Savvy made the Athens at Night Small-Group Walking Tour both entertaining and educational, with clear explanations that brought the city’s history to life. Along the way, we discovered places my wife and I would never have found on our own, which made the evening feel especially memorable. The views were amazing, and the food was excellent. Overall, it was a wonderful way to experience Athens after dark.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Tour escort/host
- Dinner
- Local taxes
Excludes
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- The tour host will wait in front of the NIKE STORE ( 1 Ermou st , Athens 10563) holding a sign " Athens at Night Walking Tour "
Return
- The tour ends at our dinner place
Itinerary
After meeting with our tour leader weyou will start today's tour by visiting the Greek Parliement to watch the famous change of guards.This ceremony is performed by the Greek " Evzones" soldiers and it is dedicated to the "Tomb of the unknown soldier". Our host will explain the symbolism of the ceremony and will provide all details about the the Greek Parliament building.
Walk around the famous "Plaka area" and pass by the famous "Metropolitan Cathedrall" of Athens. Short stop a the oldest house of Athens which is well restored and ready to give you great photos.
Our next steps will bring you at the "Stoa of Attalos" which is located in the North entrance of Ancient Agora of Athens. The beautifull and well restored building used to be the gathering point of ancient Athens and today operates as the museum of Ancient Agora. The building and the surrounding is well illimunated and you will have the chance of great night photos while our guide explaines all the historical backround.
Dive into the picturesque narrow roads of the oldest neighborhood of Athens, the famous Anafiotika, which brings a Cycladic Islands' essence to the heart of the city
The Acropolis coudn't miss from this tour. The highlight of the illuminated Athens! While walking around ancient Agora our guide will bring you uphill to a great spot for watching the Acropolis at night and the illimunating Parthenon. Prepair your cameras for some of the best photos! * We do not enter the Acropolis archaeological site or any other archaeological site mentioned in the tour description. Instead, we walk by these sites, with our tour guide providing explanations
The area of the ancient forums or ancient Agora covers all the south west foothill of the Acropolis hill. We will walk around the area and have great photos while our guide will explain the true significance of Ancient Agora in people's lifes and the role of the area to strengthen the Athenean Democracy.
Right before dinner there is another great photο spot here! The best preserved Temple in Greece. The monument is dedicated to the God of Fire and the surounding lights highlight the fine lines of the monument's architecture.
It is now time for a break! The route will bring us to the area of Thision. We are going to visit a traditional Greek Taverna. You will have the oportunity to do it like the ancient Greek. Eat really nice traditional food, drink and more important discuss and get to know each other. Thsi is what the ancient Greek called " Symposium".
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Reviews
This was a special tour for us. Mirca was a great guide and dinner companion. She was knowledgable and very easy to talk to. It was like having dinner with a friend. Wonderful!
DENAE was wonderful. She was informative and fun. We would love to do another tour with her. Our tour ended with a wonderful dinner at a small taverna It was a great evening and we highly recommend Dense and this tour
Very nice guide for a wonderful evening around Athens lit up at night and a great meal.
It was an awesome experience! Our tour guide was personable and very knowledgeable! Dinner was fun and delicious! Thank you!
Diana did a great job. We'd seen much of the same things earlier thecday on a different tour but she shared new info and made it enjoyable. Dinner at the taverna was tok much for one so my spouses and I split an entre. Very good food and service.
A great walking tour and intro to Athens seeing and hearing stories. The meal together at a great Greek restaurant with our guide helping guide our choices wss wonderful as well. Guide was wonderful!
Our tour guide was professional with an excellent background in history. She was very thoughtful about our questions too.
Great experience with a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. Quite a bit of walking and some hills and stairs to get some of the best views. The dinner was fantastic with lots of choices. I really enjoyed the conversation and information from our guide Paul, and definitely would recommend.
Our guide was "Faye K." She was excellent. She knew the area, the monuments, and history. Her patience in answering questions was great and her people skills are exemplary.
We had a great adventure! It was raining, though we sure did make the best of it!! Mirna was informative and had a great since of humor!
Julia was a fabulous, sharp, well informed guide. She knows Athens and how to get around. She gave a great tour and introduced us to the city on our first night there,
This was such a great tour! We covered so many neighborhoods, so many beautiful churches, and both the Roman and Greek agoras. We finished off with a fabulous taverna dinner. I will definitely recognize this tour.
We had a wonderful experience exploring the sights of Athens followed by a delicious dinner. It was such a lovely way to experience the city—seeing the historic landmarks, taking in the atmosphere, and then ending the evening with a fantastic meal with new friends! Everything was well organized, and we really appreciated the combination of sightseeing, local culture, and great food. The experience felt personal and enjoyable rather than rushed. A special thank you to our guide Vivian for making the evening so memorable and sharing the history and character of Athens with us. We would definitely recommend this experience to anyone visiting Athens who wants to see the city, learn about its history, and enjoy a wonderful Greek dinner.
Such a great tour! Our guide was so knowledgeable and we coveed so much! Byzantine churches, Roman and Greek Agora's, Plaka and so much more: The Taverna meal was wonderful! Very authentic Greek taverna meal!
i ended up being the only person on the tour and paul couldn't have been more wonderful. i learned so much and he had such enthusiasm for his subject matter. the dinner at the restaurant was so good and so was the conversation.
We enjoyed our evening walk around Athens and seeing a lot of sights at a slow relaxed pace. Many of the highlights are covered and the restaurant chosen was delicious and had a lot of options. The only major callout to make was that the tour operator did not drop us back off at the pickup point which could be a problem for some people, and we had to gps our way back to the hotel (5-10 minute walk).
Great tour capped off by a delicious meal with a sociable small group. Highly informative as to Greek history, mythology, and food.
We really enjoyed the tour and Danae our guide was friendly, engaging and knowledgeable about the points of history and sights that we saw and experienced. It was a good 2 hour walk, we covered a fair bit of ground within the Ancient Centre but it was not overly strenuous. We saw a few sights we had been to before on a previous trip but also some great new sights and experiences. The dinner venue was really good value for money. We had a 3 course meal which was all delicious and the serves were really generous. We did not come away hungry! We met some fun people too!
Paul was a terrific guide, with great stories and lots more facts when we asked questions. I very much liked that there were only three of us on the tour. Delicious restaurant choice as well.
I enjoyed this small group tour, with the tour guide Faye who was very warm and welcoming ! This was my first night in Athens and was a great way to get settled in. Faye was very knowledgeable and informative about Greece’s history and culture, and was very happy to share her culture with us. We also had dinner, at a traditional taverna with delicious food! I recommend this tour 10/10!
The tour and dinner was lovely and Faye is a very hospitable, warm and friendly guide. She’s very informative, I learned a lot about Greek history and culture. Faye also took us to an amazing Greek restaurant with authentic flavours which I throughly enjoyed! :) I definitely recommend taking this this tour!
If you are looking for a food tour- this is more of a ‘walking’ tour experience. Having been on several food tours all over the world, we were surprised by the amount of history imparted. There was, of course, a dinner which culminated the tour but we were expecting more cuisine along the walk and less history lessons. Perhaps we didn’t read the write up as carefully as we should have. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and sweet, and the fellow travelers were enjoyable.
Lovely relaxed, informative evening with Vivian as our guide sharing historical & also fun facts. Got to see neighbourhoods that we would never have discovered on our own. Dinner at 'i avli tis Ldylis' was delicious with the lovely Vivian guiding us through the menu. Easy conversation sharing Irish (us), Greek (Vivian)& US of Greek ancestry (Rocco) experiences.
Faye did an amazing job showing us the city and we had a lot of fun with the group. She showed us some great spots we wouldn’t have found in our own research and went above and beyond the whole tour!
Beautiful tour!! When the Golden Hour came, the city warmed its lights, giving us a spectacular show. Then evening came, and our delicious meal was waiting. 100% recommend!
A great introduction to the area. I was looking for a walking tour for my first day in Athens, to get familiar with the city, and this was an excellent evening. I joined a small group and our knowledgeable guide took us all over the area, explaining the history and significance of what we saw. We covered a lot of ground and used stairs and paths to get to so many interesting places. We finished up with dinner in a nice taverna (with so much food!). Our group shared dishes to try lots of the suggested food, but you could order individually from the menu.
This was more walking than I expected so be sure to wear good shoes! We saw a lot of things that were not part of any of the bus trips and our guide was friendly and very knowledgeable!! The dinner that was included was outstanding!! Highly recommend!!
This is a comprehensive tour of all the areas shown. The guide knew everything about the area and did a great job. I would recommend this tour
This was a wonderful introduction to Athens and our guide Julia was a delight! She has a wealth of knowledge and a bubbly personality. There is quite a bit of walking involved but we finished with a delicious dinner at a family-owned restaurant. We would highly recommend this tour and guide.
Very nice and knowledgable guide (Viviane) interesting tour and tasty food at the dinner (don’t eat anything before portions are huge :D)
Our guide Paul or Pavlos was an amazing guide. He was very knowledgeable about the city and full of inside information and it was clear he loved this city. He took us to a wonderful restaurant and ordered for us educating us at every bite! The walk home at night through the city of Plaka was one of the best memories of our time in Athens. Pavlos took the time to point out many special places and shared stories along the way. Great experience and would do it again!! Bravo Pavlos!!! Pavlos made this trip so much more enjoyable!!!
A great introduction to Athens. I joined a small group and our knowledgeable guide took us all over the area, explaining the history and significance of what we saw. We covered a lot of ground and used stairs and paths to get to so many interesting places. We finished up with dinner in a nice taverna (so much food!). Thank you for a great experience.
This tour was absolutely amazing, the guide really loved what she did. It was so beautiful overlooking the city at night. The place we went to eat after the tour was the best food we had on our whole 5 day stay in Athens
This was a very enjoyable tour. We saw many of the famous sites, several unique neighborhoods and had an absolutely amazing traditional Greek dinner. This tour was very affordable given the quality and quantity of food we had for dinner.
Great walking tour! Wear good shoes and be prepared to walk and learn all about Athens! The dinner spot was delicious, and the tour guide was very knowledgeable!
My husband and I had a wonderful evening food tour with Sevi, along with just one other traveler, and I truly can't express how much we enjoyed the experience. With limited time in Athens, we wanted something that combined sightseeing with authentic local food, and this tour was exactly what we were looking for. Sevi shared a wealth of knowledge about the city's history, culture, and neighborhoods while leading us through areas we never would have discovered on our own. She introduced us to parts of Athens that we'll definitely return to explore further. I would say the evening tour is especially well suited for adults, both because of the relaxed pacing and the topics and atmosphere throughout the tour. It felt like much more than a food tour—it was an in-depth introduction to Athens. The price was absolutely worth it, considering the extensive walking tour, the personalized experience, and the delicious seated meal that was included. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this tour to anyone visiting Athens, and it's one I'll be recommending to my own travel clients as well.
Our guide Stevi was extremely knowledgeable, helpful and fun to be around. Great trip would recommend highly! Dinner was excellent— huge portions, enough to share!
This was a very informative tour. Paul/Pavlo gave us a lot of good information, walked at a good pace, and was very helpful. The food at the end of the tour was traditional and fantastic!
It was a great introduction to Athens and the history surrounding the city. Our guide, Danai (?) was wonderful!!! I would recommend this to all first time visitors to Athens.
Wear comfortable shoes because there is a lot of walking, but this tour is a great way to familiarize yourself with Athens. We had a wonderful guide in Lily who kept the pace nice and easy with great information.
You will start from Syntagma Square, see the changing of the guard, then on into the Syntagma and Plaka areas at the aperitivo hour (an actual time designation in Greece), and on through Plaka past archeological sites of the ancient Agora to the Tissio area for dinner. Our guide Vivian was very knowledgeable and easy to follow, and the meal was delightful, made even more wonderful with the lovely small family that was in our group. However be aware that serious climbing is involved: Plaka is along the steep slopes of the Acropolis; while the climb up was fine, the climb down very narrow and uneven stone stairs, without any railings and even through the outdoor restaurants that make Plaka Plaka, was a somewhat scary experience. So be forewarned; if you have balance issues and/or cannot walk unsupported, this one part might not be for you.
Great tour and restaurant during the cooler part of the day. Sevasti, our guide, was very knowledgeable and walked at a manageable pace. She made everyone in our small group comfortable and we were engaged and interactive. The meal was fantastic and ample. Great conversations in a relaxed atmospheres. I highly recommend this unique tour!
Mirta was knowledgeable and a lot of fun. Wandering the streets of Athens is something everyone who visits should do. This guided tour takes you through some of the highlights of the core neighborhoods if you don't want to strike out on your own.
Informative with our engaging 25year old guide Faye, from Korfu. She shared fascinating insights into parts of Athens we'd have never visited by ourselves. The meal at a local Taverna was great too. There again Faye shared her insights into the Menu. The results fascinating evening full of culinary surprises. We'll done Faye. We highly recommend this tour.
This is a great walking tour! our guide Lily took us to all the important historical sites and through the very popular shopping areas and then finally to the restaurant areas. We saw many churches Roman ruins , we even saw the change of the guards at the parliament building. we all had dinner together. It was a very memorable evening. I’m so very happy I did this walk.
We were the only ones on the tour, and Fay was amazing! She was very kind, knowledgeable and definitely made our experience walking around Athens enjoyable and worthwhile. She took us to a restaurant that had amazing food! Definitely would recommend her to any and all travelers!
Roy was a wonderful guide. Very informative tour, beautiful sights and great dinner! Would high recommend this tour!
Very informative guide. Explains in detail the sites we saw. Would use her again as she spoke excellent English.
Excellent small group walking tour of central Athens that includes numerous key historical sites. Our guide, Sevi, was very knowledgeable, friendly and had excellent English. Dinner was very enjoyable and we would return for a meal if we had time. It is a lot of walking (especially if you have already done a lot of walking in Athens the same day) - wear good shoes!
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