Athens Trip Overview
A private tour that covers some of the most famous attractions such as the Acropolis-Parthenon & the million-photographed Corinth Canal along with many more impressives ones in the comfort of your own private transportation.
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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
A private tour that covers some of the most famous attractions such as the Acropolis-Parthenon & the million-photographed Corinth Canal along with many more impressives ones in the comfort of your own private transportation.
Stop At: Acropolis, Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 105 58 Greece
Our first stop is the Acropolis site, a complex of buildings that includes the Parthenon (main temple), Erectheion (the temple with the 6 female figurers, Caryatides), Temple of Athena Nike (Wingless Godess), Propylaia (the monumental Gate), Odeon of Herodus Atticus, Dionysus theater and finally the Mars Hill or Areios Pagos (the first ancient court and the place that St. Paul preached the Christianity for the fist time in Athens).
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
Our next stop will be the Temple Of the Olympian Zeus (the largest temple in Hellenic and Roman times)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue opposite the statue of Myron Discobolus, Athens 116 35 Greece
Then we visit the Panathenian Stadium (the stadium of the first Olympic Games on 1896)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Plateia Syntagmatos, Leoforos Vassilissis Amalias, Athens 105 63 Greece
A visit to the memorial of the Unknown Soldier and the changing of the Guards (Euzones) in front of the Greek Parliament, opposite the Syntagma or Constitutional square, is necessary!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece
Let’s continue and see the Trilogy of Athens (the Academy, the First University of Athens and the National Greek Library)
Stop At: Mount Lycabettus, Athens Greece
Finally we reach Lycabettus Hill (the highest point of Athens)and don’t forget to take some pictures and a memory in your mind and heart of the entire city. When you feel hungry get ready to taste the famous Greek cuisine and have a memorable lunch;the tour will guide you to a traditional Athens restaurant or tavern.It’s up to you to choose from a variety of flavors of the most known Greek dishes.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
After your lunch, it’s time to drive to the peninsula of Athens, Peloponnese and visit the Corinth Canal that connects the Ionian with the Aegean Sea and Ancient Corinth (the city of Apollo and Afrodite, plus one of the most important visits of St. Paul)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Argous 105 Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth 200 07 Greece
Ancient Corinth was an important state city during the ancient years, the richest and most famous port of the ancient Greece. There you can visit both Greek and Roman arhitectures at the archaeological site and the museum.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
