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Athens Acropolis Tour: Explore Ancient Landmarks
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128 Ratings
Athens
Embark on a captivating walking tour of Athens’ Acropolis during your shore excursion. Explore ancient monuments, including the Parthenon, and immerse yourself in the city’s rich history.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Change of Guards - Change of the Guards in front of the Greek Parliament
What's Included
- Round trip transfer from the Port of Piraeus and back
- Free time in Plaka
- Acropolis guided tour
- Skip-the-ticket line service (if WITH ticket option booked)
- Athens map
- Athens guide magazine
- Local licensed guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees (Depending on the option you choose)
Additional Information
Upon the docking of your cruise ship in Athens (Piraeus), start your off-port expedition to the Acropolis. Explore Athens’ historic past with a guided city walk led by a local. Step into the Acropolis, behold the Parthenon, and marvel at how this preserved relic dominates the cityscape. As you immerse yourself in the local culture, you’ll encounter landmarks such as the House of Parliament, the Zappeion and the Zeus Temple. Also, enjoy some leisure time in the Plaka district.
- IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT BABY STROLLERS: baby strollers are not allowed on the Acropolis archaeological site and that there is no cloakroom at the side entrance we use to enter. For your own convenience, it is recommended to use a baby pouch instead of a baby stroller
- Comfortable walking shoes, sun-screen and a hat are recommended
- Dress according to weather
- Bring a bottle of water
- 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 have selected the “Book WITH Ticket” option, everything is included, and you will collect the admission tickets from our staff during check-in for the tour at the meeting point. We will be prepurchasing the tickets for you for the specific timezone.
- If you have selected the WITHOUT Ticket option, it’s up to you to purchase your admission tickets from the official site. This means you’ll need to carefully choose the right date, time slot, and ticket category.
- The tour starts with the City Tour and accesses the Acropolis two hours approximately past the tour’s starting time, at approximately 11:40am
Location
Change of Guards
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Isabelle_m
Jun 30, 2024
Beautiful Acropolis and free time - Wonderful tour to get a quick overview of Athens and visit the Acropolis. The tour guide was an encyclopedia of knowledge, with the right amount of entertainment and cynicism. It was very hot and he broke down the stops to make sure we had breaks in the Acropolis climb and as much shade as possible when he was providing information. We also had approximately two hours of free time to have lunch and visit la Plaka. Easy port pick-up. Well organized. Great day!
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Clifford_w
Apr 27, 2024
Great Day at the Acropolis - Pickup at the cruise terminal in Piraeus went smoothly. We were driven in a taxi, arranged by the tour company, by Mr. G, who was very entertaining. The walk from the Syntagma metro station took us past the Parliament, where we saw the changing of the guard, some gardens, Hadrian's Arch, the Olympus Temple, and through some streets of the Plaka shopping district. We had a brief lunch, then onto the Acropolis. Our guide, Tina (?) was very, very knowledgeable, and great at getting us through the crowds. Since we skipped the Museum, we had plenty of time to explore the winding streets of the Plaka. The taxi ride back to the cruise terminal again went smoothly. A great day.
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Tcatarina2
Jul 29, 2023
Must see - Apollo our tour was great at sharing the Greek myths and history about the Acropolis. He also adjusted and helped deal with the heat so that we could enjoy our trip. Thank you for a great day!
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Judy_b
May 17, 2023
Great Day in Athens Greece - Our guide, Apollon was excellent. He had great knowledge of history and mythology of Greece and was also an archaeologist. He was also considerate of all ages on the tour stopping frequently as we climbed to the top of the Acropolis. Thanks for a great experience!
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Irispaldi
Mar 10, 2023
beautiful - we had a lovely tour with the guide named Niobe. she was very professional, experienced, enriched us with a very interesting knowledge and made our visit to the acropolis prefect
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Mfuel
Sep 14, 2022
Excellent Acropolis Overview - The guide was very knowledgeable. It was a very hot day (33) and she tried to find shade as much as she could. One of our party was about to develop heat stroke and the guide was so helpful with salty snacks, water, rest and shade. We were all impressed with how she shared her passion for the architecture and artifacts.
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11nadiaw
Aug 15, 2022
Enjoyable walking tour - We really enjoyed our walking tour around Plaka neighborhood, Acropolis and The Parthenon. Eli, our tour guide, is really friendly and knowledgeable.
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Fred_m
Jul 6, 2024
Tough Walk - Wish we had booked a tour that was less history lesson. Too much walking to the Acropolis. Wish we had booked the other entrance. Less demanding
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Starlena_o
Jul 1, 2024
Athens Walking Tour - Our walking tour started great with clear communication as to where to meet. Traffic while on the bus was crazy busy, but we were excited about the tour thinking Athena would be our guide. Unfortunately at the bus station we were passed off to another tour guide. Being an elementary teacher, I know from many field trips that the guide makes or breaks the trip. In our case, our guide was mediocre, disinterested and not engaging. He did make sure he stopped to talk in places with shade, but there was not adequate restroom and picture taking opportunities . We enjoyed the sights, but it was not an interesting learning experience.
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Lara
Sep 12, 2023
Athens Walking tour - We were disappointed with our Athens walking tour. We felt it was not good value for money (paying over $145 AUD and the group was way too big (28 people) . It was hard for our poor guide (who was very knowledgeable) to keep everyone organized. We did a quick stop at changing of the guards and a walk through the gardens, saw the temple of Zeus. Then it was onto the acropolis. We still had to pay for our entry tickets, another $20 EUR/person. We then did the guided tour of acropolis. We were glad to say goodbye to this large group and have some free time on our own. The rest of the group moved onto the museum. We enjoyed our free time in Plaka, having a lovely Greek lunch at ‘the cave of acropolis’ and a wander around the Plaka streets. We then meet up with the group again to catch the bus back to our ship. I feel
We would have been better to catch a taxi into Athens and downloading an audio guide and touring ourselves. The tour was way to expensive and too large
a group. It was not what I thought we had signed up for. Very disappointed.
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