Athens Trip Overview
We visit Athens/ Jewish sites as travelers, not as tourists. If you want to see the Jewish & Athens highlights, we recommend a 8 hour private day tour.
The tour starts with a convenient pickup from your location ( Athens – Piraeus) and then takes you to the Acropolis Museum & Hill, Zeus Temple, Olympic stadium, Jewish Museum, Synagogue, Monastiraki/ Flea Market – Giousouroum, the ancient & modern Agora, Lycavetus hill with a panoramic view of Athens and many more…
Schedule is flexible, but most importantly we can drive on small roads and you will see Athens from all different angles. We are content to show you the Athens we know and love, as travelers and not as tourists and for this reason we will avoid the tourist traps.
You have the options of a full payment at the time of your booking or reserve your tour with a deposit only 50% at a lower rate (than Option/ Full Pay). See additional info
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
We visit Athens/ Jewish sites as travelers, not as tourists. If you want to see the Jewish & Athens highlights, we recommend a 8 hour private day tour.
The tour starts with a convenient pickup from your location ( Athens – Piraeus) and then takes you to the Acropolis Museum & Hill, Zeus Temple, Olympic stadium, Jewish Museum, Synagogue, Monastiraki/ Flea Market – Giousouroum, the ancient & modern Agora, Lycavetus hill with a panoramic view of Athens and many more…
Schedule is flexible, but most importantly we can drive on small roads and you will see Athens from all different angles. We are content to show you the Athens we know and love, as travelers and not as tourists and for this reason we will avoid the tourist traps.
You have the options of a full payment at the time of your booking or reserve your tour with a deposit only 50% at a lower rate (than Option/ Full Pay). See additional info
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Panathinaiko Stadio, Athina 116 36, Greece
Kalimarmaro Stadium (fine Marble stadio) which held the first modern Olympic games in 1896, now hosting ceremonial events & live music concerts. Stop for photography
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
Visit the ancient temple on the site of an ancient outdoor sanctuary dedicated to Olympic Zeus. Largest temple in Greece with Corinthian Columns. Visit Optional.
Ticket cost 3€ Nov 1st / Mar 31st) and 6€ (Apr 1st/Oct 31st)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
Ultramodern glass & steel museum housing ancient artifacts from the Acropolis archaeological site. Visit (optional) or have a drink in its veranda with a great view of the Acropolis Hill and Parthenon.
Veranda cafe restaurant its free entrance. Museum ticket is 5€
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
Sightseeing in Athens starts with the Acropolis hill and includes: Dionysus & Herodion theaters, the Temple of the Athena Nike, the monumental entrance (Propylaea), the Erechtheion and the famous Parthenon Temple, which was dedicated to the virgin goddess Athena.
Acropolis Hill Ticket includes all the sites above. Cost 10€ (Nov1st / Mar31st) and 20€ (Apr1st/Oct31st) Visit Optional
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece
The temple was dedicated by the Athenians to Athena Parthenos, is the most magnificent creation of Athenian democracy at the height of its power. It is also the finest monument on the Acropolis hill.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens 10558 Greece
Honoring Athena & Poseidon, this famous, ancient Greek temple features a porch with 6 caryatids (female columns).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Jewish Museum of Greece, 39 Nikis str., Athens 105 57 Greece
The Museum was founded in 1977 to collect, preserve, research and exhibit the material evidence of 2,300 years of Jewish life in Greece.
The collection contains more than ten thousand artifacts (some of which are unique) pertaining to the domestic and religious life, as well as the history of the Greek Jews.
The new building of the Museum houses its rich collection and visitor services in an area of 800 m2, organized in permanent exhibition areas with thematic modular exhibits, an art gallery, a periodic exhibition space.
Monday to Friday 9.00-14.30 / Sundays 10.00-14.00
Admission fees: Adults 6 euros, students 3 euros
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, Mitropoleos Square, Athens 999 20 Greece
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation popularly known as the “Metrópolis”, is the cathedral church of the Archbishopric of Athens and all Greece.
Construction of the Cathedral began on Christmas Day, 1842 with the laying of the cornerstone by King Otto and Queen Amalia.
Workers used marble from 72 demolished churches to build the Cathedral’s immense walls. On May 21 1862, the completed Cathedral was dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου) by the King and Queen. The Cathedral is a three- aisled, domed basilica that measures 130 feet (40 m) long, 65 feet (20 m) wide, and 80 feet (24 m) high. Inside are the tombs of two saints killed by the Ottoman Turks during the Ottoman period: Saint Philothei and Patriarch Gregory V.
In the Square in front of the Cathedral stand two statues. The first is that of Saint Constantine XI the Ethnomartyr, the last Roman/ Byzantine emperor. The second is a statue of Archbishop Damaskinos who was Archbishop of Athens during World War II
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55 Greece
Famous landmark featuring, the ancient temple of Hephaestus, the ruins of an ancient Greek gathering place & a museum with artifacts. Ancient Greek Agora is known as the birthplace of democracy, philosophy and free speech.
During an excavation in the summer of 1977, a piece of Pentelic marble apparently once part of a frieze over a doorway was discovered a few meters from the northeast corner of the Metroon. The marble fragment is incised with the images of a seven-branched Menorah and a Lulav, or palm branch. The synagogue is thought to date from the period between 267 and 396 CE
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Museum of the Ancient Agora, 24 Adrianou, Athens 105 55 Greece
Stoa (Portico) of Attalos. Rebuilt ancient structure once a gathering place & market, now a museum housing Athenian artifacts.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Hephaestus, 24 Adrianou St. Ancient Agora of Athens, Athens 105 55 Greece
The Temple of Hephaestus in central Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbor, the Parthenon. The temple is also known as the Hephaesteum and the Theseum, due to a belief current in Byzantine times that the bones of the legendary Greek hero Theseus were buried there.
It was built in about 449 BC on what was then the western edge of the city of Athens, in a district which contained many foundries and metalwork shops. It was therefore dedicated to Hephaestos, the god of blacksmiths and metallurgy. It was designed by Ictinus, one of the architects who worked on the Parthenon. It stands on a slight rise and in ancient times commanded a fine view of the Agora.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Beit Shalom Synagogue in Athens, Melidoni 3, Athina 105 53, Greece
Beth Shalom Synagogue is the principal synagogue of Athens, Greece. It was built in 1935[3] of white Pentelic marble, the architecture is an austere Greek Revival style. Τhe building was renovated in 1975
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial, Evvoulou, Athens 10553 Greece
The memorial, which was designed by Greek American artist DeAnna Maganias, was erected in 2010. Located in a small park overlooking the Keramikos archaeological site, the memorial features pieces of a broken marble Magen David, each representing a lost Greek Jewish community. The names of the communities are engraved in the marble piece pointing in the direction where they once existed.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Monastraki Flea Market, Ifestou 2, Athens 105 55 Greece
A visit to the Monastiraki flea market in Athens is a must. Situated over a large area from Monastiraki square and metro station down to the end of Ermou street, the flea market is open every day, but on Sundays it is even more interesting to visit, as even more objects are on sale, especially on busy Abyssinias square. The flea market actually consists of shops which are open every day and on Sundays there is the extra bonus of open air improvised stalls. Things to buy range from clothes to old books, stamps, coins, furniture, bric a brac, postcards, memorabilia, decorative objects and more. The prices can vary and bargaining is always necessary. Even just browsing the shops and vendors is great fun.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Central Market Athens, Monastiraki Greece
Fish, meat & produce are sold at this central market, also featuring restaurants.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Syntagma, Syntagma, Athens, Attica
The city’s broad, tree-lined central square, with a fountain, cafes & park benches.
Stop At: Hellenic Parliament, Parliament Mansion, Athens GR-10021 Greece
Old palace from 1800s serve now as Greek parliament, with ceremonial guards & a memorial for unidentified soldiers. See and take photos of the famous Evzones / soldiers in their unique costumes. Stop for Photography
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
National institution for sciences, humanities & fine arts in a landmark 1800s neoclassical building, decorated with the statues of Socrates, & Plato. 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. Stop for a visit photography
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in a landmark 1800s neoclassical building, decorated with Ionic columns and fresco.
It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 100,000 registered students
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: National Library of Greece, 32 Panepistimiou Street, Athens 106 79 Greece
National Library of Greece in a landmark 1800s neoclassical building, decorated with Doric columns
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Mount Lycabettus, Athens Greece
The highest hill in center of Athens 280m ( 1000 feet) with a panoramic 360 view of the city. Great opportunity for Panoramic Photos from the Acropolis, the Olympic Stadium, Aegean Sea and more…
Minibus it’s difficult to approach.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: GOSTIJO, Esopou 10, Athina 105 54, Greece
Gostijo is a Glatt Kosher restaurant, located in the heart of Athens, in the up-and-coming neighborhood of Psiri. We offer traditional Sephardic Mediterranean dishes in a warm and inviting atmosphere. The food is lovingly prepared with carefully chosen ingredients following recipes that have been handed down from generation to generation during centuries
Open Hours 16.00 – 23.00
Duration: 1 hour
