General information
Destination |
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Athens, Greece |
Program details
With just a day to spare, immerse yourself in the
best of Athens on the Acropolis and National Museum private day tour.
Traveling in a luxury air-conditioned coach, our knowledgeable guide will show you the old and new parts of this beautiful city with its many interesting sights.
The highlights include the
Panathinaikos Stadium, where the first modern Olympic games in 1896 took place, the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the
Greek parliament and
The Zappion Conference Center in the ex-Royal Gardens of Athens.
You will also pass by the
Roman Temple of Olympian Zeus, the
Numismatic Museum at Schlieman's House and Hadrian's Arc. Your sightseeing tour continues with the
Acropolis, listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the monumental marble
gates of the Propylaea, the Temples of Athena, Nike and the Parthenon.
The last stop of this private tour in Athens will be our visit to the
National Archaeological Museum of Athens, which is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and is considered one of the great museums in the world. Here you will have the opportunity to admire the richest collection of artifacts from the Neolithic times, the Cycladic civilization, the Minoan civilization, the Classical and Hellenistic periods and the Roman period.