Experience Athens Like a Local: Full-Day Private Tour

In this tour, you will have a great taste of Athens!

During your private tour you will visit the sacred Rock of the Acropolis with the Parthenon, admire the remains of Zeus’s Temple, visit the modern Olympic, Panathenaic or “Kalimarmaro” stadium, and then pass through the National Gardens into the heart of the city.

You will also see the Syntagma Square and witness the hourly change of the guards, in front of the Greek Parliament.

During the tour you will also see the famous trilogy of neoclassical architecture, the National Library, the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the first University of Athens.

Afterwards, we will head uptown to Kolonaki, where elite fashion and couture shops, meet with beautiful sidewalk cafes.

Later we will go downtown to the vibrant fish and meat market, before we head to Monastiraki Square.

Finally, if time and traffic permits, you will witness a breathtaking view of everything you’ve seen so far, from the highest point of the city, the Lycabettus Hill!

The Athens Sightseeing usually starts at the Acropolis hill, with well known architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens that includes Erechtheion (female statues of the Caryatides or Maidens dedicated to goddess Athena and god Poseidon), the temple of Athena Nike and Propylaea.

You will also have a great chance to foresee the monument (that puts an order in mind), which is the Parthenon.

From the top of the Acropolis hill you can see, the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill).

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One of the most beautiful museums in the world dedicated completely to the Acropolis hill of Athens.

The biggest temple ever built in the city of Athens.

The first stadium of the first modern Olympics and the place where Pheidippides announced the Victory in the Battle of Marathon agains the Persians.

In front of the central square of Athens, located in the front side of the Parliament building, the Evzones (soldiers) wearing the traditional war uniform of 1821 are guarding the famous Tomb of the Unknown soldier.

Three amazing Neoclassical style buildings. -The Academy of Arts and Sciences -The University, and -The National library Are the best example of the Neoclassical architecture, the famous "Athenian Trilogy"

The location where the ancient Greek philosophers greek used to speak to the people, the market place of ancient Athens with the best preserved temple of Hephaestus.

You are going to take a flavor of the most popular market area of Athens. This is what we call the "Old Athens", including greek tavernas, cafeterias and lots of souvenirs shops. Everything surrounded by beautiful buildings of Neoclassical Architecture.

The tallest hill in the city of Athens, offering a breathtaking panoramic view of the city, including the Acropolis hill.

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Drivers are very experienced, friendly and knowledgeable about the Greek history, mythology and our culture. Love to share their knowledge and they will provide you with a lot of useful information but they cannot come with you inside the archaeological sites. In Greece drivers are not permitted to offer guide services within such premises, only licensed guides can and it is an extra service.
• Should you require the services of a professional guide, who is licensed to guide you within archaeological sites and/or Museums, this is an additional service. The additional cost for a licensed tour-guide, accredited with the ministry of culture, it is Extra 220 euros for 8 hours
• This is a Private Tour. Only for You and for Your Group.

• This Tour is Rated 5 Stars based on 9 valid reviews on VIATOR