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Athens Private Full Day Tour

By Tours in Athens and Greece
9.2 out of 10
Price is $511 per traveler* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Explore the Acropolis
  • See the Temple of Zeus
  • Marvel at the Panathinaic Stadium
  • View the Parliament and Change of the guards
  • Wander the Acropolis Museum

Activity location

    • Athens, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel pick up and drop off in Athens
    • Athens, Greece

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Athens Private Full Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Live Commentary in English provided by professional english speaking guide-driver

Language options: English
Starting time: 8:00am
Price details
$510.61 x 1 Traveler$510.61

Total
Price is $510.61

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedDriver with Car
  • What's includedWhat's includedProtection from tourist traps
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTickets for sightseeing (30 euros for all sites+5 euros for museum of Acropolis per person)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Our tours are provided by comfortable Mercedes 9 seater minivans with panoramic view
  • Professional English speaking driver that provides many information
  • Please contact us 24 hours before your tour to inform us of your hotel location.

What you can expect

For those who seek the perfect city, this is Athens, which combines the old with the new, the modern with the history so perfectly.

Your private tour will start with the Acropolis site, a complex of buildings that includes the Parthenon (main temple)the best example of classic architecture of the 5th century BC , 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).

Our next stop will be the Temple Of the Olympian Zeus (the largest temple in Hellenic and Roman times), the Panathenian Stadium (the stadium of the first Olympic Games on 1896) , 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.

After that let's see the Trilogy of Athens (the Academy, the First University of Athens and the National Greek Library) and finally the 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.

We will also drive through Plaka (the oldest neighborhood in Athens) the picturesque quarter of the city, where there are little shops with handmade crafts and gifts for you to buy and Monastiraki (Flea Market), where you can have a pleasant walk and shopping with your friends and family.

If the time permits, our next stop will be the Ancient Greek Agora or the Roman Agora (ancient markets), where is the temple of Hephaestus (the most well preserved temple in Greece), the Stoa of Attalos and the beautiful St. Catherine orthodox church.

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.

After lunch, enjoy a visit at the New Acropolis Museum where you can see the marbles of the Parthenon and a superb collection of artifacts and relics found on the Acropolis excavations

Location

Activity location

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    • Athens, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel pick up and drop off in Athens
    • Athens, Greece