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Athens
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Best of Athens Half Day Private Tour

By My Athens Transfers
9.4 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$362 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Explore the timeless wonders of Athens and immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of history and culture as we journey through iconic landmarks. From the majestic Acropolis, where the Parthenon stands as a testament to ancient civilisation, to the historic Plaka district with its charming streets and vibrant atmosphere, this tour encapsulates the essence of Athens. Marvel at the intricate craftsmanship of the Erechtheion and delve into the heart of ancient Athens at the Agora, once the bustling marketplace and agora of Athenian democracy. With personalised attention from your expert guide, uncover hidden gems and fascinating anecdotes that bring each site to life.

• Take the hassle out of seeing Athens with the freedom of a private tour
• Get the personalised experience of a private tour
• Customise the itinerary to suit your interests and preferences
• Gain a thorough perspective of Athens' key landmarks
• Enjoy the comfort of an air-conditioned private car with WiFi available onboard

Activity location

  • Athens
    • Athens, Greece, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Athens
    • Athens, Greece, Greece

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Best of Athens 4H
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Duration: 4 hours
Athens Odyssey: A 4-hour Journey through Ancient Splendours and Modern Wonders
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$361.85 x 1 AdultAU$361.85
Total
Price is AU$361.85
Until Thu, 20 Feb
Best of + Acropolis Museum 5H
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Duration: 5 hours
Athenian Marvels: Best of Athens plus Acropolis Museum
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$394.74 x 1 AdultAU$394.74
Total
Price is AU$394.74
Until Thu, 20 Feb
Best of + Anc. Agora 5H
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Duration: 5 hours
Athens Timeless Treasures: Best of Athens plus Ancient Agora, Roman Agora, and Temple of Hephaestus
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$394.74 x 1 AdultAU$394.74
Total
Price is AU$394.74
Until Thu, 20 Feb
Best of + Arch. Museum 5H
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

Duration: 5 hours
Athenian Time Capsule: Best of Athens plus National Archaeological Museum
Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$394.74 x 1 AdultAU$394.74
Total
Price is AU$394.74
Until Thu, 20 Feb

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedWiFi on board
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional drivers with deep knowledge of history (Not licensed to accompany you in any site)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedAthens hotel/ Piraeus port pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets (available upon request or book on your own - links on the ticket/ voucher)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets - Acropolis (€20 or €30 pp, must be purchased in advance - limited availability)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets - Acropolis Museum (€20 pp)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance tickets - Nat. Arch. Museum (€12 pp)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLicensed tour guide - upon request and depending on availability
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Our drivers are not official tour guides, but they are knowledgeable and can provide fascinating commentary in fluent English. Although they will not enter the archaeological sites with you, they can answer all of your questions about the places you visit with this tour.
  • Third party activities and especially extreme sports are not allowed during the tour. This can be a cause for immediate cancellation of the tour.
  • Airport pick-up and drop-off upon request (Additional cost)
  • We can provide you with the skip-the-line tickets upon request or you can pre-purchase them by following the links on your ticket/ voucher. The availability is limited and the tickets must be pre-purchased timely.

Activity itinerary

Athens
  • 5m
Pick up from your hotel, apartment, Airbnb in Athens or Piraeus port
Acropolis
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Walk on the land in which thousands of years ago some of the largest and most important parts of the global philosophy, politics, and science were born and flourished. Navigate ancient monuments of priceless cultural and historical value and experience in person the greatness and glamour of Greek ancient times. Starting off with the Acropolis, which in Greek translates to the edge of the city, the geographically and spiritually highest point according to ancient Greeks.
Propylaea
  • 5m
The Propylaea was the monumental gateway to the Acropolis of Athens and was one of several public works commissioned by the Athenian leader Pericles in order to rebuild the Acropolis a generation after the conclusion of the Persian Wars.
Parthenon
  • 30m
An architectural jewel that hosts the best of what the human spirit and genius has ever conceived, an open embrace that awaits its famed sister marbles to welcome them home again.
Erechtheion
  • 15m
The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.
Temple of Athena Nike
  • 15m
The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis. It has a prominent position on a steep bastion at the southwest corner of the Acropolis to the right of the entrance, the Propylaea. In contrast to the Acropolis proper, a walled sanctuary entered through the Propylaea, the Victory Sanctuary was open, entered from the Propylaea's southwest wing and from a narrow stair on the north. The sheer walls of its bastion were protected on the north, west, and south by the Nike Parapet, named for its frieze of Nikai celebrating victory and sacrificing to their patroness, Athena and Nike.
Theater of Dionysus
  • 15m
The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. The first orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the mid- to late-sixth century BC, where it hosted the City Dionysia. The theatre reached its fullest extent in the fourth century BC under the epistates of Lycurgus when it would have had a capacity of up to 17,000, and was in continuous use down to the Roman period. The theatre then fell into decay in the Byzantine era and was not identified, excavated, and restored to its current condition until the nineteenth century.
Herod Atticus Odeon
  • 15m
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Roman theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens. The building was completed in 161 AD and then renovated in 1950.
Arch of Hadrian (Pass by)
The Arch of Hadrian, most commonly known in Greek as Hadrian's Gate, is a monumental gateway resembling a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the centre of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Pass by)
Between the Acropolis and the Ilisos River are the remains of the Olympian Zeus Temple (now known as the Pillars of Olympian Zeus), one of Athens’ most important and oldest shrines. The space even today gives the visitor a sense of grandeur.
Panathenaic Stadium
  • 10m
Continuing with the stunning Calimarmaro or as it is called today, the Panathenaic Stadium, the house of the first modern Olympic games, made of Pentelic marble in which the Olympic ideals are still reflected today.
Mount Lycabettus
  • 20m
After leaving the beautiful Calimarmaro behind us, we will drive up to Lycabettus hill where you will enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the city and admire the combination of ancient and modern Athens from above.
Syntagma (Pass by)
Syntagma Square (Constitution Square) is the central square of Athens. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843.[2] It is located in front of the 19th century Old Royal Palace, housing the Greek Parliament since 1934. Syntagma Square is the most important square of modern Athens from both a historical and social point of view, at the heart of commercial activity and Greek politics. The name Syntagma alone also refers to the neighbourhood surrounding the square.
Hellenic Parliament
  • 5m
View of the national guards and the monument of the unknown soldier. Quick stop for a photo.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • 15m
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok. The tomb is guarded by the Evzones of the Presidential Guard.
The Academy of Athens (Pass by)
The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926 and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The Academy's main building is one of the major landmarks of Athens.
National Library of Greece (Pass by)
The National Library of Greece is situated near the centre of the city of Athens. It was designed by the Danish architect Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, as part of his famous Trilogy of neo-classical buildings including the Academy of Athens and the original building of the Athens University. It was founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Pass by)
The University of Athens has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrolment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students. The University of Athens was founded on 3 May 1837 by King Otto of Greece and was named in his honour Othonian University. It was the first university in the liberated Greek state and in the surrounding area of Southeast Europe as well. It was also the second academic institution after the Ionian Academy. This fledgling university consisted of four faculties; Theology, Law, Medicine and Arts (which included applied sciences and mathematics). During its first year of operation, the institution was staffed by 33 professors, while courses were attended by 52 students and 75 non-matriculated "auditors".
Plaka (Pass by)
The old historical area of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens. It is known as the "Area of the Gods" due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites.
National History Museum (Old Parliament) (Pass by)
The Old Parliament House at Stadiou Street in Athens housed the Greek Parliament between 1875 and 1935. It now houses the country's National Historical Museum.
Acropolis Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit for 1 hour by selecting the "Best of + Acropolis Museum 5H" option of this tour. The total duration of the tour by selecting this option is about 5 hours. After exploring the Acropolis, visit the Acropolis Museum nearby. Discover a vast collection of artefacts and sculptures from the Acropolis, including the original Caryatids, Parthenon friezes, and other treasures of ancient Greece.
National Archaeological Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit for 1 hour at the National Archaeological Museum by selecting the "Best of + Arch. Museum 5H" option of this tour. The total duration of the tour by selecting this option is about 5 hours. Explore the vast collection of ancient artefacts and treasures at the National Archaeological Museum, one of the most important museums in the world.
Temple of Hephaestus
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit for 30 minutes at the Temple of Hephaestus by selecting the "Best of + Anc. Agora 5H" option of this tour. This option also includes the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Roman Agora and the total duration is about 5 hours. This beautifully preserved temple is situated on the west side of the Ancient Agora in Athens. Built in the 5th century BC, it is dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths and craftsmanship. The temple's excellent condition allows visitors to get a glimpse of ancient Greek architectural style.
Ancient Agora of Athens
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit for 20 minutes at the Ancient Agora by selecting the "Best of + Anc. Agora 5H" option of this tour. This option also includes the Temple of Hephaestus and the Roman Agora and the total duration is about 5 hours. The Ancient Agora was the heart of public life in ancient Athens. It served as a marketplace and a civic centre where people gathered for social, political, and commercial activities. Here, you can see the remains of various buildings, including the Stoa of Attalos, the Temple of Hephaestus, and the Bouleuterion (Council House).
Roman Agora
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
Optional visit for 20 minutes at the Roman Agora by selecting the "Best of + Anc. Agora 5H" option of this tour. This option also includes the Ancient Agora of Athens and the Temple of Hephaestus and the total duration is about 5 hours. Located just north of the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora was constructed later in Roman times. It was a marketplace used during the Roman period and served as a centre for commercial and administrative activities. The Tower of the Winds, an ancient clocktower and weather vane, is one of the prominent structures within the Roman Agora.

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    • Athens, Greece, Greece

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    • Athens, Greece, Greece

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