Maelle was FANTASTIC!!! My daughter and I LOVED her tour. It was AMAZING to hear the stories & history from a different (non-paternalistic) perspective. The tidbits of information she wove into the stories and tour was very enjoyable - elevating the lost women of history is incredibly important and this tour opens that door. HIGHLY recommend!!!!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- All Fees and Taxes
Excludes
- Private transportation
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Find us next to the entrance of the church on Monastiraki Square (not far from the road).
Return
- The best viewpoint on the Acropolis. Close to the centre by foot and easy access to the metro if needed.
Itinerary
You'll be meeting your guide on the emblematic square of Monastiraki.
Discover the education of girls and women in Ancient Athens.
Explore the meaning of marriage in Ancient Athens and Ancient Sparta, and learn more about EROS, the passionate kind of love.
Discover what married life is for women in ancient times Athens and Sparta, and the amazing myths linked with the goddess Athena.
Discover a mysterious ancient festival dedicated exclusively to women.
The marketplace of Athens Greece: the center of public life! Discover the role of women in public space, and the life of female slaves or courtesans in the city. (no entrance to the archaeological site but we'll see it from outside).
Discover the place where the worst sinners were trialled in ancient times. Get to know the inspiring stories of a woman who risked a death sentence to change women's rights.
Discover where democracy all began, the place where only men citizens used to vote. Against all odds, get to know the woman influenced the politics of Athens during its Golden Age.
Discover the Hill of the Muses who give endless inspiration to the Athenians until now, with an amazing view on the acropolis for the end of our tour.
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Our group of seven women learned so much on this tour! We saw meaningful sites ànd found our guide to be super informative and super kind.
Mael was an amazing guide. This was one of the last stops for us in Athens and anyone would benefit from having it sooner in your itinerary. We had already done the big sites and scarcely saw any information like Mael shared. Everyone knows that history, but this felt special and was totally missing from what we’d seen already. She brings back to life figures that have long been forgotten and adds contexts to the political history of Athens. Really engaging and a wonderful pace for me (expecting at 5 months). She also had great local recommendations which we took her up on and were not disappointed.
The tour guide is so knowledgeable and gives you a perspective of history that is unique and missing from conventional guides
Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable about Greek history, especially women’s history. She was clearly very passionate about the topic and eager to share knowledge!
Best walking tour internationally! Our guide highly educated, articulate and informed. Answered all our questions. Showed us places missed by mainstream tours and shared rebellious women’s stories from ancient times that influence us today. Very highly recommend. Thankyou, this was worth the trip to Athens!
An excellent tour. My teenage daughters loved it as much as I did. Maelle is very friendly and easy to talk with and captivated us for two hours with her stories of women in Ancient Greece whilst walking and seeing some still very significant sights off the beaten track. Highly recommended.
This tour was one of our favorite parts of our trip! Maelle was an incredible tour guide, super engaging and helpful, the tour in itself is very interesting as it really sparks an interest and intrigue of how women moved in ancient times. We learned so much and days after the tour we kept on discussing the themes and the characters that we learned about. It’s a very special tour for those who want to learn a bit more of Ancient Greek life.
Amazing! Wonderful and knowledgeable tour guide, interesting stories that I would never have encountered were it not for this tour. It also felt intimate and the Culture Hunters´communication and attention to the details of the tour were spotless. Could not recommend enough!
We did a Women in Ancient Greece tour. Maelle was our guide. It was a very small group. It was absolutely fascinating and eye opening. Very highly recommended. We got to see locations of historical significance that were outside of the main attractions and we would never have known about them. Maelle painted a picture of the lives of so many different types of women in Ancient Greece and their largely unfold stories. One of the best things we did in Greece.
I took a tour about Women in Ancient Greece and our guide Maelle was fantastic. Even though I had done a tour of the area around the Athens and Roman Agoras, this tour took me to other spots and added to my understanding of Athens. Highly recommend!
We loved our tour. Maelle was so knowledgeable and nice, and kept the interest of our 3 kids throughout the visit. It was so interesting what we learnt, going around the Ancient Agora and learning so many stories and history. We absolutely recommend this tour. Thank you again Maelle
Private Walking Tour Women in Ancient Greece: Maelle provided fascinating insights into the role of women in the golden age of Greece - not so golden for women! Highly recommend.
Excellent tour! We strolled from site to site with a fascinating commentary about the little-known women who influenced the most famous men of ancient Athens. From festivals, to mythology, to politics and scandals... Maelle from Culture Hunters really knows her stuff and makes history very down to earth and interesting. This is a tour that anyone could enjoy... easy walking, lots of information, and even a perfect after-tour lunch recommendation! Highly recommend.
This was a wonderful and educational tour. Maelle is enthusiastic and did an amazing job providing the history about the goddesses and women that helped shaped the history of Greece in the ancient times while walking through Athens City. We learned so many new things. Highly recommend.
Tour very rich in information and interactive. Maëlle is a pedagogue, attentive to target our expectations, and has a very broad culture to adapt and enrich the tour she offers.
Very interesting and very personalized visit, on a theme too often discussed: the place of women in history! Maelle is a very pleasant guide, who knows her subject at her fingertips. We took advantage of his knowledge for 2 hours: it was incredible. A great start to our stay in Athens!
What can I say? Apart from that we loved the visit!! Maelle is an exciting woman and passionate about Greece who manages to pass on her passion to us. We took a private tour at 2, Maelle took the time to visit us and it lasted 2h30. We learned a lot about the role and place of women in ancient Greece. Thank you to her for this great time, I gave this to my boyfriend for his birthday who is a great enthusiast of ancient Greece and frankly he loved it! We made the visit in early July, take water and cap!!
Thanks to our guide for this educational and inspiring tour. It was really a special moment. She gave us a unique and often overlooked perspective on history. She knew how to highlight the role of women. It was fascinating. She has in-depth knowledge of the subject and is truly passionate. This guided tour is a must-do experience for anyone interested in social and cultural history. I highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the history of Athens through the eyes of women.
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