Half-Day Athens Sightseeing Tour with Acropolis Museum
Highlights
Athens
historical, museums, skip the line
Group Tour
5 Hours
Medium
English, French, Spanish
Description
This Athens Sightseeing Tour gives you the opportunity to observe the contrasts that make Athens such a fascinating city. Begin with a visit to the historic Panathenaic Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896. Along the way, you will also see the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Parliament, the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum.
Itinerary
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Athens Sightseeing Tour
- Our guide will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium, where the first Olympic Games of modern times took place in 1896 (short stop).
- We continue and pass by the Prime Minister’s residence (ex-Royal Palace), which is guarded by the Euzones in their colourful uniform.
- During our tour, we will also admire Athen’s most important monuments: the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian’s Arch, the Parliament and the memorial of the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma).
- On the archaeological site of Acropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage monument, we will visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and finally, the monument that “puts the order in mind”, the Parthenon.
- The last stop of this Athens Sightseeing Tour is the new Acropolis Museum. We continue with a pleasant short walk passing by Herodion and Dionysus Theater in order to visit the Acropolis Museum. We visit the place where the statues found their home at last and admire the wonders of the classical era.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
| Adult | |
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| 1 to 50 | /person |
| Child | |
| 1 to 50 | /person |
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This is a group tour |
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