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Athens Highlights Half Day Private Tour
Athens Highlights Half Day Private Tour
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Athens Highlights Half Day Private Tour
Athens Highlights Half Day Private Tour

Athens Highlights Half Day Private Tour

By Olive Sea Travel
4.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $514 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

If you want to visit Athens but have only 5 hours, this is your best option. See the highlights of Athens skipping traffic on a private tour, feeling like a traveller.

Activity location

  • Acropolis
    • Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str.
    • 105 58, Athens, Greece, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Acropolis
    • Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str.
    • 105 58, Athens, Greece

Check availability


Athens Half Day Private tour
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:30 p.m.
Price details
CA $513.60 x 1 AdultCA $513.60

Total
Price is CA $513.60
Until Sun, May 26

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional Drivers with Deep knowledge of history [Not licensed to accompany you in any site]
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel/ AirBnb/ Port pick up & drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedSkip the line Tickets [Acropolis, Temple of Zeus, Ancient Agora]
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAirport Pick Up and drop-off [Additional cost]
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLicensed Tour guide upon request depending on availability [Additional cost - 280 €]
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMuseum Ticket [15€pp/ If chosen visited instead of Ancient Agora]

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The drivers are not licensed to accompany you inside any site or museum. If you require a licensed guide to tour the sites with you, you need to hire one additionally. If you have any questions you can contact us on the phone number provided by Viator.
  • Please contact us after your booking if you are using a wheelchair or if you are travelling with infants
  • Tickets Included in the bookings made after 6/11/2023

Activity itinerary

Acropolis
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Sightseeing in Athens starts with the hill of Acropolis which will make your day. On the historical hill, you will have the opportunity to see the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Temple of the Athena Nike, the monumental gateway (Propylaea), the Erechtheum and of course the famous Parthenon, the main temple dedicated to the virgin goddess Athena.
Propylaea (Pass by)
The Propylaea is the monumental entrances to the sacred area dedicated to Athena, the patron goddess of the city. Built by the architect Mnesicles with Pentelic marble, their design was avant-garde. To the south-west of the Propylaea, on a rampart protecting the main entrance to the Acropolis, is the Ionian temple of Apteros Nike.
Parthenon (Pass by)
Parthenon, the main temple dedicated to the virgin goddess Athena. The eternal symbol of the Athenian Democracy and the Western Civilisation.
Erechtheion (Pass by)
Temple of Poseidon and Athena, the strangest and most sacred place in ancient Athens.
Temple of Athena Nike (Pass by)
Temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Nike or Wingless Victory.
Theater of Dionysus (Pass by)
The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major theatre in Athens, considered to be the world's first theatre, built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis.
Herod Atticus Odeon (Pass by)
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Roman theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in 161 AD and then renovated in 1950.
Temple of Olympian Zeus
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
After the Acropolis, we will head towards the Temple of Zeus, the biggest temple in antiquity, devoted to the King of the Gods, by way of Hadrian's Arch.
Panathenaic Stadium
  • 20m
We will visit Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • 10m
We will see the changing of the guard (Euzones) in front of the old palace, which is today Parliament House, above the central square of Athens.
Hellenic Parliament
  • 5m
The Hellenic Parliament, in Greek known as Voulí tonne Ellínon is the parliament of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The Parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament.
Plateia Syntagmatos (Pass by)
Syntagma 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.
The Academy of Athens (Pass by)
The Academy Building constitutes one of three parts in an “architectural trilogy”. It was founded with the Constitutional Decree of March 18th, 1926, as an Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts.
The Academy of Athens (Pass by)
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is the largest state institution of higher learning in Greece, and among the largest universities in Europe. The splendid Athens University was designed by the Danish architect Christian Hansen and completed in 1864.
National Library of Greece (Pass by)
The National Library of Greece was built at the end of the 19th century, as the last of the Architectural Trilogy of Athens, a group of three neoclassical buildings which also includes the Academy and the University. The building was designed by Theophil Hansen.
Mount Lycabettus
  • 15m
Then moving into the historical centre of the city we will drive up the highest hill of Athens, Lycabettus Hill, where you’ll have the best panoramic view of the city, from the hill of Acropolis to the Aegean Sea.
Ancient Agora of Athens
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
You will visit the Ancient Agora, which is considered the birthplace of democracy, philosophy and free speech.
Acropolis Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Instead of visiting the Ancient Agora, you can choose to visit the new Acropolis Museum. As you enter the museum grounds, look through the plexiglass floor to see the ruins of an ancient Athenian area, which were artfully incorporated into the museum design after being uncovered during excavations. This dazzling modernist museum at the foot of the Acropolis’ southern slope showcases its surviving treasures still in Greek possession. While the collection covers the Archaic and Roman periods, the emphasis is on the Acropolis of the 5th century BCE, considered the apotheosis of Greece’s artistic achievement. Built in 2009, this museum was voted as the best mono-thematic museum for 2019.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAcropolis
    • Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str.
    • 105 58, Athens, Greece, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAcropolis
    • Via Dionysiou Areopagitou Str.
    • 105 58, Athens, Greece

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