Athens One Day: Parthenon, Αcropolis Museum & Cape Sounio Including Lunch

Highlights
Avoid the ticket booth and save time
Full day trip of Athens highlights including visit to Cape Sounion
Travel back in time during visit at the impressive Panathinaiko Stadium
Guided tour of UNESCO-listed Acropolis & the New Acropolis museum
Typical Greek lunch at traditional restaurant in Plaka with vegeterian options
Marvel at the Temple of Poseidon and discover the stirring legends that surround it
Discover historical monuments while we are offsetting your travel footprint
Activity info
From the Acropolis to Omonia Square, you'll see with this full day trip all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens. Offering a perfect overview of the modern city, this guided tour will help you get your bearings if this is your first visit to Athens.

Begin your carbon-neutral Athens full-day tour with a photo stop at Panathinaiko Stadium where the first Olympic Games took place in 1896. Proceed, passing by Zappeion and Temple of Olympian Zeus. You will then drive past the Athens Trilogy which includes the University of Athens, the Academy of Athens, and the National Library. Continue passing by National Garden, Hadrian’s Arc, St. Paul’s Church, Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, Schliemann’s House (Numismatic Museum), Catholic Cathedral, Old Parliament, Constitution Square ,Russian Orthodox Church, and finally ACROPOLIS.

Continue the expert guided Athens sightseeing and Acropolis museum one day tour with a pleasant short walk passing by Herodion and Dionysos Theater, in order to visit the ACROPOLIS museum. Avoid and skip the lines of the new museum. Main attractions such as votives, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you.

After a morning tour full of images continue in a local restaurant (Tripadvisor awarded) under the slopes of Acropolis for lunch. After lunch take a scenic drive along the coastal road which offers fantastic views of the Saronic Gulf. Your expert archaeologist escort will dive you into the history, the myths and the legends of the temple which was built here in 44 B.C. on a hilltop overlooking the sea. It was dedicated to Poseidon, god of the seas.
Entering the archaeological site, you will have one-hour free time to enjoy the remaining of the temple and the breathtaking views over the Aegean sea.

The tour will conclude with a drive back to Athens, completing a full day of history and beauty.

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What’s included
Transport by luxury air conditioned bus
Tour guide for Acropolis & Acropolis Museum
Hotel pick up/drop off service
Lunch
Headsets
All taxes

Entrance fees
Drinks and beverages
Entrance fees: Admission tickets are not included in the price paid online. The price for the entrance tickets can be paid directly to our stuff members the date of the tour.

The Official starting time for our tour is Key Tours offices at 08:30 am. Please arrive at our offices 15 minutes prior to the departure time.

Activity info