Athens Love Tour: Where Love Became Legend

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  National Garden

  We begin our tour in the beautiful national garden of Athens. We will hear the story of Queen Amalia and King Otto and how they turned sadness into their own expression of love; a green gift to Athens.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Zappeion Garden Fountain

  We walk through the gardens, learn about the ancient symbols of love and how they came to be and the meaning behind them. You will see Cupid; the god of love, fertility and desire, in a different light explore the meaning of what it means to be able to choose love instead of being forced.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Statue of Lord Byron

  Lord Byron was the first modern day celebrity and lover of Greece. Discover the monument to Lord Byron, the Romantic poet whose love for Greece helped inspire a nation. Hear the story of his passion, poetry, and enduring connection to Athens as we explore how love can shape history itself.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

  Visit the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, beside the historic monastery where Lord Byron stayed during his time in Athens. Here, how Byron became captivated by a young Athenian he admired and how his love for Athens itself transformed the city into his poetic embodiment of Athena. It was at this location. He wrote made a Athens for Teresa Makri

  12 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  Acropolis Museum

  In front of the museum lies, the government hospital that faces directly at the Acropolis. It was this exact location where the most romantic love story of modern Athens came alive in 1893.

  12 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 6
  Arch of Hadrian

  Stand beneath the Arch of Hadrian, the gateway between ancient and Roman Athens. Here, discover the story of Emperor Hadrian and his beloved companion Antinous—a relationship that became one of history’s most famous love stories, leaving a legacy that still echoes across the ancient world.

  12 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 7
  Dionysiou Areopagitou

  Hidden beneath the foliage on the south slope of the Acropolis is the ancient sanctuary of the nymphs. It was here, thousands of years ago before anything was built on top of the Acropolis or around and nothing that the ancient people living here would come to the spring, asking the nature goddesses to bring them fertility, health and a sacred blessed marriage. This tradition lasted for thousands of years and the ancient Greeks used it as a ceremonial place to leave votive offerings to the nymphs after their weddings. Even today for me, Greek still leave offering here. This is what the most ancient sacred place in Athens.

  12 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 8
  Herod Atticus Odeon

  An Odeon is a place of music and musical venue took place in nation Athens. It was built by the Romans. As a place for music and singing but it's here where we discussed the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Sappho was the first person to put lyrics to music? She would play a lyre and sing. This is why we can musical words "lyrics." She wrote the world's first love songs.

  12 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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