Athens City Highlights - Half-Day Walking Tour

Informazioni generali

Destinazione
Atene, Grecia

Il programma nel dettaglio

The tour begins inside your hotel lobby where your guide will explain to you the paths of this tour. You will then be taken to the start point to begin your walking tour of Athens.



Begin at the House of the Greek Parliament and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and watch the changing of the guards.



Your tour then continues towards the National Gardens passing by the Panathenaic Stadium 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 an opportunity to visit.



From there you enter the famous Plaka district where you see the portrait of Melina Merkouri.



After we head towards the beautiful pedestrian walk way of Dionyssiou Areopagitou, passing by the Odeon of Herodes Atticus until we reach Areopagus Hill where we will begin our ascent while taking in the spectacular views of the city below.



Your guide will give you a detailed explanation into the glorious monuments of the Acropolis (tickets not included) such as the Parthenon, Erechtheion, Propylaea, Nike Temple and the surrounding Temple of Hephaestus, Philopappos Hill, Observatory, Pnyx Hill and Ancient Agora.