On the rockAcropolis and Parthenon Guided Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · from $38 Climb the rock at eight. Watch Sounion take the sunset.
Which Acropolis ticket beats the queue that matters. Whether Delphi or Meteora earns your one spare day. What the three-island boat costs once lunch is in. Reviews of the tours you can book from Athens.
The rock, a Delphi morning, Poseidon at dusk, three islands by boat.
Four bookings most first weeks in Athens are built around. What each one costs, and what the people who took it say.
01The first morningAcropolis & up to 5 Archaeological Sites Combo PassOne pass for the Acropolis, the Agora, Hadrian’s Library and the rest. Take the opening slot, before the cruise coaches arrive.
02The long day northMythology of Delphi, Museum and Arachova Guided TourApollo’s sanctuary on the slopes of Parnassus, the museum, then lunch up in the mountain village of Arachova.
03The half day southCape Sounion & Poseidon Temple Sunset Half-Day TripDown the coast road to the Temple of Poseidon, timed so the sun drops into the sea behind the columns.
04The day at seaHydra, Poros, and Aegina Day Cruise with LunchHydra, Poros and Aegina in a single sailing, lunch on board and time ashore on each island.
Four ways up the Acropolis. Pick yours before the gate does.
Entry is timed, the marble is polished smooth by centuries of feet and the shade runs out by eleven. What each way up costs, and the one most people book.
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 · Acropolis & up to 5 Archaeological Sites Combo Pass
Just the ticketA timed slot and nothing else. Fine if you have read up.
Ticket with audioYour own pace, the story playing in your ear.
The museum below itThe Parthenon marbles indoors, in the cool, after the climb.
Every way upTickets, guided climbs and combo passes in one list.
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How much a day out of Athens costs, band by band.
Every tour on the site, sorted by price. The rock, the Agora and a long walk through Plaka all come in under the price of a taverna dinner.
Site tickets, audio guides, street-food walks and the Sounion half day.
Delphi by coach, the three-island cruise, Meteora with lunch, cooking classes.
Private drivers, the Peloponnese in a day and the overnight runs north.
Athens has a coastline, and the Saronic islands sit an hour off it.
Day cruises leave from Piraeus and the marinas south of the centre. Aegina for pistachios and the Temple of Aphaia, Poros across its narrow strait, Hydra where donkeys still do the carrying. Closer in, catamarans work the Riviera coves.
Delphi, Meteora, the Argolid: Athens days that start on a coach at seven.
Delphi is two and a half hours north on the Parnassus road. Meteora is twice that, which is why the overnight versions sell. The Argolid loop of the Corinth Canal, Mycenae, Epidaurus and Nafplio fills a day on its own.
- 1Mythology of Delphi, Museum and Arachova Guided Tourfrom $31
- 2Meteora Monasteries Day Trip with Caves and Lunchfrom $66
- 3Mycenae, Epidaurus & Nafplio Full Day Tripfrom $33
Three sights a week in Athens shows you that nowhere else can.
Plenty of cities have ruins and a good museum. These three belong to Athens and the hills around it.
The Parthenon Gallery
The top floor of the Acropolis Museum is turned to the same angle as the Parthenon, and the frieze runs round it at the height it was carved for, with the temple itself framed in the glass. The white plaster pieces stand in for the marbles that are still in London.
- 1Acropolis, Parthenon & Acropolis Museum Guided Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 9,316 reviews
- 2Acropolis monuments & Parthenon Walking Tour with Optional Acropolis Museum★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,678 reviews
- 3Acropolis Museum Ticket with optional Audio Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 · 2,652 reviews
Delphi
Zeus let two eagles fly from opposite ends of the earth and they met here, so the Greeks marked the spot with a carved stone navel. The oracle spoke from the Temple of Apollo; the round Tholos further down the slope is the photograph everyone takes on the walk back.
- 1Mythology of Delphi, Museum and Arachova Guided Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 4,008 reviews
- 2Delphi Full Day V.R. Audio Guided Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 3,028 reviews
- 3Small-Group Delphi, Museum & Arachova Day Trip★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,476 reviews
Poseidon at Sounion
The columns stand on a cliff at the southern end of Attica, the last landmark sailors saw before Athens. Lord Byron scratched his name into one of them, and it is still there. Arrive an hour before sunset and walk round to the west side.
- 1Cape Sounion & Poseidon Temple Sunset Half-Day Trip★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 8,241 reviews
- 2Cape Sounio & Poseidon Temple Trip with Audio Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 · 4,521 reviews
- 3Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon Half-Day Small-Group Tour from Athens★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 3,205 reviews
The Athens tours more people book than any others.
Every Athens tour on the site →The days out that fill first in the city, and what earns each of them its place.
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Acropolis & up to 5 Archaeological Sites Combo Pass
Book a timed Acropolis visit, then choose a pass for one or all five additional sites: the Ancient Agora, Roman Agora, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Aristotle’s School, and Panathenaic Stadium. Use the app to manage extra-site tickets, explore at your own pace, or add an English-speaking guide or audio tour.
Price from $48
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Acropolis Ticket with Optional Audio or Live Guide
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Acropolis, Parthenon & Acropolis Museum Guided Tour
from $40
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Cape Sounion & Poseidon Temple Sunset Half-Day Trip
from $23
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Acropolis and Parthenon Guided Walking Tour
from $38
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All Day Cruise -3 Islands to Agistri,Moni, Aegina with lunch and drinks included
from $180
7
Greek Food Walking Tour in Athens
from $87
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Cape Sounio & Poseidon Temple Trip with Audio Guide
from $23
Four Athens bookings that will not wait until you land.
Most of the city can be sorted the night before over a glass of retsina. These run on timed entry, one sailing a day and fixed closing days, and they fill on their own calendar.
- 01Acropolis & up to 5 Archaeological Sites Combo PassEntry runs on timed slots with a cap on each one. The early slots, the only cool ones in summer, go first.
- 02Hydra, Poros, and Aegina Day Cruise with LunchOne boat a day, out in the early morning and back in the evening. Miss it and the islands wait until tomorrow.
- 03Meteora Monasteries Day Trip with Caves and LunchEach monastery keeps its own closed day. Book a tour that runs on a day you can go, not the other way round.
- 04Cape Sounion & Poseidon Temple Sunset Half-Day TripOne departure a day, timed to the sunset, and the small groups fill first through the summer.
Varvakios market at nine, souvlaki at noon, dinner on a roof facing the Acropolis.
Athens eats late and eats well. Walk the meat and spice halls of the central market and the small-plate bars of Psyri, cook a lunch you then eat, or taste Greek wine under the rock.
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When Athens passes forty degrees and the Acropolis shuts at noon.
In a heatwave the Acropolis closes through the middle of the day, and the climb is hard going well before that. The answer is the same every summer: the rock at opening time, a cool gallery or a cooking class through the afternoon, and the city again after dark.
One hotel, six days out: a first week built from Athens.
Cape Sounion
Delphi
Meteora
Nafplio
HydraBy place, the rock first and then outwards
By kind of day: temple, boat, kitchen or street
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