Private Tour of Acropolis & Plaka Neighbourhood with Licensed Expert Guide

Experience the wonders of Ancient Greece on a private tour of the Acropolis and Plaka neighborhood. Explore the rich history and mythology with a licensed expert guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Makrygianni - MEETING OUR GUIDE. Your guide will be waiting at the ‘Acropoli’ Metro Station, at street level. This is at 7 Makrygianni Street, just around the corner from the Acropolis Main Entrance.
    Our meeting spot provides an ideal perspective from which to view the surrounding wall of the Acropolis built by the earlier Mycenean civilization and…
What's Included
  • 3-Hour Private Guided Tour of the Acropolis & Plaka with Licensed Professional Official Expert
  • Traditional Greek Coffee/Mountain Tea, Savories, Sweet Treats
  • 2-Hour tour option of either the Acropolis or Plaka
What's Not Included
  • Admission Fees (skip-the-line tickets provided on request after booking (additional cost)
  • For guiding in Italian, a supplement of 20 euro is required which is payable to your guide
Additional Information

Enjoy a personal, group-exclusive tour that makes the rich history of Ancient Greece come alive thanks to your licenced expert guide. Experience the zenith of Classical Greece, followed by a leisurely walk through the old historic town.
This landmark location bore a critical part in the evolution of an incredible civilization. You’ll learn about…

Location
Makrigianni 7
Makrigianni
MEETING POINT: the ‘ACROPOLI’ Metro station, at street level. 7 Makrygianni Street. Your guide will have a sign with the name of the lead traveler written.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Annie_g
Oct 17, 2024
Fun and informative! - An informative and entertaining tour by a local expert. Antigoni provided several interesting pieces of information about the acropolis and neighbouring plaka neighbourhood.
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Jeanne_w
Oct 5, 2024
BEST Guided Tour - Our guide was an archeologist and shared information about the Acropolis and Greece we would have never known. It made all the difference in our experience. It was the best guided tour we've had.
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Scenic49367260906
Oct 2, 2024
Fun morning at ancient Acropolis and modern Athens - Kelly kindly tailored our tour for mobility issues and we so enjoyed our morning! First, myths and legends came alive for us at the Acropolis, where we first took the elevator & navigated the concrete sidewalks on top quite easily. It would’ve been most difficult a few years back with the very slippery and uneven rocks, but no worries now. Stunning views and better stories of the ancient Greeks and their gods! We then went a short walk to Monisteraki Square via the road of St. Paul to see the flea market, charming family restaurants, and quaint shops. We enjoyed a brief tour of Plaka before returning to one of her suggestions for lunch. Kelly’s beautiful personality, and smile warmly greeted us to our first trip to Athens! Cannot recommend her and our tour enough!
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Monicasb86ex
Sep 8, 2024
Best Way to See the Acropolis and Agora - What an incredible experience! Petrus was our private driver and unofficial tour guide the day before in Nafplio (and took us to Mykines and Epidaurus) so it was a delight to see him again in Athens. He provided waters for us and umbrellas and was always right on time. He even made a stop at a roadside orange vendor so we could taste local fruits. While he didn't have a license to take us into our stops as a tour guide, he went out of his way to provide so much helpful history and background. During our day in Athens, our family had a private tour with Lidia who made the Acropolis and ancient agora come alive. You would not be doing these places justice without a guide and I can imagine no better guide. Her passion for Greek history was infectious and she had helpful maps and pictures to help visualize parts of the tour of the ruins and was a font of knowledge for all of our questions. If you can afford it, a private guide for the once-in-a-lifetime visit to these sights is worth it and I'm so glad we went with Warm Penguin and had the pleasure of learning from and spending time with Lidia and Petrus.
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Juan_c
Sep 7, 2024
Great Private Acropolis Tour! - Becky was fantastic on our tour of the Acropolis. She was very informative and despite the crowds, she helped us navigate the grounds to see the best spots. I highly recommend her for a private tour, because it is very nice not needing headsets and being able to ask questions.
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X98gy6hckf
Aug 6, 2024
Amazing experience! - We had an amazing time with Vicki! We started at 8:30 am which avoided the 8am rush. Vicki was a wealth of information, we learned so much! We are parents with 3 sons 21, 18 and 14 who loved learning about Greek history and culture. Vicki also knew the best spots to take pictures and also find shade so she could tell us the history.
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Lalifd
Jul 24, 2024
Highlights of Athens and guided visit to the Acropolis - This excursion was by far one of the highlights of our trip. It was an insanely hot day in Athens and it was wonderful to have a car with air conditioner and bottles of water. The driver was wonderful and told us a lot of facts about the city on the way to the Acropolis, where we met our very nice guide. The whole experience was great and we learnt a lot, my children enjoyed the stories involving Greek mythology. Highly recommended.
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Lynn
Jun 26, 2024
Wonderful private tour of Acropolis and Plaka - My husband and I took a private tour of the Acropolis and Plaka neighborhood with guide Antigoni Patika, who works with Warm Penguin tours. (Private means only my husband and me.) Antigoni was my favorite guide of the three Warm Penguin Athens tours we took. Antigoni told us about the sights on top of the Acropolis: the Parthenon, the Erechtheion with Four Caryatids, the Propylea, the Athena Nike Temple, etc. Antigoni brought along pictures to supplement her talk. I greatly appreciated this! She had a picture of the probable appearance of the huge forty foot statue of Athena that used to stand inside the Parthenon. (Her picture was based on a still-existing Roman copy of the Parthenon’s original Athena statue. The Roman copy is in the National Archaeological Museum). Antigoni did a great job explaining how the ancient Greeks constructed the buildings on the Acropolis. She showed us 3 pictures of how the ancients moved the large marble pieces needed to construct the buildings. Sometimes cylindrical rock sections had small rock stubs like door jambs to wedge the pieces and hold them in place as they were moved. Antigoni said the Athenians were unable to complete the finishing touches on the Porphyry entrance gate because they were busy fighting a war. The walls of the Porphyry have little stone stubs sticking out on which finishing stone slabs would have been hung. It is not easy for a guide to hail around supplemental teaching materials. I appreciate Antigoni’s extra effort. Antigoni told us a story about the mythological gods competing for naming rights to the town of Athens, and about an olive tree planted at the Erechtheion. While we were on the top of Acropolis hill, Antigoni explained the sites below: the Asclepieion, the Theatre of Dionysus, nearby Mars Hill, nearby Pnyx Hill, etc. From the Acropolis we looked down and saw the ruins of the Asclepieion, a healing center dedicated to Asclepius, a god associated with healing and medicinal arts. Antigoni told us that here priests administered medicine and performed operations. They believed in healing both body and mind. Before a patient could receive medical treatment at the Asclepieion, the patient had to go next door to see a religious theatrical performance at the Theatre of Dionysus. It was fun to learn about both of these ancient sites, instead of just seeing their ruins. Antigoni pointed out nearby Mars Hill, (the Hill of Ares, the Greek god of war.) Long ago the Greek Supreme Court sat there, and St. Paul addressed early Christians there. People were walking on Mars Hill. Antigoni pointed out another hill not far from the Acropolis called Pnyx Hill. In ancient times this hill had huge assemblies where democracy was invented and speeches were given. In 1687 the invading Venetians used this hill as a site from which to fire cannonballs at the Turks defending the Acropolis. The Parthenon was severely damaged by the explosion of the Turks’ munitions stockpile. She also pointed out the well preserved Temple of Hephaestus in the Agora (a place we visited on a different Viator tour). After enjoying the views from on top the Acropolis we headed downhill into the Plaka. Although the Plaka is a modern tourist/shopping district, there are many ancient or historic sites in the Plaka worth seeing. Antigoni showed us several of them. We walked past the ruins of the Library of Hadrian, a fine library built in 132 AD by Hadrian, a Roman ruler of Athens. The building was used to store literary works and legal archives as well as a place to hear lectures and host philosophical schools. It had a lecture hall, reading rooms, gardens and a decorative pool. We walked past the Tower of the Winds, an elegant octagonal building built around 60 BC, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods around its top. It was originally topped by a weather vane, which would have been useful for traders and sailors. It had a clock tower and a sundial. We strolled past shops and restaurants, some old churches, and the Monument of Lysikrates. Once we had descended into the Plaka we got somewhat distant views of the Acropolis and Hadrian’s Arch, surrounded by more modern buildings, putting them in context. At the beginning of our tour before we ascended the Acropolis, Antigoni pointed out the most expensive residential district in Athens. The Spanish embassy is there. We went inside a small church in that neighborhood. At the end of our tour Antigoni led us to a very nice restaurant where my husband and I had a sumptuous delicious lunch. Our Viator tour included the food option, so we did not pay for this lunch. Many locals were dining there. I don’t know the name of the restaurant. Antigoni pointed out a favorite quiet restaurant where she and her family like to dine: Hermion (Epmeion?), established 1981. We hoped to dine there but never did. I recommend taking a Viator private tour of the Acropolis and Plaka. Request Antigoni Patika from Warm Penguin tours as your guide. She speaks Greek, English and German.
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Mattdave23
Jun 9, 2024
Super guide and super visit! - I booked this private tour to be able to enjoy an expert guide who knew how to explain the places and history of the Acropolis and Plaka well and in an engaging way. I was fully satisfied because Marita was very, very good: thorough, patient, nice, full of information and curiosity. The price is absolutely correct for the service offered, i.e. over 3 hours of personalized visit (skip-the-line access tickets to the Acropolis not included). Thanks Maritq!
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Anthonysoprano
Jun 4, 2024
Wonderful tour - Great tour of the Acropolis and downtown Athens! Having a guide for this site is a must! The tour of Plaka was great also…a lot of history and a knowledgeable guide was a essential
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up to 14 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).