Acropolis and Ancient Agora Private tour with licensed Guide

Acropolis and Ancient Agora Private tour with licensed Guide

A unique private tour that lets you experience the top archeological highlights of Athens in six hours.

You will start your tour at Acropolis explore the Parthenon, Erechtheion, Temple of Nikae and Propylaea!

The Ancient Agora was the commercial, political, and financial center of Ancient Athens. The walk through the monuments will offer you the sense of traveling back in time.

You will visit the Hephaestus Temple - the best preserved Greek Temple from the 5th century BC, and you will see the wonderful church of the 12 Apostles, the Temple of Apollo Patroos, the Stoa of Zeus, the Altar of Zeus, and with your knowledgeable and professional guide the ancient stones will come alive.

The Ancient Agora is the place where Socrates, Plato and many world renowned philosophers walked and taught. Your licensed guide will then take you to the Attalos Museum which is worthwhile visiting as it houses artefacts of great historical value.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Acropolis, via Dionysiou Areopagitou str., Athens 105 58 Greece

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient site of unparalleled beauty! An architecture wonder of the world heritage recognized by Unesco. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. The Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance of the sculptor Pheidias, transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the arts. The most important monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, designed by Mnesicles and the small temple Athena Nike.

Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Plaka, Athens 10556 Greece

In the shadow of the Acropolis and its ancient temples, hillside Plaka has a village feel, with narrow cobblestone streets lined with tiny shops selling jewelry, clothes and local ceramics. Sidewalk cafes and family-run tavernas stay open until late, and Cine Paris shows classic movies al fresco.

Stop At: Ancient Agora of Athens, Adrianou 24, Athens 105 55 Greece

The Ancient Agora was the heart of the Ancient City of Athens!

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Hephaestus, 24 Adrianou St. Ancient Agora of Athens, Athens 105 55 Greece

On top of Agoraios Kolonos hill, which is delimiting the Ancient Agora of Athens to the west, stands the temple of Hephaestus, broadly known as Thisio. It is one of the best preserved ancient temples, partly because it was transformed into a Christian church. According to the traveller and geographer Pausanias, two deities were jointly worshipped in the temple: god Hephaestus, protector of all metallurgists, and goddess Athena Ergani, protecting all potters and the cottage industries.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Stoa of Attalos, Adrianou St. 24, Athens Greece

The Stoa of Attalos was a stoa in the Agora of Athens, Greece. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon, who ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Parthenon, Acropolis Top of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, Athens 105 58 Greece

The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Erechtheion, Athens 105 58, Greece

The Erechtheion or Erechtheum is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Theater of Dionysus, Mitseon 25, Athens 105 58 Greece

The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major theatre in Athens, considered to be the world's first theatre, built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Propylaea, Acropolis, Athens 105 58 Greece

A propylaea, propylea or propylaia is any monumental gateway in ancient Greek architecture. The prototypical Greek example is the propylaea that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Dionysiou Areopagitou Acropolis, Athens 10558 Greece

The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena Nike. Built around 420 BC, the temple is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Museum of the Ancient Agora, 24 Adrianou, Athens 105 55 Greece

The Museum of the Ancient Agora is housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, originally erected during the 2nd cent. BC as a gift of the king of Pergamon, Attalos II, to Athens.

Duration: 30 minutes