Athens Trip Overview
With your expert guide you will discover the city’s most important cultural sites, including the colossal remains of the Temple of Zeus and the Acropolis, a UNESCO world heritage site. You will also wander through the Agora, the heart of classical Athens. Once a bustling marketplace, in these now peaceful ruins you’ll walk in Socrates’ footsteps amongst classic temples and Byzantine churches, learning how Athens became the birthplace of democracy.
Explore bustling Plaka, the oldest district in the city. Sometimes called “the neighbourhood of the gods”, Plaka is known for its winding alleyways and scenic shopping.
After finishing lunch, escape the heat of the day with a visit the spectacular (and air-conditioned) New Acropolis Museum. Finally, you will also visit the stunningly marbled Panathenaic Stadium. Constructed for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Greece, Greece
With your expert guide you will discover the city’s most important cultural sites, including the colossal remains of the Temple of Zeus and the Acropolis, a UNESCO world heritage site. You will also wander through the Agora, the heart of classical Athens. Once a bustling marketplace, in these now peaceful ruins you’ll walk in Socrates’ footsteps amongst classic temples and Byzantine churches, learning how Athens became the birthplace of democracy.
Explore bustling Plaka, the oldest district in the city. Sometimes called “the neighbourhood of the gods”, Plaka is known for its winding alleyways and scenic shopping.
After finishing lunch, escape the heat of the day with a visit the spectacular (and air-conditioned) New Acropolis Museum. Finally, you will also visit the stunningly marbled Panathenaic Stadium. Constructed for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
Admire the Parthenon’s remarkable design, learn about the uses of Acropolis Hill over the centuries, and cross through Acropolis propylaea gate, as the ancients would have done in procession centuries ago.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
Walk through the charming Plaka district, with its famed white staircases, cafes and terraces and see the Lysicrates Monument.
Stop At: Museum of the Ancient Agora, 24 Adrianou, Athens 105 55 Greece
Skip the line into the Greek Agora to explore Ancient Greece’s economic and political centre.
Admire the Temple of Hephaestus, known to be the the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world, and is even older than the Parthenon.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Stoa of Attalos, Adrianou St. 24, Athens Greece
See the Stoa of Attalos, the beautifully reconstructed Ancient Greek Portico, once an ancient shopping mall.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
Skip the line and tour the air-conditioned New Acropolis Museum during the heat of the day!
See the Parthenon Marbles up close on the Museum’s top floor, as you admire breathtaking views over the monument itself.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
End the tour at the famed Olympic (Panathenaic Stadium), the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble and home to the first modern games in 1896.
Duration: 1 hour
