t deserve it! I paid $435 Canadian dollars for this substandard ride!
Acropolis was the highlight but the city tour and museum with it are great also. Bring water, very hot usually. Acropolis gets very crowded so early tours are best. Excellent experience.
We absolutely loved this tour it was the perfect way to see the highlights of Athens without feeling rushed. Our guide was knowledgeable, passionate about Greek history and his country. We loved the acropolis and the museum was also a highlight
It’s rushed. With hindsight, as we were travelling off season, we could have done the tour without a guide (we did not need to skip the line) and spent more time in the museum. But we did receive quite a lot of useful information from our guide.
Our tour guide was phenomenal! I give her all the credit for making the tour enjoyable. The company needs to upgrade headsets/equipment as many had constant static. Also they changed the hotel location and I didn’t realize until I checked the messages a few minutes before the busses were supposed to load. Luckily it was a couple blocks away.
Exceptional tour guide, Knowledgeable, Great Spirit and Passion in her explanations of the Museum and climb to the Acropolis, The pick up was a little late but understandable because of our hotel location.
Very nice tour of the Acropolis’s museum and the actual site! We had plenty of time to look at everything. Very knowledgeable guide and she got us back to the hotel or if we wanted could roam the Plaka on our own and take taxi. Saw orig Olympic stadium!
The places visited on the tour were very good. Quite comprehensive for a half-day tour that we took. However, the tour guide who provided the explanations had a complete lack of knowledge about the history and content of the tour. 90% of the time, she talked about operational matters regarding how to walk and be careful with what we did, and only 10% of the time, she explained the monuments, their history, and other details.
Probably the worst tour we have experienced across 30 countries over 25 years. Guide english was very poor, disorientated, made lots of mistakes, did not have all working handsets, often got information wrong and did not know how to manage a group. The tour goes around and around the city repeating directions, not stopping at enough key buildings. Explanations were poor. Despite the protests in main CBD, driver and next guide hassled us off the bus 10-20 mins away from drop off point so they could rush to next tour. Poor organisation. Dont do this with tour operator, everyone use hop on hop off buses for city then go to Acropolis separately. A full refund would be appreciated.
