Private Athens Walking Tour with a Licensed Guide

Private Athens Walking Tour: Discover the City with a Licensed Guide

For 1–7 people, with a professional licensed guide. Duration: 4 hours.

The best way to understand Athens is on foot, with someone who knows every stone. On this private Athens walking tour, your own friendly, professional guide, licensed by the Greek Ministry of Culture, takes you through the city’s most important archaeological sites and brings their history, mythology and culture to life. It’s just you and your party, so you can ask all the questions you like, linger where something catches your eye and set a pace that suits you.

Choose your Athens walking tour with a licensed guide

• Walking Tour 1: the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum. Explore the Acropolis with the Parthenon and the other great monuments around it: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and its Caryatids, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill). Then stroll along the pedestrian Dionysiou Areopagitou street to the New Acropolis Museum, home of the treasures found on the sacred rock.
• Walking Tour 2: the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora and the Roman Agora. Begin with the Acropolis and the Parthenon, together with the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and its Caryatids, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill). Continue to the Ancient Greek Agora, the heart of daily life in ancient Athens, with the Stoa of Attalos and the beautifully preserved Temple of Hephaestus, then visit the Roman Agora and the Tower of the Winds.
• Walking Tour 3: the Acropolis, the Temple of Zeus and the Changing of the Guard. Start with the Acropolis and the Parthenon, together with the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and its Caryatids, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus and the Areopagus (Mars Hill). Walk along Dionysiou Areopagitou street to the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch and the marble Panathenaic Stadium. Then continue through the gardens of the Zappeion to the Old Palace, today the Greek Parliament, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, finishing with the Changing of the Guard.

Whichever route you choose, this Acropolis walking tour is a wonderful way to see Athens through the eyes of an expert. Have a question or a special request? Ask us for a free quote and our local team will be happy to help you choose.