Athens and Cape Sounio Sunset Tour by Local Guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Our private tour will start with the Acropolis site, a complex of buildings that includes the Parthenon (main temple), Erectheion (the temple with the 6 female figurers, Karyatides), Temple of Athena Nike (Wingless Godess), Propylaia (the monumental Gate), Odeon of Herodus Atticus, Dionysus theater and finally the Mars Hill or Areios Pagos (the first ancient court and the place that St. Paul preached the Christianity for the fist time in Athens) Our next stop will be the Temple Of the Olympian Zeus (the largest temple in Hellenic and Roman times), the Panathenian Stadium (the stadium of the first Olympic Games on 1896) , the memorial of the Unknown soldier and the changing of the Guards (Euzones) in front of the Greek Parliament, opposite the Syntagma or Constitutional square. After that let’s see the Trilogy of Athens (the Academy, the First University of Athens and the National Greek Library) and finally the Lycabettus Hill (the highest point of Athens).

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 2

  Now is the time to drive along the coastal line of Athens, passing places like Paleo Faliro, Glyfada, Vouliagmeni, Anavissos and Palaia Fokaia. Eventually after 1.10 hours, we arrive at our destination, the famous Temple of Poseidon, from where you can see one of the most fantastic views in the world. In return, we can have a short stop at the Lake of Vouliagmeni which maintains a constant temperature of 24 Celsius the whole year round.

  2 hours • Admission ticket not included
• 3

  The panathinaic stadium or the kalimarmaro stadium or the first modern Olympics stadium there are many ways to describe this stadium from antiquity untill today it has been used and also it hosted here in 1896 the first modern Olympic games

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Plaka is the old Est neighborhood of Athens, it is located around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and it is full of nice little streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the areas where the ancient town of Athens was.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

  Lecabetus is a hill in Athens. At 277 meters above the sea level, its summit is the highest point in Athens and from there we have the best panoramic view of Athens.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  The exchange of the presidential guards at the parliament building which this way they honor the tomb of the unknown soldier. Soldier are wearing Greek translation costume from world war 1

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7

  The temple of Olympian Zeus's is dedicated to the father of God's Olympian zues Infront we will also see handrians Arch. This temple was one the biggest temples ever built in the ancient years.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 8

  A stop for lunch on the water front in a very nice e local village which is called palaia fokaia is a former community and a seaside town in East Attica, Greece.

  1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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