Athens Trip Overview
In this tour, you will have a great taste of Athens! During your private tour you will visit the sacred Rock of the Acropolis with the Parthenon, admire the remains of Zeus’s Temple, visit the modern Olympic, Panathenaic or “Kalimarmaro” stadium, and then pass through the National Gardens into the heart of the city. You will also see the Syntagma Square and witness the hourly change of the guards, in front of the Greek Parliament. During the tour you will also see the famous trilogy of neoclassical architecture, the National Library, the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the first University of Athens. Afterwards, we will head uptown to Kolonaki, where elite fashion and couture shops, meet with beautiful sidewalk cafes. Later we will go downtown to the vibrant fish and meat market, before we head to Monastiraki Square. Finally, if time and traffic permits, you will witness a breathtaking view of everything you’ve seen so far, from the highest point of the city, the Lycabettus Hill!
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
In this tour, you will have a great taste of Athens! During your private tour you will visit the sacred Rock of the Acropolis with the Parthenon, admire the remains of Zeus’s Temple, visit the modern Olympic, Panathenaic or “Kalimarmaro” stadium, and then pass through the National Gardens into the heart of the city. You will also see the Syntagma Square and witness the hourly change of the guards, in front of the Greek Parliament. During the tour you will also see the famous trilogy of neoclassical architecture, the National Library, the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the first University of Athens. Afterwards, we will head uptown to Kolonaki, where elite fashion and couture shops, meet with beautiful sidewalk cafes. Later we will go downtown to the vibrant fish and meat market, before we head to Monastiraki Square. Finally, if time and traffic permits, you will witness a breathtaking view of everything you’ve seen so far, from the highest point of the city, the Lycabettus Hill!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece
The Athens Sightseeing usually starts at the Acropolis hill, with well known architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens that includes Erechtheion (female statues of the Caryatides or Maidens dedicated to goddess Athena and god Poseidon), the temple of Athena Nike and Propylaea. You will also have a great chance to foresee the monument (that puts an order in mind), which is the Parthenon. From the top of the Acropolis hill you can see, the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill).
Get ready for a memorable day! We are expecting you!
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
One of the most beautiful museums in the world dedicated completely to the Acropolis hill of Athens.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
The biggest temple ever built in the city of Athens.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
The first stadium of the first modern Olympics and the place where Pheidippides announced the Victory in the Battle of Marathon agains the Persians.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias Syntagma Square, Athens 100 28 Greece
In front of the central square of Athens, located in the front side of the Parliament building, the Evzones (soldiers) wearing the traditional war uniform of 1821 are guarding the famous Tomb of the Unknown soldier.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
Three amazing Neoclassical style buildings.
-The Academy of Arts and Sciences
-The University, and
-The National library
Are the best example of the Neoclassical architecture,
the famous “Athenian Trilogy”
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55 Greece
The location where the ancient Greek philosophers greek used to speak to the people, the market place of ancient Athens with the best preserved temple of Hephaestus.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
You are going to take a flavor of the most popular market area of Athens. This is what we call the “Old Athens”, including greek tavernas, cafeterias and lots of souvenirs shops. Everything surrounded by beautiful buildings of Neoclassical Architecture.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Lykavittos (Mount Lycabettus), Athens, Attica
The tallest hill in the city of Athens, offering a breathtaking panoramic view of the city, including the Acropolis hill.
Duration: 10 minutes
