Loved this tour. Our guide Fontina was incredibly knowledgeable, warm, and kept the group moving at a great pace. Having a licensed guide makes a real difference; they have access to areas others don’t. Highly recommend. Just bring cash to tip — she earned it!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Skip the Line access to the Acropolis Museum
- Skip the Line Access to the Acropolis
- All entrance fees
- All Fees and Taxes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional Guide
- Transfer from/to your hotel or hotel closest to your apartment (selected Athens Hotels)
Excludes
- Any personnal expences
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Pickup starts: 1 hour before departure. Traveler pickup is offered from selected Athens hotels. Enter your accommodation details and we will inform you on the exact pick up time and location after your booking. If you are staying at an area outside of our pickup zone, you will be advised to proceed to the nearest pick up point.
Itinerary
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).
Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform
the Temple of Olympian Zeus
the Hadrian's Arch
the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma).
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.
We 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.
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Reviews
Acropolis was the highlight but the city tour and museum with it are great also. Bring water, very hot usually. Acropolis gets very crowded so early tours are best. Excellent experience.
We absolutely loved this tour it was the perfect way to see the highlights of Athens without feeling rushed. Our guide was knowledgeable, passionate about Greek history and his country. We loved the acropolis and the museum was also a highlight
It’s rushed. With hindsight, as we were travelling off season, we could have done the tour without a guide (we did not need to skip the line) and spent more time in the museum. But we did receive quite a lot of useful information from our guide.
Our tour guide was phenomenal! I give her all the credit for making the tour enjoyable. The company needs to upgrade headsets/equipment as many had constant static. Also they changed the hotel location and I didn’t realize until I checked the messages a few minutes before the busses were supposed to load. Luckily it was a couple blocks away.
Exceptional tour guide, Knowledgeable, Great Spirit and Passion in her explanations of the Museum and climb to the Acropolis, The pick up was a little late but understandable because of our hotel location.
Very nice tour of the Acropolis’s museum and the actual site! We had plenty of time to look at everything. Very knowledgeable guide and she got us back to the hotel or if we wanted could roam the Plaka on our own and take taxi. Saw orig Olympic stadium!
The places visited on the tour were very good. Quite comprehensive for a half-day tour that we took. However, the tour guide who provided the explanations had a complete lack of knowledge about the history and content of the tour. 90% of the time, she talked about operational matters regarding how to walk and be careful with what we did, and only 10% of the time, she explained the monuments, their history, and other details.
Probably the worst tour we have experienced across 30 countries over 25 years. Guide english was very poor, disorientated, made lots of mistakes, did not have all working handsets, often got information wrong and did not know how to manage a group. The tour goes around and around the city repeating directions, not stopping at enough key buildings. Explanations were poor. Despite the protests in main CBD, driver and next guide hassled us off the bus 10-20 mins away from drop off point so they could rush to next tour. Poor organisation. Dont do this with tour operator, everyone use hop on hop off buses for city then go to Acropolis separately. A full refund would be appreciated.
Guide didn't let us know that there were 6600 steps to the Acropolis. At 76 Y/O, it was painful. Didn't make it to the top.
Guide was very good. Her knowledge of the site was exceptional. The downside of the tour was the enormous crowds at the site and the size of the group. Our guide did a good job of keeping the group together.
Our travel guide Georgina was a excellent. Very informative and helpful. Interesting tour. Sites were great.
Acropolis and Acropolis Museum were both must see sites. Tour guide was excellent in explaining what we were seeing.
Enjoyed the tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. My only complaint is the listening devices died for several people including mine about a third into the tour.
Despite an unfortunate experience at the end of the tour. We are very pleased with the customer service support that was able to accommodate our concerns. We are most impressed with Nicoleta at the Tour center. Love Viator for it’s user friendly apps and services!!
Given the heat advisory in Greece. Our guide should have rearranged the tour schedule and taken us to the ACROPOLIS first. The wait on the lines were extremely long due to them clising at Noon. Also hebdid not give us any opportunity to stop at the end and buy any souvenirs in the local area that we walked through to get back to the bus. Not even 10 mins! I have never been a tour where you could not buy any souvenirs!
I had already been up to the Acropolis the day before so the tour guide was very accommodating and allowed me to wait at the cafe at the entrance until the group came back down and I joined them. The Acropolis museum was phenomenal and the tour guide very knowledgeable. I enjoyed the tour.
Great tour guide - she was very knowledgeable. The guide got us through the line and into the museum very quickly. There was so much to see and the museum prepared us for the time we spent outside at the site. We were slowed down by members of the group heading off on their own and some of the headsets ran out of battery power before we concluded our tour.
Our to our was vey disorganized. Suppose to run from 8:30 am but was told pickup at 7:55 am. The. Bus made multiple stops before stop at Olympic stadium. Tour of city meant passing the tomb of unknown soldier four times on way to Acropolis museum and took 1+ hours. Stop at museum was to be 1 hour then 2 hours at Acropolis. Instead museum was almost 3 hours. Once this was done we were given the option of receiving tickets to Acropolis to proceed on our own and getting ourselves back to our hotel or continuing with tour. Overall the tour was crowded and not well organized. In Museum, 1 hour hearing about pottery on 1st floor, 1 hour on second floor and 1 hour on upper floors. We kept asking when we would proceed to Acropolis and response was always “soon”. Was not offered tickets to acropolis until after the 3 hours at museum. We proceeded to Acropolis on our own. Spent considerable time at top and encountered tour group moving upward on our way down. Overall we were very dissatisfied with this tour as we spent too much time waiting and not enough time experiencing Athens.
The guide was knowledgeable. But some points of the trip were not so great. At the old coliseum, some guy dressed up in traditional Greek garb, was taking pictures but charging 5 euros. We should have been warned, as he didn’t tell til afterwards. We thought he was part of tour. Within several minutes of getting off the bus to walk to the Acropolis museum one person was robbed on the street. I would expect that the guide should advise the participants to keep valuables safe. The guide spent some time with the person then I guess the police are called. We continued on..again the guide didn’t tell people to keep valuables safe. Nor did the guide keep the group together..not very good crowd control. Throughout the whole trip the guide didn’t really keep group together. By the time we got to the Acropolis it was packed..not really much time for pictures. Again, not good crowd control. Recommendations: 1. Guide should advise if scams for pictures and especially about pick pockets! 2.Guide should keep the group together better 3. Recommend going to the Acropolis first vs last. … what a zoo.
Vickie was a great guide—lots of information, rearranged day to go to Acropolis first due to potential rain. Pickup from hotel was prompt, comfortable.
The tour ended up being a 50 person bus. It was supposed to be an English speaking tour however half of the people on the bus were French and the one poor deer tour guide who is very sweet had a very difficult time changing languages between English and French And of course there is no way one to a guy could handle 50 people even if they were all English. This tour turned out to be a tour from hell. Also the tour guide said the tour was supposed to be over at 12:30 PM and the tour said it was until 2:30 PM. The tour guide left the tour early and the bus driver took everybody back. The tour guide did not offer any assistance or guidance for people that were handicapped especially at the Acropolis where there was an elevator they could have told people about to take people that had difficulty walking uphill especially without handrails and lots of steps. We’re very unhappy with the tour and this is probably the worst review I’ve ever given any to her company. Totally Awful experience.
Did not enjoy this tour. Guide was very sweet but did not expect it to be in English and in French so everything she spoke about had to be repeated in two languages. Also would have liked to do the acropolis first since the later it gets, the hotter it gets. Took about two hours to get out of the museum. Would suggest to ask about this before booking.
Tour guide for half day tour on Wednesday m, July 27th, was very abrasive with group. When she entered bus, she looked at me with no mask and said “you need to have your mask on”, I said I don’t have one. She the said, “the police will give you a three hundred dollar ticket and your on your own”, she was an older lady and I could not read her name tag. She also argued with other people in the bus and as we entered museum. I did feel bad for her because she seemed unhappy at times and the trek was hard on her. I don’t take writing this review lightly but it appears she does this regularly, so hopefully you can correct this behavior. Your company should not take peoples money and then stain their trip with a disgruntled employee.
Guide was great and we were able to get into the museum and acropolis quickly. However, the equipment to hear the tour guide speak was TERRIBLE! Couldn’t hear anything between the wind, the awful ear piece, and it being too far from his face I would’ve rather just gone alone.
It was very warm snd windy but worth walking to the top. The guide was good and very knowledgeable..
Very organized, and right on time. Our guide was very knowledgeable and although she was from Colombia, her passion on the Greek mythology was obvious. Totally would recommend to my friends
The tour was exceptional and enriching. My tour guide, Demetrius, was so knowledgeable and engaging. I learned the history of each destination on the tour and he was so dedicated to assuring that each member of our group was informed and included. I highly recommend this tour as the entire experience was seamless!
Will explain The reason I gave the tour a poor rating. Tour bus did not pick us on time about 20min late. Once we pick up all the other guest our tour started. We had Evan as tour guide, he was very professional and knowledgeable. He gave us plenty of break time, picture opportunities and answered all the questions. At the end of our trip we were supposed to be dropped off at our pick up location. Last minute we were told we would be dropped off ten minutes away from location. I told her we’re not from here we would appreciate we dropped off as stated on the reservation at location of pick up. She continues to argue about she’s running late for her next tour and will not be able to drop us off. We refused to get off then she decided to drop us 5 min walk closer near the location and we had to walk the rest of the way. Horrible experience would not recommend.
Tour guide was wonderful !!!! Hit all of the high points Loved the museum and Acropolis and Explanations of it all
The tour guy was very informative and I learned a lot . Also considerate of my aunt who had disabilities.
Seeing historical artefacts up close was exciting. Tour guide is knowledgeable and friendly. Driver is polite and helpful.
Our tour guide was very informative & passionate about the Greek history Well organized and on time.. Very enjoyable experience!
Loved the experience. Our tour guide was amazing! Nice to see the site and the museum. Highly recommend this tour!!
On the Acropolis. We warned it is quite a walk up the hill from the parking lot to the top. Otherwise a very enjoyable morning
Enjoyable and informative tour. Pick up and drop off good. Whispers would have been useful, the phone app did not work and were a waste of time. Enjoyed the acropolis and the museum. Could have done without the city tour.
The tour guide was absolutely fantastic!!! She was so knowledgeable and had some many interesting stories and facts. She was incredibly kind and personable. The tour showed a good amount of essential Athens landmarks. We really enjoyed it, but by far the best part was the tour guide.
Perfect amount of time and a good way to see 3 major experiences in a half day. We were on a good schedule and in fact, I ended up staying at the museum after the tour to experience more. Tour guide was experienced and I learned a lot compared to when I’ve visited these attractions on my own.
The guide was super knowledgable and we could spend time in New Acropolis museum plus find the best way to see the Acropolis. No need to queue anywhere.
I am a Greek Super host with 246 bookings so far.I always choose what is best for my guests.For this reason I decided to make a trial tour around Athens using the services of the "Athens Sightseeing Tour" in order to assess it along with my husband before we suggest it to our future guests. We are thrilled. Tourists will be able to get to know various sights of Athens which they will never do should they visit Athens on their own. Our guide 's speech was pleasant and not stilted or purely informative.She spoke to us about the history of both the City and every single sight we drove by .The coach driver stopped wherever we felt like in order to take some extra shots .The guided tour of the Parhenon and the museum was fabulous .Our guide was innately courteous and eagerly answered all the questions that that were raised by the group. The tour left us with the best of the impressions. We will wholeheartedly recommend it to all our future guests.
First we had to stop at the Panathenaic Stadium 15 minutes and it did not! The guide spoke much more in English than in French! I paid for a visit with explanations in French! She spoke too fast and no room for questions! Group too big, more than 30 people. Several people left the group before the visit ended. And no one left him a tip! She didn’t deserve it! I paid $435 Canadian dollars for this substandard ride!
todo bien organizado, el guía muy bueno, la compañía nos resolvió un problema para realizar la excursión rápidamente.
Cher pour le rapport qualité prix pas excellent par rapport au prix réel du musée et de l acropole Merci
Muy interesantes las explicaciones del guía, tanto en la acrópolis como en el museo. Puntualidad excelente
Fue maravilloso, Magdalena fue una guía fantástica, es una enciclopedia andante, muy amable y servicial al responder las preguntas del grupo, felicitaciones por trabajar con alguien tan especial, volveremos.
Guia excepcional, conocedora de la historia y con muchísima capacidad para explicarla y seducirnos a todos nosotros
Es un experiencia única. Lo que has leído en libros lo tienes presencial. Es como un sueño. Lo recomiendo.
No pasaron por los pasajeros y tuvieron que hacerlo por su cuenta y el corresponsal dice que si pero mis pax son muy c9ngiablrs
The tour was carried out by Anastasia, who adapted and carried it out in English and Spanish. We hired him in Spanish, but we were informed after nothing of hiring him that there was no Availability (in covers) in Spanish, if we cared that it was in English. We adapted to English, although eventually the day of the tour was done in both languages. Anastasia’s information was fine, but she didn’t use the microphone well and many times people didn’t hear what she said. Besides, he gave us some misinformation (we went to the music museum because he told us it was free, it hadn’t been for years). Besides, in the Acropolis, we passed very quickly through the Parthenon, but luckily we took some more pictures letting the group advance. Good thing, because by the time we knew it, we had already left the Acropolis with no option to re-enter. The tour cost us 170€ to two people, and for the Service we were given, it was excessive. In addition, the people coming on the tour were late and we were hanging around with the bus to pick them up. Normally, if they're late, it's their problem.
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