Full Day Private Tour Essential Athens Highlights plus Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon

Full Day Private Tour Essential Athens Highlights plus Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon

Private luxury tour combining the Highlights of Athens with a coastal road trip to the Sounion Peninsula & amazing clifftop Temple of Poseidon. In the company of an experienced tour driver visit the Acropolis, Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, Olympic Stadium, Parliament & changing of the guards, and after lunch sit back in one of our new full leather Mercedes models with WiFi as you set off along the deep blue colours of the Aegean sea to explore the Temple of Poseidon.

Exclusive to your group alone with door to door return transfer to your hotel or cruise ship, this comprehensive and 'go at your own pace' tour aims to provide you with one of the most outstanding experiences of your visit and is suitable for small groups, couples, families & all ages.

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

Visit the Acropolis & its associated temples including the Parthenon, Temple of Nike and Temple of Erechtheion. Stop at Herodes Atticus Theatre.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Acropolis Museum, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens 117 42 Greece

Explore the New Acropolis Museum situated adjacent to the Acropolis which houses the many masterpieces from the site.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Plateia Syntagmatos, Leoforos Vassilissis Amalias, Athens 105 63 Greece

Main square of Athens housing the Parliament building & focus of much of Athenian life & Politics.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Leoforos Vasilissis Amalias Syntagma Square, Athens 100 28 Greece

At the tomb you will see the impressive changing of the guard’s ceremony, with the iconic 'Evzone' guards in their traditional uniform.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: The Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens 106 79 Greece

Stop at Panepistimiou str, for the Athenian Trilogy – the three elegant buildings: The University, The Academy and The Library.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Maximos Mansion, Irodou Attikou 19, Athens 10674 Greece

A short stop at the The Neoclassical Maximos Mansion, also called the Greek “White House”. Official residence of the Prime Minister of Greece since 1982

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Panathenaic Stadium, Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue, 999-20, Athens 999-20 Greece

Also called 'Kallimarmaro' stadium is one of the highlights of Athens where the classic Marathon ends & the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Olympian Zeus, Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas Leoforos Amalias, Athens 105 57 Greece

Colossal temple at the center of Athens dedicated to the God Zeus and once home to one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Arch of Hadrian (Pili tou Adrianou), Leoforos Amalias, Athens Greece

Classic Triumphal Arch built by the Ancient Athenians for the Roman Emperor Hadrian & seen together with the Temple of Zeus in the same location

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Sounio 195 00 Greece

Located 70 meters on a clifftop at the tip of the Athens Peninsula this amazing temple was dedicated to the God Poseidon. It was the last thing Ancient sailors saw on leaving port & the first site on return with many legends to tell. It is especially beautiful at sunset & a perfect final location for your tour

Duration: 40 minutes