Athina Trip Overview
Enjoy a 6-hour Acropolis monument, Acropolis museum and food tasting tour with your licensed tour guide. Meet in at Acropolis metro station to start your tour of the landmarks of the Greek capital. After your leisurely made tour of Parthenon, Erechtheum, Propylaeum Gates, and temple of Nike you visit the historic neighborhood of Athens, Plaka, with its picturesque streets and beautiful neoclassical balconies. Visit the new state of the art Acropolis museum. Finish your tour by visiting the culinary back streets of the city enjoying some of the most famous delicacies of the country such as pies, salamis, deserts and local coffee.
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Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athina, Greece, Greece
Enjoy a 6-hour Acropolis monument, Acropolis museum and food tasting tour with your licensed tour guide. Meet in at Acropolis metro station to start your tour of the landmarks of the Greek capital. After your leisurely made tour of Parthenon, Erechtheum, Propylaeum Gates, and temple of Nike you visit the historic neighborhood of Athens, Plaka, with its picturesque streets and beautiful neoclassical balconies. Visit the new state of the art Acropolis museum. Finish your tour by visiting the culinary back streets of the city enjoying some of the most famous delicacies of the country such as pies, salamis, deserts and local coffee.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its greatest religious festivals, earliest cults and several decisive events in the city’s history are all connected to this sacred precinct.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece
The Parthenon, dedicated by the Athenians to Athena Parthenos, the patron of their city, is the most magnificent creation of Athenian democracy at the height of its power.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Theater of Dionysus, Mitseon 25, Athens 105 58 Greece
Ancient Theater of Athens and first place where theatrical performances took place. A sacred place for the human civilization.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Herod Atticus Odeon, Dionissiou Areopagitou, Athens Greece
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus – known as the “Herodeon” – is located on the southern slopes of the Acropolis, on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street. Entry to the Odeon is from the pedestrianised Dionyssiou Areopagitou Street, a walkway linking Athens’ main archaeological sites. The venue is easily accessible due to its location in the heart of the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Dionysiou Areopagitou Acropolis, Athens 10558 Greece
The temple of Athena Nike stands at the southeast edge of the sacred rock atop a bastion, which in Mycenaean times protected the entrance to the Acropolis. The Classical temple, designed by architect Kallikrates and built in 426-421 BC, succeeded earlier temples also dedicated to Athena Nike. The first one of these, a mid-sixth century BC wooden temple was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. The eschara, the altar believed to have supported the cult statue of the goddess, dates to this period
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Monastiraki, Athens Greece
Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops, and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping. The area is named after Monastiraki Square, which in turn is named for the Church of the Pantanassa that is located within the square. The main streets of this area are Pandrossou Street and Adrianou Street.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
The old historic Athens city center, named Plaka. Beautiful narrow steers and neoclassical 19th century buildings give you a feeling of being in the romantic times of 2 centuries ago.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Athens Walks Tour Company, Athanasiou Diakou 16, Athens 105 53 Greece
Office and tour operator of Athens Full day tour
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
Visit to the New state of the Art, Acropolis museum on the footsteps of Acropolis
Duration: 2 hours
