PRIVATE Minibus Tour of Athens (by Piraeus Express)
Description
This tour is a unique way of getting to know the city of Athens and visit all main sights of Athens! It is a great way to explore the city especially for first time travelers but may by customized for those that want an extra stop or visited before. With the company of a professional tour escort during your visit of all sights, with the exception of the guided excursion in Acropolis archaeological site where you visit on your own with much details provided in advance by your tour leader, we will ensure that you learn much about the history of Greece as well as get familiar with the local culture and current affairs. *Note that a licensed guide may be added to give you the full on Acropolis tour upon arrival to the site and at an extra fee, agreed in advance during the booking process. Rest assured it is a complete VIP tour of the city, guaranteed to give you a memorable stress free day in the city of Athens!
Tour Options
Itinerary
Enjoy the beautiful marble stadium, established as the first of the modern Olympics
View the Corinthian style columns of the Temple and Hadrian's Arch
View the neoclassical building of Zappeion and walk through the National Gardens to reach the House of the Parliament
Enjoy the Gardens (if weather conditions allow) to reach the Parliament House in Syntagma Square
View the magnificent Chnage of the National Guards in front of the House of the Athens Parliament in Syntagma Square. The ceremony takes place once every hour and the grand change is every Sunday at 11am. We always coordinate to view the change.
Pass by the buildings of the Academy, University and the National Library in the centre of Athens, the known Trilogy of Athens
Visit the Archaeological site of the Parthenon with your licensed guide for a full historical experience of the famous great years of Athens - a must do experience in Athens
Free time in Athen's most popular district with free time to try the traditional Greek cuisine but also enjoy time to shop in the local shops
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can collect the private group from any agreed point - HOTEL or PORT within the area of Athens or Piraeus Airport collections are also possible at added fee, coordinated upon booking
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(13)
We feel that our guide was under the influence of drugs. And used some more while on our tour. The tour took way longer than expected and when we went to lunch, our tour guide kept ordering more and more and more food
I am sorry that you felt this way as I felt very comfortable with your group. By no chance this comment is true as it is insulting to me that I tried my best for you to feel comfortable throughout. Also let me mention that extending your tour was with agreement to you and you had agreed again only done to offer you a better and more relaxed experience. Finally any food ordered by me was changed to me separately even though you all tried it as well (the fish) As for the lamp chops they were ordered by you but then changed your mind. I am disappointed reading this. Take care
Tour was scheduled for 9am they showed up at 10:30am. This was really not acceptable. Apparently the tour guide overslept. I don’t understand that because the mini bus should have been on time. It was craziness. She offered to extend by 2 hours but we could not extend the time as we had plans at the spa on the ship. The kids thought she was either drunk or had not recovered from the night. It seriously was just a bad experience. The tour guide was pleasant. The bus driver could not speak English but I don’t guess that really matters because the tour guide spoke English. We could have taken a taxi today and had a much better outcome.
Excellent trip in this bus. It was the first time when I have visited a city with this kind of bus and it was amazing!
We had a great day in Athens, our bus was clean and always on time. Catherine our tour guide was fun and knowledgeable.
Many thanks for your review! It was great to have you in Athens and hope to see you again 😊
Catherine was amazing in knowing local tips. She made us feel special and at end of day we were surprised we spent 8 hours together.
Such a special day indeed! was lovely to be with you and I hope i made my least, on helping you enjoy Athens! Soon again, I hope!
Excellent excursion for a first visit to Athens on 28/04/2022 . Our Francophone guide Jean Edouard really allowed us to have a great day. It is pleasant smiling and gave us a wealth of information about the city. The mini bus was comfortable. We were a family of 8 from 12 to 80 years old and everyone was satisfied with this day. We were able to make the most of it thanks to the efficiency and kindness of our guide. We recommend this company
Cher Nicolas, Merci pour votre retour, nous sommes ravis de vous avoir eu pour cette excursion d'Athènes, sachez que vos commentaires sont très importants pour nous, nous vous remercions et on se dit à bientôt, Cordialement, Catherine & Jean (Piraeus express Bus team) Now reborn as Express Bus Tours
We had to visit Athens with the help of this organization but in view of the health circumstances it was cancelled and since 5 weeks I wait for the refund paid and from their radio silence while booking it was well specified that in case of cancellation1 week before minimum which was largely the case they refund us the deposit paid but nothing at all. Moreover their website no longer exists! So beware and 0 as rating of course! A bon heareur salut!!
Caterina waited right at the cruise ship arrivals and picked all of us up with luggage at end of cruise. Top quality, customised tour of Athens at a fraction of the cost of what was offered by the cruise line. Caterina had amazing knowledge of all the sites and made trip highly enjoyable. At the end we got dropped right by our hotel in Athens.
I am very happy that you and your family enjoyed our tour! Many thanks for the review. We hope to see you again soon!
We were heading for the hop on hop off bus when we saw Caterina and her mercedes minibus selling tours of Athens . Yanni was the driver .we set off at ten o clock and were taken straight back to our ship at three thirty as promised . The tour was excellent and Caterina speaks passionately and informatively about Athens . She also has a good sense of humour and her English is excellent . The minibus is fully air conditioned and has very comfortable seats . Our tour took us to The Temple of Zeus . The Acropolis .the Original Olympic Stadium . The changing of the Guards which is not to be missed and finally some time in Plaka . Speaking to people back on board we saw much more than any of the ships tours and the hop on hop off bus and at twenty euros it was excellent value.
Took this tour of Athens on our cruise in August. We had Anna as our guide and she did an awesome job getting us to all the sights and explaining everything to us. Very friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed our day and would never have seen it all on our own in that short of time. The only thing I wouldn't do again is hire the private guide for the Acropolis. It took quite a while to get her organized and while she gave us some good information, I found her English a little hard to understand. It seemed to take a lot of time and when she was done we really didnt have any free time to just look around. We quickly took a few pictures and rushed back to the bus - actually arriving about 10 minutes late. So wouldn't recommend the private guide. However the rest of the tour was great and would definately recommend it and our giude Anna.. Very reasonable cost.