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Athens Acropolis Tour: Explore Ancient Landmarks
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Athens
Embark on a captivating walking tour of Athens’ Acropolis during your shore excursion. Explore ancient monuments, including the Parthenon, and immerse yourself in the city’s rich history.
Embark on a captivating walking tour of Athens’ Acropolis during your shore excursion. Explore ancient monuments, including the Parthenon, and immerse yourself in the city’s rich history.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Change of Guards - Change of the Guards in front of the Greek Parliament
- Change of Guards - Change of the Guards in front of the Greek Parliament
What's Included
- Round trip transfer from the Port of Piraeus and back
- Free time in Plaka
- Acropolis guided tour
- Skip-the-ticket line service (if WITH ticket option booked)
- Athens map
- Athens guide magazine
- Local licensed guide
- Round trip transfer from the Port of Piraeus and back
- Free time in Plaka
- Acropolis guided tour
- Skip-the-ticket line service (if WITH ticket option booked)
- Athens map
- Athens guide magazine
- Local licensed guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
Additional Information
Upon the docking of your cruise ship in Athens (Piraeus), start your off-port expedition to the Acropolis. Explore Athens’ historic past with a guided city walk led by a local. Step into the Acropolis, behold the Parthenon, and marvel at how this preserved relic dominates the cityscape. As you immerse yourself in the local culture, you’ll encounter…
Upon the docking of your cruise ship in Athens (Piraeus), start your off-port expedition to the Acropolis. Explore Athens’ historic past with a guided city walk led by a local. Step into the Acropolis, behold the Parthenon, and marvel at how this preserved relic dominates the cityscape. As you immerse yourself in the local culture, you’ll encounter landmarks such as the House of Parliament, the Zappeion and the Zeus Temple. Also, enjoy some leisure time in the Plaka district.
- IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT BABY STROLLERS: baby strollers are not allowed on the Acropolis archaeological site and that there is no cloakroom at the side entrance we use to enter. For your own convenience, it is recommended to use a baby pouch instead of a baby stroller
- Comfortable walking shoes, sun-screen and a hat are recommended
- Dress according to weather
- Bring a bottle of water
- Strict Acropolis entry times mean we can’t wait for latecomers. No refunds will be given.
- All visitors undergo airport-style security; expect peak season waits of up to 30+ minutes.
- Cutoff times sync with Athens local time.
- Tours run rain or shine.
- If you have selected the “Book WITH Ticket” option, everything is included, and you will collect the admission tickets from our staff during check-in for the tour at the meeting point. We will be prepurchasing the tickets for you for the specific timezone.
- If you have selected the WITHOUT Ticket option, follow the instructions on your voucher to purchase the Acropolis Tickets
Location
Change of Guards
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Syntagma
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(133 Ratings)
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Phyllis_c
May 23, 2026
Athens/Acropolis - Our guide Apollon (?) was great when it came time to tackle the Acropolis. He made sure to break up the climb into segments, stopping under shade each time while he gave us more info on what we were seeing. I had my doubts about making it to the top (& back down!) at 70 with a bad back and bum ankle but I was able to do it!
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Grethe_gad
Mar 31, 2026
Superb. - It was a great pleasure to be on the tour with our guide Artemis. She was friendly, knowledgeable and humorous; qualities we greatly appreciate. We got both an insight into the history of Athens, the Greek mythology and her personal relationship to, for example, the classic marathon race from Marathon to Athens.
I had the desire to go home and look for the notes from ancient science, which I have not thought of in the last 40 years.
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Debra_l
Aug 24, 2025
Good tour for walkers - A lot of walking but well worth it. The guide was well informed and we saw lots around the area we walked
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Kris_h
Aug 22, 2024
Great experience - A real archeologist lead our tour. What a treat. He paced the tour well enough to allow my 76 year old mother to pull off the ascent up the Acropolis. Bus met us at the cruise port, well organized and air conditioned. Back in time to get back for our cruise departing. Would totally do again.
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Isabelle_m
Jun 30, 2024
Beautiful Acropolis and free time - Wonderful tour to get a quick overview of Athens and visit the Acropolis. The tour guide was an encyclopedia of knowledge, with the right amount of entertainment and cynicism. It was very hot and he broke down the stops to make sure we had breaks in the Acropolis climb and as much shade as possible when he was providing information. We also had approximately two hours of free time to have lunch and visit la Plaka. Easy port pick-up. Well organized. Great day!
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Tina_c
Oct 29, 2024
Great tour - Loved acropolis. Guides were great. Little disorganized with taxi and meeting spot at metro. The jewelry store mentioned at meeting spot was nowhere to be found. Must be a new jewelry store name that wasn’t updated. Other than that it was a great tour.
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Melissa_c
Sep 2, 2024
Great guide but timing and locations not great! - Let me start by saying Annie was an incredible guide and if I was just rating her I would give her a 5 star. But I am rating the company so I will give a 3 star. There were 20 people in the group which is larger than advertised. The tour started walking through the garden in the cool of the day. That was so silly to walk there. It had almost no historic value. Why be there when it was cooler and be on the top of the accropolis when it was extremely hot? It would have been better for the company to get an earlier entrance. The skip the line did work well but it was at 11 am and so hot it was most unbearable. Annie tried to keep us in the shade but that is difficult. Annie taught to different locations and countries and did an excellent job. The tour should skip the garden and go to other historical places and walking past the prime ministers home was not necessary either.
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Fred_m
Jul 6, 2024
Tough Walk - Wish we had booked a tour that was less history lesson. Too much walking to the Acropolis. Wish we had booked the other entrance. Less demanding
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Starlena_o
Jul 1, 2024
Athens Walking Tour - Our walking tour started great with clear communication as to where to meet. Traffic while on the bus was crazy busy, but we were excited about the tour thinking Athena would be our guide. Unfortunately at the bus station we were passed off to another tour guide. Being an elementary teacher, I know from many field trips that the guide makes or breaks the trip. In our case, our guide was mediocre, disinterested and not engaging. He did make sure he stopped to talk in places with shade, but there was not adequate restroom and picture taking opportunities . We enjoyed the sights, but it was not an interesting learning experience.
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X2782lxcheshire
Aug 31, 2025
Expert guide didn’t know about lift access at the Acropolis - We were on a cruise pickup tour. Our son has a disability, and uses waking sticks. He was fine with the Athens walk, but struggled to climb up the Acropolis. He, and a few others from our group, chose not to continue. The guide showed them where to wait while the rest carried on to the top. We later found out that there is actually lift access to the top. Why didn’t our ‘expert’ guide know this ????
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