Athens Private Guided Tour: Acropolis, Parthenon and Museum
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Enjoy a private tour to visit the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Use your priority tickets for a hassle-free visit to the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum. Follow your professional guide past the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Propylaia, and of course, the Parthenon. Complete your visit to the Acropolis by exploring the Acropolis Museum and see its stunning glass floors. Admire the excavations as you walk through the Museum's unique layout. Enjoy the treasures of ancient Greek civilization in Athens with a professional, local guide on a private tour.
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Start your private tour at the Acropolis metro station and start exploring with your experienced local guide. Get to know them as you prepare to start discovering the most popular monument in Athens.
Beat the crowds and explore the famous Acropolis on this private walking tour. Your pre-reserved tickets will help you avoid the long queues. Discover this wonder of the ancient world, and immerse yourself in Greek history alongside your professional local guide. Easily the most famous monument in Athens, the Acropolis deserves a detailed tour that includes the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Propylaia and-of course-the Parthenon.
Learn about the most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its most significant religious festivals and earliest cults, and how several specific events in the city’s history are all connected to this sacred precinct.
Explore the Acropolis and its related monuments, all of which are in harmony with their natural surroundings. See how these unique masterpieces of ancient architecture innovatively combine different orders and styles of Classical art. Enjoy unforgettable moments in your private tour as you learn how these monuments have influenced art and culture for many centuries.
Get an excellent understanding of this fascinating part of the Acropolis from your expert local guide. Visualize the Acropolis of the fifth century BC, as it is still an accurate reflection of the splendor, power, and wealth of that era. Enjoy Athens as it was at its peak, during the golden age of Perikles.
Enjoy the views over the city and all the way to the Aegean Sea. Follow your guide on a different route towards the south exit so that you also see the Altar of Asclepius and the Theater of Dionysus, the birthplace of theater drama.
Discover the temples on the north side of the Acropolis that most visitors miss out on. Take a break as you walk through the temples that primarily housed the earlier Athenian cults and those of the Olympian gods.
Once the Acropolis walking tour finishes, head to the Acropolis Museum to complement this part of the tour. Your guide organizes the timing of the museum either before or after the Acropolis hill, depending on the season and the crowds. The Acropolis Museum is stunning, to say the least. Your visit to it includes a peak at treasures of ancient Greek civilization. The museum building itself is also worth discovering, a its unique design has incorporated excavations which are visible under its stunning glass floors. After around three hours, your tour concludes back at the original starting point.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- During High Season skip-the-line tickets can be very papular at certain time slots which can lead to people waiting in the "skip-the-line ticket holders" queue
- Any kind of baby strollers are not permitted within the Acropolis site. Consider using a baby pouch instead of a stroller.
- No wheelchairs, walkers, nor elevator access available during the tour. Please consider mobility limitations before booking.
- We kindly request that you arrive at the designated meeting point 5 to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. Our tours depart punctually as we have specific entry times reserved for the Acropolis. It is not feasible to join our tours once they have commenced.
- Tickets are timed and expire within 5 to 10 minutes.
- Tips/gratuities (for your guide) are always appreciated.
Reviews(28)
Fantastic knowledgeable, patient guide, who is way too educated to be taking tourists around Athens, it's obvious:), but she patiently agreed to take our pictures and conducted a "History Lite tour for Idiotic Children (well, adults;). At the end of your tour you'll feel like you've underpaid that fine person, with a university degree and a firm grasp of Greece' complex history..;)
This tour made our visit to the Acropolis and the Acropolis museum so much more interesting and memorable. Our guide gave us a lot of fascinating information about the art, architecture, history, and culture of ancient Greece.
To be clear, this is a good guided tour of the Acropolis area including the Parthenon and the museum. However, at the time I booked it and at the time of the activity (late March 2025), the tour description did NOT say it’s a small-ish private group guided tour. That may have changed since then. For the price, I thought we had a private tour guide for just my husband and I. That was not the case. Once we learned about the group, we accepted it and very much enjoyed the enthusiasm and knowledge of our tour guide, Eva. She was fun and really knows her stuff. Also a fast walker. Would book this again but the tour details need to be clear that it’s small-ish group guided tour.
Hello, Thank you for your detailed feedback! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the tour and that Eva’s enthusiasm and expertise made for a great experience. We understand the confusion regarding the group size and appreciate you pointing this out. Tour descriptions should always clearly reflect what to expect, and we’ll make sure this is reviewed to prevent future misunderstandings. Thank you again, and we’d be happy to welcome you on another tour! Best regards,
Excellent detail and amazing guide, Maria! She brought the ancient world to life and was super accommodating when we had an issue that needed handled immediately.
Anna was a wonderful tour guide. We would love to take another tour with her again. Anna had great commentary with a lot of information. It was a great first day in Athens!
Our guide was amazing so much history! She made it delightful. Her name is Marina highly recommend! She was always looking for shade and made us comfortable in every way
Well worth the money for the private tour. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and we were able to experience the Parthenon and the museum at our pace. Would highly recommend.
We had an amazing time. Our guide, Alex, had so much information and kept both kids and adults engaged the whole time! Would highly recommend this tour. It was easy to find the guide and the entire process was stress free.
We had a fantastic experience! As the must do in Athens, to have a private tour guide and go EARLY in the AM or late in the afternoon is important. Anna was FANTASTIC! We learned more than we could possibly remember and she answered all of our questions. She made this journey so special for us. She knew where to stop, how to avoid the big groups, find shade, snag great pictures and videos and went at our own pace.
Our guide, Andy, was wonderful. She was very knowledgeable, friendly, interesting, and kept a family of ten safe. Great experience.