Athens Street Art Walk
Description
Explore Athens in an unconventional way on this fascinating street art walking tour, led by a local artist. In recent years, Athens has become the site of some of Europe’s best street art, with more than 2,000 viewable works around the city. You’ll see a variety of neighborhoods and learn about each of them through the artwork, with your artist guide as your docent. This is a small-group tour limited to 12 people, so you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions as you go.
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Over the past couple of decades, Athens’ Gazi district has seen an incredible amount of development, becoming the new cool place to be in the city. It’s now full of restaurants, cafés, cinemas, bars, music venues, and, of course, art – the old city gasworks has been turned into a museum/cultural center named “Technopolis”, which may be unique in Europe.
Artisan accessories, exotic spice bazaars, and bohemian cafe-bars, they’re all part of the village vibe of this must-see neighbourhood, which features some of the best street art in town!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(325)
The tour was great Lots of interesting graffiti to see Nico was amazing!
This was a great tour ! Nikos was an exceptional guide! He was personable, engaging and informative. We had a wonderful debate on “what is street art”? He went out of his way to engage every person in discussion of the art as well as our life’s in general. I would highly recommend this tour! I would recommend doing it the first days in town as you end up noticing so much more later when walking in your own.
Amazing tour through Athens. Nikolas was an amazing passionate guide. Who not only informed us about the street art, but also the areas we walked through and the history. Very highly recommended
More than just a really good Street Art tour. We have done street art tours in other cities and many walking tours. Nikos was excellent. A subject matter expert on street art, the city, its history and Greek history generally. So we got to see and learn about lots of street art, whilst also learning a little about the city's history both ancient and recent. Nikos is a good listener and quickly learned what interested us most and adapted (a little) his delivery to suit. Highly recommend.
This was an excellent tour, guided by Nikos. It absolutely lived up to my expectations, and provided great insight to art and neighborhoods that we would not have otherwise seen. Nikos is extremely knowledgeable of the street art scene, and provided interesting commentary and context to what we were seeing. He was engaging as a guide, kept everyone involved and moved the tour at very good pace. Also, it was a nice counterbalance to the time spent on Ancient Greece and visiting archeological sites. Highly recommend. Thank you, Nikos.
Our guide Nikos had excellent knowledge of the artists, each technique and the stories behind each art work.
Nicholas was extremely knowledgeable and also a very kind & interesting guide. We got to see Athens from a totally different perspective and saw different neighborhoods we would not have seen otherwise. This is a highly recommended tour!
Our Street Art Walking Tour of Athens was excellent. Our guide, Nikos, was really knowledgable about the street art and about Athens in general. He was a great communicator and we all felt that we benefitted immensely from the experience. If you get the chance to go on this tour, don't hesitate. You'll find yourself looking at Athens in a new light afterwards!
The Alternative Athens Street Art tour was one of the outstanding highlights of my trip. Our affable guide Nikos (himself a professional graphic designer and street artist) was extremely knowledgeable about the art, neighborhoods, architecture, and history of Athens. We walked several neighborhoods, each with their own narrative and learned about the influential artists and details about their individual styles, applied techniques, and evolution as artists. It's not strenuous, but wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to walk for around 3 hours with a brief break midway. The kids in our group managed it with no problem and they also seemed to have a great time. Don't hesitate, just book it. You won't be sorry!
This is a must do activity in Athens! Our guide, Nikos, was excellent and tailored the tour to accommodate everyone in the group, which included some children. Fabulous!!