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Acropolis Tour: Early Bird Access to Parthenon
4.9
34 Ratings
Athens
Join our Early Bird Acropolis Tour and beat the heat and crowds! Explore iconic monuments, enjoy panoramic views, and learn fascinating myths and historical facts.
Join our Early Bird Acropolis Tour and beat the heat and crowds! Explore iconic monuments, enjoy panoramic views, and learn fascinating myths and historical facts.
Duration:
1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Propylaea - The Propylaea serves as the entrance gate to the Acropolis, impressively framed by a marble structure that adds to the grandeur of this sacred monument. With the guidance of your expert tour guide, you’ll gain insight into how the Propylaea may have appeared in ancient times, allowing you to visualize the splendor and significance of this iconic gateway.
- Propylaea - The Propylaea serves as the entrance gate to the Acropolis, impressively framed by a marble structure that adds to the grandeur of this sacred monument. With the guidance of your expert tour guide, you’ll gain insight into how the Propylaea may have appeared in ancient times, allowing you to visualize the splendor and significance of this iconic gateway.
What's Included
- Earsets for clear audio from your guide
- Complimentary Athens map
- Guidance from a professional local licensed guide
- Free Athens Guide magazine with local tips
- Skip-the-line ticket service for faster access
- Earsets for clear audio from your guide
- Complimentary Athens map
- Guidance from a professional local licensed guide
- Free Athens Guide magazine with local tips
- Skip-the-line ticket service for faster access
What's Not Included
- Entrance fees (can be booked as an option at an additional cost)
- Gratuities
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off service
- Food and beverages
- Entrance fees (can be booked as an option at an additional cost)
- Gratuities
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off service
- Food and beverages
Additional Information
Embark on our Early Bird Acropolis Tour to stay ahead of the heat and the masses. Starting our journey from the primary entrance, we’ll make a beeline for the Parthenon and get a closer look at the well-known Caryatids at the Erechteion. With our certified guide offering intriguing stories and historical details about these legendary landmarks, relish…
Embark on our Early Bird Acropolis Tour to stay ahead of the heat and the masses. Starting our journey from the primary entrance, we’ll make a beeline for the Parthenon and get a closer look at the well-known Caryatids at the Erechteion. With our certified guide offering intriguing stories and historical details about these legendary landmarks, relish the breathtaking 360-degree views of Athens. Afterwards, we’ll proceed towards the southern entrance and along the way, stop by the Asklepeion, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, and Dionysus Theatre to soak in more captivating visuals and learn deeper about the Acropolis’s rich past. Do note that despite our morning timings, the place can get busy and hot. While we offer a skip-the-ticket-line service, some wait time might be required for security checks due to the unpredictable number of visitors daily. The usual waiting time ranges between 0 to 10 or 30 minutes, though in some rare cases, it could be longer.
- Strict Acropolis entry times mean we can’t wait for latecomers. No refunds will be given.
- All visitors undergo airport-style security; expect peak season waits of up to 30+ minutes.
- Cutoff times sync with Athens local time.
- Tours run rain or shine.
- If you selected the WITHOUT ticket option it’s up to you to purchase your admission tickets from the official site—a simple but important task to ensure your spot on the tour. This means you’ll need to carefully choose the right date, time slot, and ticket category (for example, adults, students, etc.).
- The tour starts enters the Acropolis right after the start of the tour. (Book your Acropolis ticket independently It’s crucial to ensure your tickets’ entry time corresponds with our tour’s specific schedule. Pre-Purchase Tickets: To ensure your participation, you must purchase your tickets prior to booking our tour. This step confirms the availability for your chosen tour date and time.
- When entrance to the Acropolis is free, the cost of the entrance fee is already deducted from the tour price
Location
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ACROPOLIS MAIN ENTRANCE
Our staff, holding the orange Athens Walking Tours sign, will be waiting for you at the main Acropolis Entrance, across the canteen. Please be at the meeting 15 minutes prior to tour departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(34 Ratings)
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Kristi_w
Oct 5, 2024
Early Tour gets the space! - I’m glad a chose the earliest tour to visit as by the time we were headed down, the crowds trying to get in were crazy! Tour guide didn’t rush, gave plenty of time for individual exploration & had great historical knowledge to share. She was friendly & helped many people get their pictures in front of the Acropolis during the sunrise. Grateful I didn’t feel crowded the entire time we were there. Highly recommend going as early as possible. We even saw the military go in first for the raising of the flag.
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Donald_w
Sep 29, 2024
Highly Recommend - Adonis - excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable. So happy to have gotten there before the crowds. Highly recommend
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Anita_c
Sep 18, 2024
Great Guide - Our guide was passionate about the acropolis and shared many details I had not known before. Her expertise on the subject matter, and thoughtful suggestions for sightseeing, made the tour worth every penny spent.
You meet at the Main Gate. Go early in case you get confused like we did.
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Lori_w
Sep 5, 2024
Great Early Access Acropolis Tour - Our guide, Niome, was very knowledgeable and explained about Acropolis hill, the Parthenon, greek history, and current day Greek landscape. It was really nice that we were the 1st tour group entering and our visit did not feel as crowded or hot in temperature.
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Simon_m
Aug 21, 2024
Great tour! - Rita was an informative guide who managed the group very well (in the hot and busy Acropolis conditions) to ensure that a very positive experience was had by all.
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Rjkeyte
Aug 7, 2024
Amazing experience, photos and we beat the heat! - Firstly we walked from our hotel to the meeting location, this in itself gave us a lovely morning walk through the streets of Athens. We arrived in time and had the time to stand on the large rock (forgive me I dont know its name) directly across and take beautiful photos of the city and the Parthenon without anyone else being there!
Our guide was very helpful and knowledgeable and going before the crowds arrived is so much better! We had plenty of time to look around, take photos and then met back up again to hear some really interesting facts and history about the temple and the location.
Our guide then lead us to different areas, and as we had 20 minutes at the start with virtually no one there, we had all our photos. And thank god! As we were moving to a different area after 30 minutes or so, the crowds really started to build up. I could not have got the amazing photos we have with all those crowds.
We moved down to the ampitheatre and to other locations for more history and knowledge, and our guide knew where to go and what to say - really enhancing the experience. We also got to meet the local cat!
I would definetely recommend, as it gives a beautiful almost personal experience of the Parthenon. Our photos are amazing, and we then left the crowds, and the heat and enjoyed a beer locally whilst looking up at the temple and seeing the vast crowds.
You beat the heat, the crowd and learn more about it. What more do you need!
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Cendall_c
Jul 22, 2024
Loved this tour! - A great tour, especially to beat the summer heat! Well organised, a great mix of free exploration and walking/listening to the guide. Never stood still for too long (very important for us as we travelled with a 4yo) and our guide (Adonis) gave us great recommendations for things to do after the tour (particularly the things to do before it got too hot!)
Very easy to find - we used the Uber app to drop us at ‘Acropolis - West Canteen’ and then walked up the little road to the hill and found the tour guides very easily.
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Annakk8069ui
Jul 15, 2024
The best way to see the monument- avoiding the crowds and the heat! - We went on the tour July 13, and Athens weather was swealtering! So glad that we got up early to be there first thing! It was a treat to see the monuments before it became crowded with lots of people (and before it became unbearably hot!). Our guide Niobe was also fantastic and made the history of the place come alive and made the visit even more worthwhile! Meeting the crowds as we made our way down the hill convinced us even more that it was really worth being up early for the tour! /Anna and Henrik
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Katelynn_t
Jul 12, 2024
Worth it! - Best way to beat the crowds. We were one of the first groups to enter.
The tour guide Niabi was wonderful!
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Chris_l
Jul 10, 2024
Great way to beat the crowds! - What a great tour! Being among the first into the acropolis for the day meant not only beating the crowds, but the heat, too!
We were even given 20 minutes once on top of the hill, to explore and take photos (without a million people in the background) before the formal tour started.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and gave great insight we would not have otherwise had.
The tour ended within the gates so we could explore on our own.
Highly recommend !!
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