Athens Private Small Group Full Day
Athens, Greece
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Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 8 hours
Visit Athens and explore the striking contrast of the modern city to the ancient sights with a private Full Day tour for big families or small groups with fluently English speaking drivers and Mercedes mini buses up to 19 passengers.It is the perfect way to avoid the big buses and big groups and feel free to customise the itineray with your driver according your desires.This tour gives you enough time to visit the Acropolis Hill and the Acropolis Museum with out skipping any of Athens Highlights.Great option also for travellers arriving with cruise shups as shore excursion.
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Visit Athens and explore the striking contrast of the modern city to the ancient sights with a private Full Day tour for big families or small groups with fluently English speaking drivers and Mercedes mini buses up to 19 passengers.It is the perfect way to avoid the big buses and big groups and feel free to customise the itineray with your driver according your desires.This tour gives you enough time to visit the Acropolis Hill and the Acropolis Museum with out skipping any of Athens Highlights.Great option also for travellers arriving with cruise shups as shore excursion.We will meet you at the designated place and time and we will start first of all visiting the most important “hill” of Greece,the ACROPOLIS.After walking through PROPYLAEA the unique entrance of the ACROPOLIS you will see the Temple of ATHENA NIKE(NIKE means victory and ATHINA was worshipped in this form) and then you will see the PARTHENON,the temple dedicated to the goddess ATHINA the patron of Athens.PARTHENON is considered until now as a masterpiece of architecture built in the 5th century B.C during the GOLDEN CENTURY of PERICLES,finally you will see ERECHTEION which is being decorated with the beautiful CARYATIDES.
At the feet of the”sacred rock”you will have the chance to see the ODEON of HERODUS ATTICUS used until now and also the remaining ruins of the THEATRE of DIONYSUS.Before or after the visit of the ACROPOLIS you can visit the AEROPAGUS know us the MARS HILL,is the place that Apostle Paul delivered his famous speech about the ‘UNKOWN GOD’.Leaving behind this marvelous heritage we will continue to our next stop at the remains of the TEMPLE of OLYMPIAN ZEUS,the biggest temple ever built in ancient Greece, then we will proceed to the PANATHENAIC STADIUM. It was used in Ancient Athens to host the PANATHENAUM GAMES every four years and also it was used for hosting the first modern OLYMPIC GAMES in 1896.Next stop the HOUSE of PARLAMIENT where the TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER is located and we will see the famous change of the PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS,then we will start driving in the city of Athens passing by from the three most beautiful buildings and perfect examples of the neoclassical architecture,the ACADEMY,the UNIVERSITY and the NATIONAL LIBRARY.Time has come to experience some of the Greek cuisine by having lunch in one of Greek typical tavernas of PLAKA, the most historical and beautiful neighborhood of Athens clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis. your guide can suggest some great places for lunch or you can have your own arrangements.After having a great feeling of the Greek cuisine we can visit the ANCIENT AGORA which was the old market and heart of the ancient Athens,we will see the TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUS the most well preserved temple until now and the STOA OF ATTALOS.
Last but not least the NATIONAL ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM which is the largest museum of Greece with more than 11.000 exhibits offering you a panorama of the Greek civilization.
As a second choice as it concerns museums we can visit the NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM with exhibits from the ACROPOLIS which is considered the best museum of Greece,it has opened it’s doors in 2009 and has already more than 5.000.000 visitors in the first three years of operation.
An unforgettable day in Athens it has just ended with many great memories.
At the feet of the”sacred rock”you will have the chance to see the ODEON of HERODUS ATTICUS used until now and also the remaining ruins of the THEATRE of DIONYSUS.Before or after the visit of the ACROPOLIS you can visit the AEROPAGUS know us the MARS HILL,is the place that Apostle Paul delivered his famous speech about the ‘UNKOWN GOD’.Leaving behind this marvelous heritage we will continue to our next stop at the remains of the TEMPLE of OLYMPIAN ZEUS,the biggest temple ever built in ancient Greece, then we will proceed to the PANATHENAIC STADIUM. It was used in Ancient Athens to host the PANATHENAUM GAMES every four years and also it was used for hosting the first modern OLYMPIC GAMES in 1896.Next stop the HOUSE of PARLAMIENT where the TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER is located and we will see the famous change of the PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS,then we will start driving in the city of Athens passing by from the three most beautiful buildings and perfect examples of the neoclassical architecture,the ACADEMY,the UNIVERSITY and the NATIONAL LIBRARY.Time has come to experience some of the Greek cuisine by having lunch in one of Greek typical tavernas of PLAKA, the most historical and beautiful neighborhood of Athens clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis. your guide can suggest some great places for lunch or you can have your own arrangements.After having a great feeling of the Greek cuisine we can visit the ANCIENT AGORA which was the old market and heart of the ancient Athens,we will see the TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUS the most well preserved temple until now and the STOA OF ATTALOS.
Last but not least the NATIONAL ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM which is the largest museum of Greece with more than 11.000 exhibits offering you a panorama of the Greek civilization.
As a second choice as it concerns museums we can visit the NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM with exhibits from the ACROPOLIS which is considered the best museum of Greece,it has opened it’s doors in 2009 and has already more than 5.000.000 visitors in the first three years of operation.
An unforgettable day in Athens it has just ended with many great memories.
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