Your driver and guide will meet you in your lobby of your hotel at 09.00AM
This tour gives you an opportunity to observe the striking contrasts that make Athens such a fascinating city.
Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).
You then will pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library and Constitution Square (Syntagma).
At the Acropolis, you will visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally the Parthenon - "the harmony between material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in the mind".
The tour continues to the new Acropolis Museum, where the Greek statues from the wonders of the classical era, can be admired (Archaeological museum). |