Athens Private Guided Tour: Acropolis, Parthenon and Museum

Start your private tour at the Acropolis metro station and start exploring with your experienced local guide. Get to know them as you prepare to start discovering the most popular monument in Athens.

Beat the crowds and explore the famous Acropolis on this private walking tour. Your pre-reserved tickets will help you avoid the long queues. Discover this wonder of the ancient world, and immerse yourself in Greek history alongside your professional local guide. Easily the most famous monument in Athens, the Acropolis deserves a detailed tour that includes the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Propylaia and-of course-the Parthenon.

Learn about the most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its most significant religious festivals and earliest cults, and how several specific events in the city’s history are all connected to this sacred precinct.

Explore the Acropolis and its related monuments, all of which are in harmony with their natural surroundings. See how these unique masterpieces of ancient architecture innovatively combine different orders and styles of Classical art. Enjoy unforgettable moments in your private tour as you learn how these monuments have influenced art and culture for many centuries.

Get an excellent understanding of this fascinating part of the Acropolis from your expert local guide. Visualize the Acropolis of the fifth century BC, as it is still an accurate reflection of the splendor, power, and wealth of that era. Enjoy Athens as it was at its peak, during the golden age of Perikles.

Enjoy the views over the city and all the way to the Aegean Sea. Follow your guide on a different route towards the south exit so that you also see the Altar of Asclepius and the Theater of Dionysus, the birthplace of theater drama.

Discover the temples on the north side of the Acropolis that most visitors miss out on. Take a break as you walk through the temples that primarily housed the earlier Athenian cults and those of the Olympian gods.

Once the Acropolis walking tour finishes, head to the Acropolis Museum to complement this part of the tour. Your guide organizes the timing of the museum either before or after the Acropolis hill, depending on the season and the crowds. The Acropolis Museum is stunning, to say the least. Your visit to it includes a peak at treasures of ancient Greek civilization. The museum building itself is also worth discovering, a its unique design has incorporated excavations which are visible under its stunning glass floors. After around three hours, your tour concludes back at the original starting point.