Athens Tour: Ancient Ruins on Open-Top Bus

Experience the best of Athens, Piraeus, and Glyfada with Athens Open Tour. Hop on and off at your own pace and explore the city’s rich history, architecture, and culture with commentary in 12 languages.

Duration: 5 hours, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Athens Line - Red Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: Buses run every 20 minutes. The first bus leaves from Stop 1: Syntagma Square - 1 Ermou St. (in front of the Nike Store) at 8:30 AM, and the last bus departs at 6:00 PM. The complete tour takes approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes.
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What's Included
  • Explore 3 Incredible Routes: Athens, Piraeus, and the Riviera
  • 48 or 72-Hour Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus Ticket
  • Audio commentary in a choice of 14 languages
  • Free Wi-Fi on board
  • Headphones
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the ancient city of Athens, the cradle of Western civilization and birthplace of democracy, on a hop-on, hop-off, open-top sightseeing tour. Discover the city’s 3,000-year history from the vantage point of the top deck of a double-decker bus. Marvel at Athens’ ancient ruins, including iconic landmarks like the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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_m9783ym
Jun 27, 2025
Good tour - Nice tour, air conditioning cabins in this hot weather. We saw all the Athens, special thanks to Amir for being so kind and helpful
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1natam
Jun 27, 2025
Best way to see Athens - Thanks to Amir! Nice bus, nice audio guide!!!! It was amazing, it is best way to see all city!! Clean bus, good price!! Thank You
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Pjmck1
Jun 27, 2025
Great Experience - 3 different routs to travel and great value for money compared to other companies. Brilliant and very helpful staff, I left my hat on one bus and all the staff especially Bill and Artemis worked tiredly to reunite it with me. Well done everyone. Will definitely use Big Bus Company again.
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Roving09118535438
Jun 27, 2025
Great time - Great Tour, great service (especially mr. Bill is very helpfull). The bus is clean, there is A/C so its comfortable. All the lanes were perfect.
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Lisamz4729lr
Jun 26, 2025
Great value to see a large city filled w tourists. - Super easy and fun way to see a big city for the first time. Our guide ( Yana) was easy to understand, and was so patient answering a variety of questions from everyone. She even encouraged tourists to call her with questions during our day while wandering around the city. I messaged her a few hours before last stop pick up bc we walked pretty far from the pamphlet map routes - to find a particular resturant . I told her we could take a taxi to meet up for pick up and she said she could guide us back instead. Yana was great texting us multiple directions, following up with how we were doing and us reassuring us she would hold the bus if we were running late. It's a level up when your bus guide is conscientious and seems to actually care about your experience in the city. We didn't feel "dropped off and alone" with our guide actually touching base with us throughout the day. Athens is swamped with tourist groups/various bus lines and this company also had more stops and route options.
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G6051yijosephd
Jun 26, 2025
Great tour - I was with my girlfriend in Athens and we took the tour with BigBus. Very satisfied with the bus. Audio guide perfect and very clean and often ones. Thanks to Mark for help
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Gd759
Jun 25, 2025
Big bus - Very good service from mark & mario from Big Bus Tours, , we visisted many sights around the city and the tour was amazing! I would recommend it if you want to escape the confusion and the chaos around the city
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Elizabethta3959nu
Jun 25, 2025
Great experience! - Bill was great and very helpful. Spoke perfect English and was careful to ensure all my questions were answered. Would recommend for anyone to include individuals and families both.
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Escape661968
Jun 25, 2025
Great Athens HOHO Experience!! - Our bus guide, BILL, was OUTSTANDING!! He explained all details related to operation of the tour. We highly commend his service!! Views were fantastic. Timing was excellent!!
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Ashish_c
Jun 27, 2025
Convenient bus service... - Convenient bus service with helpful staff. Busses that include a rooftop on the upper deck (while leaving out any walls/windows provide relief in the heat. We did not use the Athens line much as we preferred to walk to the sites. Inly used 1 of the 2 days to go to the Riviera/beaches. Had a slight problem finding a bus stop on the return, but the tour staff helped by chatting with us online.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).