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This tour aims to create an experience in the exact places where philosophy was born, providing tourists and travelers with a unique opportunity to explore the main philosophical approaches to the pursuit of happiness (eudaimonia). You can gain insight into the way of achieving the bliss proposed by exceptional thinkers who lived and taught in the city of Athens. This is the best tour for personal development while you wander along the ruins of Athens (BE YOUR BEST VERSION IN ATHENS)
Itinerary
Starting point METRO ACROPOLIS (Makrygianni and Dinysiou Areopagitou Exit)
1st route: Theater of Dionysos -Socrates Prison-Philopapou Hill-Pnyx -Observatory of Athens (Myth of the allegory of the Cave, Platonic and Aristotelian philosophical approach to Happiness - Socrates), best photos of PARTHENON
2nd route: Keramikos - Roman Market (Epicurean and Stoic approach to happiness)
3rd route Monument of Lysikrates (Dionysian and Apollonian approach to happiness )- Anafiotika
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
At the exit of the Acropolis metro station (Makrygianni/Dionysiou Areopagitou street)
Itinerary
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1Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus
We stand outside the Theater of Dionysus, the birthplace of tragedy. They will learn why there was an obligation to see a tragic play as a cure for easy judgment and how Carl Jung told us how tragedy can help us be our best selves. We will discuss the view of Budism and evolution psychology to the term of the shelf
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Herod Atticus Odeon
The most well-known open-door theater in the world and the message of persona, animus and anima characteristics of the personality.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Prison of Socrates
The allegory of the cave ,Plato's philosophy
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Eglise D'agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris
The birth of democracy in this place
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Philopappos Monument
The most highly energetic point in Athens, with the best view of the Parthenon and Acropolis . The recipe of Happiness according Plato and Socrates
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Pnyx
The best view of Athens, the assembly area of Athenian citizens. Aristoteles's perspective of Eudaimonia (blissful) The secret place of Socrates.
15 minutes • Admission ticket included -
7Keramikos Archaeological Site
The ancient cemetery of Athens and the Epicurian recipe of Happiness (Epicurus's garden)
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Ancient Agora of Athens (Pass by)
The place Stoicism was born. Philosophy was born, Theater was born, and Democracy was for the first time executed
Admission ticket free -
Adrianou Street (Pass by)
The most beautiful street in Athens
Admission ticket free -
8Roman Agora
The place stoicism was taught as a philosophy of Life
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Tower of the Winds (Pass by)
The first meteorological station in the world
Admission ticket free -
Mnisikleous (Pass by)
The discussion point of the philosophers. You will experience the atmosphere of the Mnisikleous stair. Best place for lunch
Admission ticket free -
9Lysikratous Square
The place Nitze conceive the Apollonian and Dionysian side of Athens
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Anafiotika
The 2nd most energetic point in Athens feels to be on a Cycladic island
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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