Athens Tour: Ancient Ruins Sightseeing

Experience the best of Athens, Piraeus, and Glyfada with Athens Open Tour. Hop on and off at your own pace and explore the city’s rich history, architecture, and culture with commentary in 12 languages.

Duration: 4 hours, 35 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Athens Line - Grey Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: The Athens Line is valid with all tickets.
Operating Hours - 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM with a 30-minute interval.
1. Acropolis
Stop 4 - Acropolis
2. Temple of Olympian Zeus
Stop 5 - Temple of Zeus (Adjacent to the temple entrance)
3. Hellenic Parliament
Stop 6 - Parliament…

What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • 24, 28 or 72 hour Hop-on hop-off tour
  • Free Wi-Fi on board
  • Digital commentary in a choice of 14 languages
  • Up to 3 Central Routes depending on selected options
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Explore the ancient city of Athens, the cradle of Western civilization and birthplace of democracy, on a hop-on, hop-off, open-top sightseeing tour. Discover the city’s 3,000-year history from the vantage point of the top deck of a double-decker bus. Marvel at Athens’ ancient ruins, including iconic landmarks like the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Esther_j
Jan 2, 2025
Great option for January 1 - On a day where everything (80%) is closed, this was a great option to tour and see Athens on January 1.
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Hillk2025
Jan 2, 2025
EXCELLENT - it was a very good tour through Athens. the staff was helpful to explain how we can to change routes. Acropolis hill is the best view.
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Kerri_a
Oct 30, 2024
Worth it - easy way to see the city if don't have much time to spend. totally recommend it! also very good drivers
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Sandra_m
Oct 24, 2024
Athens in an easy hour & a half - Easy sightseeing. Can sit up top or totally inside. Good commentary through the ear pieces. Enjoyed being able to see the sights & get our bearings.
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Kennethca5352jm
Jan 7, 2025
Booking charged prior to confirmation. - I didn't complete the purchase but was charged for a ticket on the wrong date. I have three booking reference codes, but none are active.
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Guilherme_f
Dec 10, 2024
Missing Information - The page should clearly state that using the ticket at night time is not part of the package. We used only once in the morning and after 6pm we tried to use again and we were told that we would need to pay extra to use at night
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Fragglewhv
Nov 26, 2024
Waited for over 40min. Bus did not show. - More than 40min waiting on a bus from your company (in Athens) at stop no. 10 at Archeological Museum today... 4.25pm to 5.10pm to be precise. 20min is advertised by you. Do not blame traffic. The other two hop-on-hop-off companies stop at same museum. They show up at roughly an interval of 20min. Will make sure to tell all my friends!!! word of month and all that. 😡😡😡
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Joeandshirley
Oct 28, 2024
Not worth it! - Where's the bus? Still waiting for the bus to pick us up - already 40 minutes late, and no bus in site! Definitely wouldn't use Big Bus Tours again.
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Stefanblomqvist
Oct 26, 2024
Disaster - room for improvement - Disaster. Often take these bus tours coming to a new city and it’s mostly very good. Athen was a disaster. The sound system was out of order on 4 out of 5 seats we tried. On the ones working it has issues on sound and the music volume was significant louder than the speech. The content was very basic on the edge to minimal, no stories or in depth insight like on the London version. The bus did on top of this stand still for like 50% of the time on the tour, on 2 particular stops. Not good value spending €84 for a family of 4. Step up!
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Tripsie
Oct 24, 2024
Terrible Experience - Dreadful experience 975519268 We’ve taken this type of tour in cities throughout Europe and mostly enjoyed them, but this was easily the worst experience ever, Due to the way some of our combined tickets were organised, we used both the Big Bus and the Blue buses. There wasn’t much to choose between them other than the The audio guide was very sparse and the English version stopped midstream at some point (the French and Spanish versions kept going). Most of the stops on the city tour are in the traffic jammed city centre, so you will spend most of your time sitting in traffic, breathing in fumes and listening to musack on a loop. Big Bus offers a city tour, a tour to Piraeus and a tour to the beach. We didn’t try the beach trip, the Piraeus tour is really just a way of moving cruise ship passengers from their ships to the Acropolis, most of the stops are at cruise ship terminals and of no interest to anyone else. Athens is a small city, and if the next location you want to visit on the city tour is less than fifteen or twenty minutes walk away, it will almost certainly be quicker to walk than take the tour bus. The Acropolis interchange is a chaotic nightmare. The Big Bus person actually admitted he had no idea where any bus will be going until he asked the driver. If you ask staff when the next bus will be, their opening bid always seems to be fifteen minutes (although it may well take a lot longer, in which case they will blame the traffic). The experience could be improved considerably if all the companies set up a joint bus stop elsewhere at the Acropolis car park to separate cruise passengers wanting to return to their ships from people waiting for the city tour. Also, given the length of time they expect their passengers to wait, the companies could club together and buy some proper benches rather than expect people to balance on uneven rocks close to the ground. If you want an orientation tour of Athens, try the free walking tours
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