Athens Private Day Tour Best Place To Visit

Custom made Athens half day tours (Approx.4 hours) Let us arrange you a tour to the core of the world's most ancient capital Athens. The details of the tour are described below: 1. Pick-up from hotel. 2. Stop at the Acropolis (Parthenon). It is a monument of the Athenian state of the Parthenon temple built to honor the goddess of Athens in the mid-fifth century BC.

3. Next we will pass by the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Zappeion building within the National Gardens, built specifically for the first Olympic Games in a Neoclassical Rythm.

4. We will stop at the Panathenaic Stadium (a.k.a. Kallimarmaro), which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

5. Next we will pass by Herod of Attica Street which is the old Palace and then donated to the Greek government. Nowadays it is the Political Office and Residence of the President of the Republic.

6. Now it is the time to visit the Greek Parliament, Syntagma Square and the Change of Guard in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a tribute paid to all the soldiers of the nation.

7. We will then pass by the Athens Old Parliament and head to the Lycabettus Hill, where we will see a panoramic view of Athens up to Piraeus and the islands in the Saronic Gulf. 8. Next we will drop you off at your hotel. The program can change according to your preferences. The following options can be included at your tour: Acropolis Museum, Filopappou Hill, Theater of Dionysus (Herodion), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, Plaka old city, The Ancient Agora, The Benaki Collection of Museums, Museum of Cycladic Art, the National Archaeological Museum. Select what you want to visit from the above within 4-5 hours, according to your preferences. Please contact us for any further clarifications.