Athina Trip Overview
Enjoy a private tailor-made tour of the city of Athens led by a personal professional guide. Visit the UNESCO-listed site of Acropolis which is the icon of Athens, important landmarks like the Temple of Zeus, Panathinaikon stadium, Acropolis Museum or stroll around the paths of Plaka. Explore Athens at your own pace and discover the ancient as well as the modern city of Athens. Customize the tour according to your preferences and the sites that you would like to visit.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Athina, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
Explore Athina Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Athina, Greece, Greece
Enjoy a private tailor-made tour of the city of Athens led by a personal professional guide. Visit the UNESCO-listed site of Acropolis which is the icon of Athens, important landmarks like the Temple of Zeus, Panathinaikon stadium, Acropolis Museum or stroll around the paths of Plaka. Explore Athens at your own pace and discover the ancient as well as the modern city of Athens. Customize the tour according to your preferences and the sites that you would like to visit.
Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Leof. Vasileos Konstantinou, Athina 116 35, Greece
Following an accurate pick-up by luxury air conditioned vehicle, we suggest you to begin with a visit to Panathinaiko Stadium, the cradle of the first modern Olympic games, which took place in 1896.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Syntagma Square, Pl. Sintagmatos, Athina 105 63, Greece
Pass by the Greek Parliament in the former Royal Palace of Syntagma Square and watch the fanciful Evzoni Guards in their amber tunics. Continue to the stately Zappion Conference Center in the National Gardens of Greece.
Pass By: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece
Another option is to visit the Roman Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian’s Arc and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, guarded by more Evzones.
Stop At: Acropolis, via Dionysiou Areopagitou str., Athens 105 58 Greece
After passing by the handsome Numismatic Museum at Schlieman’s House, the Catholic Cathedral and the Athens Neoclassical trilogy, you finally reach the impressive Acropolis. Visit the monumental marble gates of the Propylae, the Temples of Athena, Nike and Parthenon. See the famous Porch of Maidens at the Temple of Erectheion.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece
We strongly recommend you to visit also Acropolis Museum, home to a multitude of archaeological finds from the Acropolis but firstly enjoy a pleasant short walk past Herodion and Dionysos Theater. Acropolis Museum includes major attractions, votives, artifacts of everyday life, archaic statues, Caryatids and the Parthenon hall with displays from the pediments, the metopes and the frieze.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece
Another option is to customize the above suggested itinerary and add also a walk at Plaka old district. As a main tourist attraction of Athens, Plaka has a lot of traditional restaurants and shops, mainly selling souvenirs as well as furs, leather clothes and fine handmade jewellery, which stay open until late at night seven days a week.
