Short / sightseeing tours in Athens,
to Sounion & Corinth

Athens City Sightseeing Tour

 Daily
 Normal price: EUR 54
 

Departure: 08:45 am
Return: 12:30 am
Highlights: Before reaching the Acropolis (visit), the bus passes by most major sights, monuments and museums in Athens including the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Byzantine Museum, the National Gallery, the Zappion Garden, the Adrian's Arch, St. Paul’s Church, the Parliament and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma Square, the Catholic Cathedral, the University, the Academy, the National Library and many other. Also visits to the Panathinaikon Stadium, where the first contemporary Olympic Games took place in 1896, and the Temple of Olympian Zeus are included.

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Athens City Tour & Acropolis Museum

 Daily except from Monday
 Normal price: EUR 67
 

Departure: 08:30 am
Return: 01:30 pm
Highlights: From the Acropolis to Omonia Square, you'll see all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens on this comprehensive morning tour. Offering a perfect overview of the modern city, this guided tour will help you get your bearings if this is your first visit to Athens.
Depart for Panathinakon Stadium, cradle of the first Olympic Games that took place in 1896 (short stop). Pass by the Prime’s Ministers residence, Ex Royal Palace (guarded by colorful Evzones), Zappion (Conference and Exhibition Hall). Proceed passing by the Roman Temple of Olympian Zeus. Continue passing by National Garden, Hadrian’s Arc, St. Paul’s Church, Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown soldier, Schlieman’s House (Nomismatic Museum), Catholic Cathedral, Academy, University, National Library, Old Parliament, Constitution Square, Russian Orthodox Church, and finally Acropolis (visit Propylae, Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens).
Continue with a pleasant short walk passing by Herodion and Dionysou Theater, in order to visit the new Acropolis Museum. Main attractions such as votives, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you.

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Acropolis Museum tour

 Daily except from Monday
 Normal price: EUR 20
 

Departure: 12:00 pm
Return: 02:00 pm
Highlights: Don’t waste time waiting in queues, take an Acropolis museum prioritized guided tour. After your guided tour, you can stay on if you want to and continue exploring the Acropolis museum at your Leisure.
The new Acropolis museum is consider one of the most important archaeological museums in Athens and ranks among the most important museums of the world. For the first time ever all the surviving treasures of the Acropolis will be seen together in one place. Works currently held in storage or in other museum in Greece and all over the world are now together in one brand new museum close to their original location. The Acropolis museum main attractions such as votives, artifacts of every day life, statues from archaic period, Caryatids, and of course the Parthenon hall with the metopes, the pediments and the frieze will impress you. Another major exhibit is the remains of the ancient Athenian city that revealed by archaeological excavations on the site of the museum.
Note that you’ll meet your guide at Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (main entrance), just a two minutes walk from the Acropolis Metro station.

Athens walking tour

- Apr.'11-Oct.'11:  daily
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12:  N/A
 Normal price: EUR 48
 

Departure: 09:30 am
Return: 12:30 pm
Highlights:
This comprehensive city tour will show you some of the most important landmarks and sights of the historical center of Athens but also a thorough visit to the Acropolis where your guide will give you in-depth guided tour of the history of this world heritage site and its breathtaking monuments. The tour begins inside the Syntagma metro station where your guide will show you shortly (in 10 minutes) the archaeological exhibits that came to light during the construction of the metro. You will then continue on to the House of the Greek parliament, the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and watch the changing of the guards.
Your tour continues towards the National Gardens passing by the Anglican church of S. Paul and on to the beautiful neoclassical Zappeion Hall, in front of which tower the surviving columns of the Temple of Zeus and Hadrian’s Arch, both of which you will have to opportunity to visit. From there you enter the famous Plaka district where you see the portrait of Melina Merkouri and we head towards the beautiful pedestrian walk way of Dionyssiou Areopagitou until we reach the Acropolis where we will begin our ascent while taking in the spectacular views of the city below. Your guide will give you a detailed explanation of the glorious monuments of the Acropolis such as, the Parthenon, Erection, Propylaia, Nike Temple and the surrounding monuments as well (Dionysus sanctuary, Philopappos Hill, Mars Hill, Observatory, Pnyx Hill, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Ancient Agora).

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Athens walking food Tour

- Apr.'11-Oct.'11:  daily except from Sat. & Sun.
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12:  N/A
 Normal price: EUR 39
 

Departure: 10:00 am
Return: 1:30 pm
Highlights: Each tour includes mouth-watering food tasting from the various specialty and food shops that we will pass along the way on a different "off-the-beaten-path" gastronomy route around central Athens. Join us to embark on a culinary journey through some of the original and historical neighbourhoods of Athens. We meet at Korai Street where the tour begins. Along the way you will see fruit and spice stalls, colourful and enticing delicatessens, aromatic and tempting bakeries and sweet shops and of course the famous food market of Athens. We will expertly guide and explain things to you en route and provide valuable insight not only about the unique and intricate culinary heritage of the Greeks but also of the cuisine we have all come to know as Mediterranean.

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Ancient Corinth

- Apr.'11-Oct.'11:  Mon., Fri.
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12:  N/A
   Normal price: EUR 57

Departure: 8:45 am
Return: approx. 2:00 pm
Highlights: Driving along the scenic west coast of Attica, after a short stop at the Corinth Canal with its breathtaking views, the tour reaches the ancient town of Corinth (visit), where St. Paul lived and preached for two years. Back in the ancient times, Corinth was amongst the richest cities and this is quite evident by its remains, including the huge Agora and Apollo’s Temple (6^th c. BC). Brief stop at the site of the ancient port of Kechreae where St. Paul disembarked. Return to Athens in time for lunch.

Ancient Corinth & wine tasting

- Apr.'11-Oct.'11: Friday
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12: N/A
   Normal price: EUR 75

Departure: 8:30 am
Return: 3:30 pm
Highlights: Greece may well possess first place in the hierarchy of countries known for their tradition in viticulture. Not only is this due to Greeks producing wine since the Neolithic Age - 4000 B.C. - but also to the fact that wine has long been adored, praised and chanted in the name of god Dionysus. Nowadays, Greek wine production, abiding by tradition but invigorated by modem technology, offers a wide variety of fine wines.
Driving along the coastal road, we reach Corinth canal (short stop). Drive to the Ancient Corinth where St. Paul lived and preached. Ancient Corinth was one of the most important cities of ancient Greece. We will visit the Agora and one of the most outstanding monuments of pre–Roman period, the temple of Apollo. Then, we will continue to visit one of the most famous vineries of Nemea.
Nemea is one of the most popular vineyards in Greece. We will visit the state of the art winery facilities. We will learn everything for the production of Greek quality red wine and then we will proceed to the underground cellars with more than 1000 French oak barriques. Finally we will taste some of the best wines of the domain.

Cape Sounion

 Daily
 Normal price: EUR 42

Departure: 2:00 pm
Return: 7:00 pm
Highlights: The tour's focal point is the Temple of Poseidon (5th century B.C.). The bus follows the coastal road to Sounion and passes through some of the best suburbs in Athens (Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Varkiza). The Temple of Poseidon has one of the most breathtaking panoramic views in the world (on a clear day you can see at least seven islands). The precipice is a sheer 197 foot drop to the sea.

Athens by heart

 - Daily except from Monday & Sunday
   from May 3 through October 29, 2011
 Normal price: EUR 52

Departure: 3:00 pm
Return: 6:30 pm
Highlights: We start our visit with the magnificent and impressive new Acropolis museum. Admire the wonders of the classical era, the statues and the incredible art samples which at last found their home. Then we approach Plaka (the neighborhood of the Gods) the old city of Athens. Walking on its paved narrow streets you get the feeling that you are travelling back in time. We go by Lysikrates monument, the church of St. Nikolaos Rangavas (11th Cent.), the Roman market before reaching and visit the Greek Agora along with the amazing temple of Hephaistos (5th Cent. B.C.). The agora, which extends over the North–West slopes of the Acropolis, was the heart of Ancient Athens from the late 6th century B.C. onwards. It was a place for political gatherings and debate, for elections, religious occasions and trading activities, theatrical performances and athletic competitions.

N. B. 1) Due to certain restrictions in the visiting hours of the new Acropolis museum the order of the program can be changed.
N. B. 2) If at any case the Ancient Agora is closed the Panathinaiko Stadium, where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896, will be visited instead.

A night out in Athens

 Normal price: EUR 62
- Apr.'11-Oct.'11: daily
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12: Thu.,  Sat.

Departure: 8:15 pm
Return: midnight
Highlights: Your evening begins with a short panoramic drive through the city center and at the slope of the sacred hill you will be able to see, admire and photo the illuminated Acropolis. Next you will visit the Museum and discover the divine origin of ancient Greek musical instruments and enjoy travelling in the hidden paradise of ancient Greek music history and sounds. Explore the greatest and unique collection of more than 60 reconstructed ancient Greek musical instruments. Then a pleasant walk through the narrow picturesque streets of Plaka, the old city, will bring you at a typical Greek tavern where you will enjoy your dinner following a floor show with live music and Greek Folk Dances in traditional costumes. Drinks are not included.

Athens by Night

 Normal price: EUR 62
- Apr.'11-Oct.'11: daily
- Nov.'11-Mar.'12: Tues., Thu., Sat.

Departure: 8:30 pm
Return: midnight
Highlights: The tour begins with a visit to Piraeus (the main port of Greece), Marina Zeas (one of the busiest yacht harbours) and Microlimano (a smaller, picturesque yacht and fishing boat harbour). Afterwards, the party returns to Athens, and proceeds to a  popular Greek Taverna in  Plaka for dinner with live bouzouki music and a Greek floor show.

Dora Stratou dance company

 Daily except from Monday, from May 24 till September 18, 2011

Highlights: The Dora Stratou Dance Company is a non-profit organization, founded in 1953, and is the living museum of Greek dance. Dances, songs and music are presented in their original form that were or are still performed in the respective villages. Costumes are authentic museum pieces, handmade in villages a century ago. The company has 75 dancers and musicians; a wardrobe that contains more than 2,000 costumes from all over Greece, complete with jewellery and accessories. Extensive ethnographic research under the direction of Professor Alkis Raftis (President of the International Dance Council, CID UNESCO) supports the authenticity of the performances. The cultural and educational activities of the theatre are permanently financed by the Ministry of Culture, the National Tourist Organization and other government agencies. The performances take place in the open air theatre on Philopappou Hill opposite the Acropolis.
The show starts at 21:30 from Monday through Saturday and at 20:15 on Sunday. On Mondays the theatre is closed.
Transfers to and from the theatre can be arranged upon request and for a fee.