Athens Tours
Athens Half Day City Tour
The tour starts with a pick up from your hotel or any other desired location. The first stop is at the Acropolis significant site with its historical monuments of the Golden Age, including the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea and the temple of Athena Nike, followed by the Theater of Herodes Atticus under the rock of Acropolis.
A few metres away from the Acropolis you will have the chance to see the monuments of the ancient temple of Olympic Zeus and the Adrianos Gate. Next stop is the Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896, where you will have some time to admire the monument and take pictures. Driving by one of the most fascinating public art pieces of Athens, you will observe Dromeas (The Runner), a sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Next you will drive by Zappeion Megaron, a part of national heritage of Greek civilization and make a stop in front of the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier in front of the Constitution Square (Syntagma). Last but not least, you will drive by the historical Athens neoclassical trilogy as it commonly called, at Panepistimiou street, the National Library – University – Academy of Athens, which is identified with the heart of the intellectual life of the city.
Tour Duration: 3,5 hours
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Athens Condensed City Tour
The tour starts with a pick up from your hotel or any other desired location. The first stop is at the Acropolis significant site with its historical monuments of the Golden Age, including the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea and the temple of Athena Nike, followed by the Theater of Herodes Atticus under the rock of Acropolis.
Going downhill, you will see the Ancient Agora and you will enter at the oldest area of Athens, Plaka. Walking through Andrianou street all the way down to Monastiraki with its flea market and Thission. A few metres away from the Acropolis you have the monuments of the ancient temple of Olympic Zeus and the Adrianos Gate. Next stop is the Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympics took place in 1896, where you will have some time to admire the monument and take pictures. Driving by one of the most fascinating public art pieces of Athens, you will observe Dromeas (The Runner), a sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Next you will drive by Zappeion Megaron, a part of national heritage of Greek civilization and make a stop in front of the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier in front of the Constitution Square (Syntagma). Last but not least, you will drive by the historical Athens neoclassical trilogy as it commonly called, at Panepistimiou street, the National Library – University – Academy of Athens, which is identified with the heart of the intellectual life of the city.
Tour Duration: 5 hours
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Athens Full Day City Tour
The tour starts with a pick up from your hotel or any other desired location. The first stop is at the Acropolis significant site with its historical monuments of the Golden Age, including the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea and the temple of Athena Nike, followed by the Theater of Herodes Atticus under the rock of Acropolis.
Going downhill, visit the new Acropolis Museum, rated by “The Times” as the 3rd best museum in the world. Right after you will enter at the most unique area of Athens, Plaka & you will walk through Andrianou street all the way down to Monastiraki with its flea market and Thission. A few metres away from the Acropolis you have the monuments of the ancient temple of Olympic Zeus and the Adrianos Gate.
Next stop is the Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympics took place in 1896, where you will have some time to admire the monument and take pictures. Driving by one of the most fascinating public art pieces of Athens, you will observe Dromeas (The Runner), a sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Next you will drive by Zappeion Megaron, a part of national heritage of Greek civilization and make a stop in front of the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier in front of the Constitution Square (Syntagma). Last but not least, you will drive by the historical Athens neoclassical trilogy as it commonly called, at Panepistimiou street, the National Library – University – Academy of Athens, which is identified with the heart of the intellectual life of the city.
Tour Duration: 8 hours
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Sounion, Temple of Poseidon Tour
In a maritime country like Greece, the god of the sea occupied a high position in the divine hierarchy. In power, Poseidon was considered second only to Zeus (Jupiter), the supreme god himself. His implacable wrath, manifested in the form of storms, was greatly feared by all mariners. In an age without mechanical power, storms very frequently resulted in shipwrecks and drownings.
The temple at Cape Sounion, Attica, therefore, was a venue where mariners, and also entire cities or states, could propitiate Poseidon by making animal sacrifice or leaving gifts. The temple of Poseidon was constructed in 444–440 BC, over the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic Period. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 metres (200 ft). The design of the temple is a typical hexastyle, i.e., it had a front portico with six columns. Only some columns of the Sounion temple stand today, but when intact it would have closely resembled the contemporary and well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus beneath the Acropolis, which may have been designed by the same architect.
At the centre of the temple colonnade would have been the hall of worship (naos), a windowless rectangular room, similar to the partly intact hall at the Temple of Hephaestus. It would have contained, at one end facing the entrance, the cult image, a colossal, ceiling-height bronze statue of Poseidon. Probably covered in gold leaf, it may have resembled a contemporary representation of the god, appropriately found in a shipwreck, shown in the figure above. Poseidon was usually portrayed carrying atrident, the weapon he supposedly used to stir up storms. On the longest day of the year, the sun sets exactly in the middle of the caldera of the island of Patroklou, the extinct volcano that lies offshore, suggesting astrological significance for the siting of the temple. The temple of Poseidon was destroyed in 399 by Emperor Arcadius.
An enjoyable drive along the length of the Attica Riviera, full of images & breathtaking views. Passing through the most beautiful suburbs of Athens: Glyfada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Lagonisi & Anavissos, ending at Greece’s most photographed monuments, The Temple of Poseidon.
We recommend this tour as an evening visit due to the idyllic scenes the sun creates when setting.
Tour Duration: 5 hours
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