A Morning Stroll in Athens with Greek Coffee
Athens, Greece
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 4 hours
See the best of Athens in a morning small-group walking tour full of surprises & contradictions. Enjoy a 4-hour private travel experience including a carefully designed walk in the most historic neighborhoods of the city: Syntagma square, Plaka, Anafiotika, Monastiraki and Psiri. Taste a cup of traditional Greek coffee at an exceptional place downtown, while talking to your local expert guide, ready to answer all your questions and share with you all the aspects of city life.
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See the best of Athens in a morning small-group walking tour full of surprises & contradictions. Enjoy a 4-hour private travel experience including a carefully designed walk in the most historic neighborhoods of the city: Syntagma square, Plaka, Anafiotika, Monastiraki and Psiri. Taste a cup of traditional Greek coffee at an exceptional place downtown, while talking to your local expert guide, ready to answer all your questions and share with you all the aspects of city life.Is there anything better than enjoying your breakfast and thinking about the exciting morning stroll you are going to experience during the rest of your day? You have landed in Athens, the center of Greek culture! Don’t waste any time, just start your exploration!
Our local expert will be your guide for your walk. Starting at Syntagma Square, admire the impressive building of the Greek Parliament as well as the famous evzones. Learn about the history of the area, one of the most important in the city. Then, leave Syntagma Square, and take a lovely stroll Plaka, the most famous neighborhood of Athens! Beautiful neoclassical buildings, pedestrian streets, picturesque cafes and restaurants with appetizing flavors are everywhere around you. Your local guide will inform you about significant historical traits and help you discover a number of hidden spots. Can you resist the temptation not to fill your suitcase with the fantastic souvenirs you are going to find at Adrianou street?
After crossing Adrianou Street, your local expert will lead you to the most picturesque place of this area, the so-called Anafiotika. Full of whitewashed stairs, small cafes and tiny houses, it looks and feels like a Greek island, justifying the name given “an island under Acropolis”! And since Anafiotika deserves some of your time, your local friend will guide you to a café to enjoy a cup of traditional Greek coffee with a tasty Greek sweet, the famous loukoumi! If you are lucky and the weather is sunny, you will have the opportunity to admire the breathtaking view to Acropolis and the entire city!
Through a lovely and scenic route and after taking many photos, you will reach Dionysiou Aeropagitou street, the “grande promenade” of Athens. But be careful, as a roman house can be found suddenly below your feet! Your morning stroll goes on through a hidden shortcut. You’ll have the chance to listen to great stories from greek mythology, you will see the road where the Panathenaia (the Athens celebration) were held in the past and you will also admire some of the most beautiful houses of the city.
Next stop of this walk will be the Roman Market, where you will be informed about the historic importance of this archeological place and admire Adrianos’ impressive library. At this point, you will learn a lot about the great monuments built in that area. You are already at Monastiraki Square, the most crowdy and vivid place of the city! Following your local expert, you will walk at the well-known Flea Market with the peculiar shops.
At last, you are walking towards your final destination of this tour finding yourself at the most alternative corner of Athens, the one and only Psirri! Leaving back historical monuments, you can now meet a neighborhood full of insiders and impressive street art with peculiar traits.
Our local expert will be your guide for your walk. Starting at Syntagma Square, admire the impressive building of the Greek Parliament as well as the famous evzones. Learn about the history of the area, one of the most important in the city. Then, leave Syntagma Square, and take a lovely stroll Plaka, the most famous neighborhood of Athens! Beautiful neoclassical buildings, pedestrian streets, picturesque cafes and restaurants with appetizing flavors are everywhere around you. Your local guide will inform you about significant historical traits and help you discover a number of hidden spots. Can you resist the temptation not to fill your suitcase with the fantastic souvenirs you are going to find at Adrianou street?
After crossing Adrianou Street, your local expert will lead you to the most picturesque place of this area, the so-called Anafiotika. Full of whitewashed stairs, small cafes and tiny houses, it looks and feels like a Greek island, justifying the name given “an island under Acropolis”! And since Anafiotika deserves some of your time, your local friend will guide you to a café to enjoy a cup of traditional Greek coffee with a tasty Greek sweet, the famous loukoumi! If you are lucky and the weather is sunny, you will have the opportunity to admire the breathtaking view to Acropolis and the entire city!
Through a lovely and scenic route and after taking many photos, you will reach Dionysiou Aeropagitou street, the “grande promenade” of Athens. But be careful, as a roman house can be found suddenly below your feet! Your morning stroll goes on through a hidden shortcut. You’ll have the chance to listen to great stories from greek mythology, you will see the road where the Panathenaia (the Athens celebration) were held in the past and you will also admire some of the most beautiful houses of the city.
Next stop of this walk will be the Roman Market, where you will be informed about the historic importance of this archeological place and admire Adrianos’ impressive library. At this point, you will learn a lot about the great monuments built in that area. You are already at Monastiraki Square, the most crowdy and vivid place of the city! Following your local expert, you will walk at the well-known Flea Market with the peculiar shops.
At last, you are walking towards your final destination of this tour finding yourself at the most alternative corner of Athens, the one and only Psirri! Leaving back historical monuments, you can now meet a neighborhood full of insiders and impressive street art with peculiar traits.
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