6 h. tour (Private walking tour)
(guidance all the way and walking tour through the Syndagma Square, the National garden, the Zappion Mansion, the temple of Olympic Zeus and guided visit of the Acropolis, walk pass the Ancient Agora and explore Monastiraki)
This tour includes most of the highlights of Athens one can see in a day, as well as a unique tasting experience of Greek delights and specialties from the same places as the local Athenians.
Your licensed tour guide will meet you in a designated area by the Syndagma square and then walk to one of the oldest and most famous bakeries that is cloaseby, where you will be able to taste the best "tyropita" (cheese pie) and other "phyllo" famous Greek snacks.
Continuing the tour you will walk to the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, where the famous guards with their Greek traditional uniforms are standing unmovable where you will also be able to see the changing of the guards. Walk in the National Garden, grabbing a koulouri with sesame seeds from a street vendor to taste and stop for the "must taste" Greek coffee, either in the garden's area or around Sydagma square, depending on the weather.
From there you will continue to the Zappion Mansion, a very impressive building built in 1896, that has served as the base of the Olympic Committee during the world's first modern Olympic Games. Nowadays it is being used for several exhibitions and conferences, as well as for public festivities.
Across from there is the temple of Olympic Zeus and then you will pass by the Arch of Triumph of Hadrian, and continue walking across to the pedestrians' street that leads to the Acropolis and you will stop by the famous Greek yogurt shop where you will be able to taste it either with honey or with homemade siruped fruits topping.
After your short relaxation you will continue your walking tour, passing outside the very impressive New Acropolis Museum, and you will start walking up to the Acropolis, which is 156 meters (about 600 feet) all the way to the top. Most of the ancient marble paths are still there, for you to walk on and to "travel" with your imagination, back in the glorious "Golden Age of Pericles", when most of the Classical period monuments you will admire were built. Climbing up you will see and hear explanations about the Filopappos hill, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Dionysius theatre, the Pnyx hill - birthplace of Democracy and the Areopagus hill.
Stopping before the Propylaea, you will have an excellent view of the temple of Wingless Nike and the Ancient Agora, where Socrates, Plato, Aristotle introduced great philosophical schools. Walking through the Propylaea you will reach the top and you will see the breathtaking Parthenon and the Erechtheion temple opposite it.
At the end of the guided tour, you will enjoy some free time to explore on your own and take pictures of the roof tiles of the buildings in the Anafiotika and Plaka districts, the Lycabetus hill e.t.c. Meeting your guide down the Acropolis hill you will continue your walking tour to the other side of the sacred hill, passing very close to the Areopagus rock.
From there you will walk around the outside of the Ancient Agora of Athens, which will take you into the flea market area (Monastiraki) and you will have the chance to grab and taste gyros and pita, at the oldest and most famous restaurant in Athens. This is where your tour will end.
This way you can spend more time on your own afterwards in that area or Plaka, or you can walk back to Syndagma, with your guide.
The order of the visits on this tour might change, according to your guide's judgment, depending on the weather, traffic or other reasons that might affect the timings and your enjoyment, which is our main goal.
