Short / sightseeing tours in Athens,
to Sounion & Corinth

Departure: 08:30 am
Return: 12:15 pm
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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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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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) and just two minutes walk from the Acropolis Metro station.

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.

Departure: 8:30 am
Return: 4:30 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.

Departure: 9:00 am
Return: 2:00 pm
Highlights: We leave Athens toward to Corinth channel. Arrival after crossing the industrial zone of Elefsis for a short stop to take some photos and admire this amazing construction, consisting of an artificial cut of 6,3km large, constructed between 1881 & 1893. The channel unites the Aegean with the Ionian Sea.
Depart to the ancient Corinth; visit of the archeological site of this very important city since the very remote antiquity. During the first years of Christianity Paul visited the city and stayed there around 2 years.
After visits we will cross the channel on a special boat and return back to Athens, arriving at lunch time.
For those lovers of the adventure and the adrenaline, we offer the option of Bungee-jumping from a bridge of the canal!!!

Departure: 03:00 pm
Return: 07:00 pm
Highlights: The Beach Park Yabanaki is a perfectly organized beach where visitors can feel the beat of the Greek summer just a few miles off the centre of Athens. Enjoy approximately two hours of swimming or enjoying water sports. The available water sports, such as water ski, windsurf; Tubes, Banana and Fly Fish offer a sense of adventure, while there are restaurants with Greek specialties, a pool bar and a café near the seaside. Just wear your swimsuit and join the tour. Hat, beach tower, deck chair, sun protection lotion and one refreshment will be there, waiting for you.

Departure: 3:00 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.

Departure: 2:30 pm
Return: 7:30 pm
Highlights: Depart from the terminal at 14:30 to arrive in brief in a special place suitably equipped ("Wine and Passion"), where we enjoy a wine tasting session with wines of several regions of the country. For Yiannis, the expert taster, the passion for the wine is born in his first youth, when he was spending hours in the wine-making fields of his father in the area of Mesogeia; Mesogeia is the land that Dionysos (Bacchus), the God of wine, chose in mythological times as his favorite place and place of his cult.
We continue our tour crossing the residential neighborhoods of the coastal line of Athens to arrive at the historical site of cape Sounion, in the most extreme point of the province of Attica. This is the right point that the Athenians choose to erect this majestic temple dedicated to Poseidon (Neptune), who was the God of the seas and father of everything what there is in the immense oceans as well as protector of the Athenians nautical empire. From this point the Aegean Sea, which begins on cape's feet, in certain seasons offers unique and unforgettable sunsets. The place is very well-known by the references offered by Homer in the Odyssey and the temple dates from the fifth century B.C. Its particular architectonic rules obey to measures against the marine erosion and it is constructed with marble of the zone. On one of its stones the romantic English poet Lord Byron left his signature, testimony of his visit.

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.

Departure: 10:30 pm
Return: 1:30 am
Highlights: Departure from our terminal at 22:30 (or a little before from your hotel) and crossing the coastal districts of Hellinikon and Glyfada we arrive at one of the famous clubs of Europe. We will spend a very pleasant night with drinks and music enjoying the unique and cosmopolitan atmosphere of this club that enjoys the preference of the high socio-economic class of the city. Return to your hotel at 01:30
Tour includes transportation, assistant on your language, fruits and national spirits.

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.
There is one show every day at 21:30 and two on Sunday (at 20:15 and 21:30). On Mondays the theatre is closed.
Transfers to and from the theatre can be arranged upon request and for a fee.