Athens Trip Overview
From pick up at your Hotel, Cruise ship or Athens residence sit back in comfort as our experienced professional tour driver takes you on a tour of all the Athens Highlights including the Acropolis, New Acropolis Museum, Arch of Hadrian, Temple of Zeus, Olympic Stadium, Parliament & Changing of the Guards, and National Archaeological Museum, so you won’t miss anything during your visit
Enjoy the comfort of luxury vehicles with free Wi-Fi and chilled bottled water along the way. Additional Booking options allow you to add either lunch (Gold package); or Lunch plus an Expert Private Guide and Admission for the Acropolis & New Acropolis Museum so you can also skip the lines & avoid ticket hold-ups (Platinum package).
Additional Info
Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
From pick up at your Hotel, Cruise ship or Athens residence sit back in comfort as our experienced professional tour driver takes you on a tour of all the Athens Highlights including the Acropolis, New Acropolis Museum, Arch of Hadrian, Temple of Zeus, Olympic Stadium, Parliament & Changing of the Guards, and National Archaeological Museum, so you won’t miss anything during your visit
Enjoy the comfort of luxury vehicles with free Wi-Fi and chilled bottled water along the way. Additional Booking options allow you to add either lunch (Gold package); or Lunch plus an Expert Private Guide and Admission for the Acropolis & New Acropolis Museum so you can also skip the lines & avoid ticket hold-ups (Platinum package).
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
Visit the Acropolis & its associated temples including the Parthenon, Temple of Nike and Temple of Erechtheion. Stop at Herodes Atticus Theatre.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
Explore the New Acropolis Museum situated adjacent to the Acropolis which houses the many masterpieces from the site. If you prefer you can continue without entering also.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
Your driver will guide you through the Plaka area at the heart of modern Athens blending the new with the old and full of the sites sounds & daily life in the city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias Syntagma Square, Athens 100 28 Greece
At the tomb you will see the impressive changing of the guard’s ceremony, with the iconic ‘Evzone’ guards in their traditional uniform.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
Stop at Panepistimiou str, for the Athenian Trilogy – the three elegant buildings: The University, The Academy and The Library.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
Colossal temple at the center of Athens dedicated to the God Zeus and once home to one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Arch of Hadrian (Pili tou Adrianou), Leoforos Amalias, Athens Greece
Classic Triumphal Arch built by the Ancient Athenians for the Roman Emperor Hadrian & seen together with the Temple of Zeus in the same location
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plateia Syntagmatos, Leoforos Vassilissis Amalias, Athens 105 63 Greece
Main square of Athens housing the Parliament building & focus of much of Athenian life & Politics.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Maximos Mansion, Irodou Attikou 19, Athens 10674 Greece
A short stop at the The Neoclassical Maximos Mansion, also called the Greek “White House”. Official residence of the Prime Minister of Greece since 1982
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
Also called ‘Kallimarmaro’ stadium is one of the highlights of Athens where the classic Marathon ends & the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: National Archaeological Museum, Patision 44, Athens 106 82 Greece
Recognized as one of the greatest of the world’s museums its exhibits contain the largest collection from Greek antiquity with unmissable and seminal pieces from the Gold ‘Deathmask of Agamemnon’, leader of the Greeks in the Trojan war, to the 2000-year-old ‘Antikithera mechanism’ and worlds first computer; the Cup of Nestor referred to in Homer’s Iliad, to the ‘Ring of Theseus’ to Masterpieces of sculpture such as the statues of Aphrodite & Poseidon. Please note that we are able to add a private expert guide for this site on request (additional cost).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Roman Agora, Polignotou 3, Athens 105 55 Greece
ON REQUEST. We can add this site to your itinerary on request, and as a replacement of one or two of the others on our existing schedule.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55 Greece
ON REQUEST. We can add this site to your itinerary on request, and as a replacement of one or two of the others on our existing schedule.
The Agora was the marketplace of the Ancient Greeks & centre of political & social life in Athens. A significant site home to the philosophers, craftsmen & housing the remains of many important buildings including an on-site museum in a recreation of an ancient market and the Temple of Hephaestus, best preserved ancient temple in existence.
Duration: 1 hour
