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Private Philosophical Tour in Athens

By WALK IN ATHENS
10 out of 10
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Free cancellation available
Price is CA $241 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • 2h 30m
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Overview

This tour aims to create an experience in the exact places where philosophy was born to provide the opportunity for tourists and travellers to experience in a popular way the main philosophical approaches to the road to happiness (EUDAIMONIA). You can have an acquaintance with the way of achieving the bliss proposed by exceptional thinkers who lived and taught in the city of Athens. This is the best tour for personal development while you wander along the ruins of Athens (BE YOUR BEST VERSION IN ATHENS)

Itinerary
Starting point METRO ACROPOLIS (Makrygianni Exit)
1st route: Theatre of Dionysos -Socrates Prison-Philopapou Hill-Pnyx -Observatory of Athens (Myth of the Cave, Platonic Philosophical Approach to Happiness - Socrates), Tour at the Monument of Philopappos, best photos of PARTHENON
2nd route: Keramikos - Roman Market (Epicurean and Stoic approach to happiness)
3rd route Monument of Lysikrates (Dionysian and Apollonian approach to happiness )- Anafiotika

Activity location
  • Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus
    • 25 Mitseon
    • 117 42, Athina, Greece
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Acropoli
    • 117 42, Athens, Greece

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Private Philosophical Tour in Athens
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00 a.m.
Price details
CA $241.41 x 1 AdultCA $241.41
Total
Price is CA $241.41

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    speaker in order to hear the stories

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  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus
  • 15m
We stand outside the Theatre of Dionysus, the birthplace of tragedy. They will learn why there was an obligation to see a tragic play as a cure for easy judgement and how Carl Jung told us how tragedy can help us be our best selves. We will discuss the view of Budism and evolution psychology to the term of the shelf
Herod Atticus Odeon
  • 10m
The best-known open-door theatre in the world and the message of persona, animus and anima characteristics of the personality.
Prison of Socrates
  • 20m
The allegory of the cave ,Plato's philosophy
Eglise D'agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris
  • 20m
The birth of democracy in this place
Philopappos Monument
  • 15m
The most highly energetic point in Athens, with the best view of the Parthenon and Acropolis . The recipe of Happiness according Plato and Socrates
Pnyx
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
The best view of Athens, the assembly area of Athenian citizens. Aristoteles's perspective of Eudaimonia (blissful) The secret place of Socrates.
Keramikos Archaeological Site
  • 15m
The ancient cemetery of Athens and the Epicurian recipe of Happiness (Epicurus's garden)
Ancient Agora of Athens (Pass by)
The place Stoicism was born. Philosophy was born, Theatre was born, and Democracy was for the first time executed
Adrianou Street (Pass by)
The most beautiful street in Athens
Roman Agora
  • 15m
The place stoicism was taught as a philosophy of Life
Tower of the Winds (Pass by)
The first meteorological station in the world
Mnisikleous (Pass by)
The discussion point of the philosophers. You will experience the atmosphere of the Mnisikleous stair. Best place for lunch
Lysikratous Square
  • 15m
The place Nitze conceive the Apollonian and Dionysian side of Athens
Anafiotika
  • 10m
The 2nd most energetic point in Athens feels to be on a Cycladic island

Location

Activity location
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    Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus
    • 25 Mitseon
    • 117 42, Athina, Greece
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Acropoli
    • 117 42, Athens, Greece

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