Highlights
Avoid the ticket booth and save time
Panoramic city tour of Athens city centre
Guided tour of Acropolis with proffesional guide
See top Athens attractions such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Constitution Square and Panathenaic Stadium
Visit the Acropolis of Athens and see the world-famous Parthenon temple
Guided tour of the Acropolis Museum
See the Erecthion with Caryatids
Travel "green" and experience a carbon-neutral tour
Activity info
From the Acropolis to Omonia Square, with the half-day sightseeing and Acropolis museum tour you'll see all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens on this comprehensive morning tour. Hear insightful commentary from your guide, and pass top Athens attractions including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Greek Parliament building and Presidential Palace. Offering a perfect overview of the modern city, this guided half-day tour will help you get your bearings if this is your first visit to Athens.
Begin your carbon-neutral Athens half-day tour with a photo stop at Panathinaiko Stadium where the first Olympic Games took place in 1896. It is the only stadium built out of white marble. Proceed, passing by Zappeion and Temple of Olympian Zeus. You will then pass 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 (visit Propylae the gateway, Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens). Stroll up to the UNESCO-listed site that served as the ancient citadel, and tour the buildings as you hear how they reflected Athens’ prosperity in the 5th century BC.
Continue the expert guided Athens sightseeing and museum 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, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you.
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What’s included
Transport by luxury A/C bus
Hotel Pick up and drop off service
Services of a Professional and licensed guide
Headsets
All taxes
Acropolis & Acropolis museum entrance fees
Personal expenses
Entrance fees: Admission tickets are not included in the price paid online. You are requested to purchase the tickets before the date of the activity, to ensure that you will be able to enter the Acropolis with your group. The timeslot selected for the Acropolis visit should be at 09:00-10:00 am. For your Acropolis Museum visit please select the timeslot of 12:00 pm. You may purchase the tickets directly from our websites: www.keytours.gr and acropolistickets.gr.
The Official starting time for our tour is Key Tours offices at 08:30 am.