Athens Trip Overview
Enjoy the most important and amazing attractions of Athens. The experienced tour-driver will guide you not only to the usual tourist part of Athens, but to the heart of the Athens everyday life, as well.
Enjoy the unique Athens Riviera with the picturesque sea view on the way to the impressive Cape Sounio. The Temple of Poseidon, the breathtaking view and the whole atmosphere is an experience.
Benefits: new experiences and inner well-being.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Enjoy the most important and amazing attractions of Athens. The experienced tour-driver will guide you not only to the usual tourist part of Athens, but to the heart of the Athens everyday life, as well.
Enjoy the unique Athens Riviera with the picturesque sea view on the way to the impressive Cape Sounio. The Temple of Poseidon, the breathtaking view and the whole atmosphere is an experience.
Benefits: new experiences and inner well-being.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Athens, Attica
Starting the city tour from Kolonaki to Lycabettus Hill, to capture the whole view of Athens with eyes and cameras. You will take the teleferic to Lycabettus and the driver will wait you to continue the tour.
Ticket price (teleferic): 7,50 € per adult – 4 € per child (4-10yrs) – free per child up to 4yrs
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plateia Syntagmatos, Leoforos Vassilissis Amalias, Athens 105 63 Greece
Stop for photos and watching the guards with the traditional uniforms.
Here is the House of Parliament and the monument of the Unknown Soldier.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
Here stands one of the greatest ancient temples of Zeus and one of the most famous marble buildings ever constructed.
Here somebody can admire also, a Roman monument, the triumphal arch that had built by Hadrian.
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
It was originally a natural hollow part of the ground and it was transformed into a stadium by Lykourgos in 330-329 BC for the athletic competitions of the Great Panathinaea Festivities. Between 140 and 144 AD, Herodes Atticus restored the Stadium, giving it the form that was found at the 1870 excavation.It is believed that the Stadium had a seating capacity of 50.000 people.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Presidential Mansion, Herodou Attikou Street, Athens 106 74 Greece
The Presidential Mansion is the official residence of the President of the Hellenic Republic. It served previously as the Royal Palace until the abolition of the monarchy by referendum in 1974.
Pass By: Zappeion Conference & Exhibition Center, Leof. Vasilissis Olgas, Athens Greece
The Zappeion Megaron has been designed by T. Hansen (1874-1888). Evangelis Zappas, a Greek patriot and benefactor from North Epirus, envisaged the rebirth of the spirit of ancient Greece and devoted his life to the revival of the Olympic Games and the promotion of the Αrts.
Pass By: Numismatic Museum, Panepistimiou 12 In the Iliou Melathron, Athens 999-20 Greece
The Numismatic Museum in Athens (Greek: Νομισματικό Μουσείο) is one of the most important museums of Greece and houses one of the greatest collections of coins, ancient and modern, in the world. The museum is the mansion of the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, formally named as Iliou Melathron.
Pass By: Agios Dionysios Areopagitis Catholic Cathedral, 24 Panepistimiou Street, Athens 999-20 Greece
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Roman Catholic church of Athens. It is located in central Athens, at Panepistimiou Avenue and it is dedicated to Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, disciple of the Apostle Saint Paul and the first bishop of Athens.
Pass By: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
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. The building was designed as part of an architectural “trilogy” in 1859 by the Danish architect Theophil Hansen, along with the University and the National Library.
Pass By: Central Market Athens, Monastiraki Greece
Along Athinas Street, the Central Local Market of Athens, since 1886, with local products and food.
Pass By: Kolonaki Square, Pl.Filikis Eterias, Athens 10673 Greece
Kolonaki, a cosmopolitan old neighbourhood, in Athens centre.
Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
The “heart” of History “beats” continuously at Acropolis. It is the centre of Athens and the epicentre of all visitors’ routes. Acropolis with Parthenon is standing there to visit or take photos.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
The picturesque old city of Athens round Acropolis, with amazing view to Parthenon, during the day and at night. Many options, taverns with traditional food, shops, old and new neighbourhoods, churches.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Sounio 195 00 Greece
Enjoy the Athens Riviera with the picturesque sea view on the way to the impressive Cape Sounio. The Temple of Poseidon, the breathtaking view and the whole atmosphere is an experience.
Duration: 1 hour
