Half Day Athens Sightseeing with Optional Museum Visit

Itinerary
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Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Leof. Vasileos Konstantinou, Athina 116 35, Greece

Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Maximos Mansion, Irodou Attikou 19, Athina 106 74, Greece

Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform

Pass By: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece

the Temple of Olympian Zeus

Pass By: Hadrian's Arch, Leoforos Vasilisis Amalias 50, Athina 105 58, Greece

the Hadrian's Arch

Pass By: Hellenic Parliament, Parliament Mansion, Athens GR-10021 Greece

the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma).

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

On the Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in the mind", the Parthenon.

Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis museum.

Duration: 2 hours

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

Continue the expert guided Athens sightseeing and museum tour with a pleasant short walk passing by Herodion and Dionysos Theater, in order to visit the museum. Main attractions such as votives, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you.

Duration: 1 hour