Athens & History in 6hrs Private Sightseeing

Itinerary
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Stop At: Acropolis, via Dionysiou Areopagitou str., Athens 105 58 Greece

Your private tour will start with the Acropolis site, a complex of buildings that includes the Parthenon (main temple), Erectheion (the temple with the 6 female figurers, Caryatides), Temple of Athena Nike (Wingless Godess), Propylaia (the monumental Gate), Odeon of Herodus Atticus, Dionysus theater and finally the Mars Hill or Areios Pagos (the first ancient court and the place that St. Paul preached the Christianity for the fist time in Athens).

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece

Our next stop will be the Temple Of the Olympian Zeus (the largest temple in Hellenic and Roman times)

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue, 999-20, Athens 999-20 Greece

We will then move on to the Panathenian Stadium (the stadium of the first Olympic Games on 1896)

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Plateia Syntagmatos, Leoforos Vassilissis Amalias, Athens 105 63 Greece

We go on to visit the memorial of the Unknown soldier and the changing of the Guards (Euzones) in front of the Greek Parliament, opposite the Syntagma or Constitutional square.


Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiou 30, Athens 106 79 Greece

After that let's see the Trilogy of Athens (the Academy, the First University of Athens and the National Greek Library)

Stop At: Mount Lycabettus, Athens Greece

A visit to the Lycabettus Hill (the highest point of Athens) is a must and don't forget to take some pictures and a memory in your mind and heart of the entire city.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece

We will also drive through Plaka (the oldest neighborhood in Athens) the picturesque quarter of the city, where there are little shops with handmade crafts and gifts for you to buy and Monastiraki (Flea Market), where you can have a pleasant walk and shopping with your friends and family.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece

Finally, explore the New Acropolis Museum where you can see the marbles of the Parthenon and a superb collection of artifacts and relics found on the Acropolis excavations or the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, almost twice the size of the previous one that houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations not only Greece, but Middle East and the Balkans as well from prehistory to late antiquity.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes