Private 4-hour Walking Tour of Acropolis and Acropolis Museum in Athens
Private 4-hour Walking Tour of Acropolis and Acropolis Museum in Athens
Enjoy this private 4-hour walking tour with your own private official guide and discover one of the most emblematic archaeological sites in the whole World. Your guide will meet you in front of the Acropolis Museum, or at the place nearby.We will arrange the entrance tickets for you for both the Acropolis museum and the Acropolis slopes precinct, so your access is granted and you will skip the lines.Your expert guide will teach you about the history and remains of the long lasting Greek civilization that gave birth to the Western world, just while you can admire them in person in the same sites where the most important rites and events of the ancient Greeks took place. There are ruins, remains, artifacts, and objects from all the periods of ancient Greece since at least 3400 years ago to know and admire.
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Acropolis Museum
- 5th century BC to 5th century AD: Inscriptions, reliefs and statues of famous people, gods and heroes and other remains from the Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods.
2 hoursAcropolis
See the following highlights of the sites you can visit all over the Acropolis slopes.
2 hoursBeulé Gate
The gate is framed to the north and south by two rectangular towers. Both the gate and the towers are made of building material reused from earlier structures, such as the choregic monument of Nikias (late 4th century BC), which stood on the southern slope of the Acropolis (today only the foundations of the monument are visible between the theater of Dionysus and the stoa of Eumenes). The votive inscription mentioning the choregic victory of Nikias Nikodemos is embedded in the wall above the epistle of the gate.
Parthenon
Built between 447 and 432 BC, the imposing Doric-style building was created to house a colossal sculpture of Athena Parthenos made of wood, ivory and gold, which had a height of twelve meters.
20 minutesPropylaea
The access wall is articulated in five linteled openings arranged in decreasing order. Flanking the access staircase, there is a base on which stands the temple of Athena Nike.
Temple of Athena Nike
The small Ionic temple had a frieze carved in relief with different thematic representations on each side. The east side depicted a gathering of gods around Zeus enthroned, while the other sides featured scenes of warfare between Greeks and Persians or Greeks with other Greeks. The south side depicted the victorious battle of the Greeks against the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC, led by the Athenians. Few sculptural remains of the pediments of the temple are preserved.
15 minutesSanctuary of Artemis Brauronia
Today, only the cuts in the bedrock for the foundations of the walls are visible, allowing the reconstruction of the shape and access to the sanctuary.
15 minutesTemple of Rome & Augustus
The inscription on the temple's epistle mentions that the building was dedicated by the city of Athens to the goddess Rome and to Octavian Augustus. The temple, small and circular, had a single row of nine Ionic columns and no interior wall; the entablature and conical roof were entirely of white marble.
10 minutesMonument Of Agrippa
The rectangular and slightly tapered pedestal is the only part of the monument that has been preserved to this day. Made of gray-blue Hymettus marble, it stands on a stepped base of stone and tufa. The pedestal is 8.91 meters high.
15 minutesErechtheion
The temple is unusual in that it incorporates two porticoes (protaseis); one in the northwest corner which is supported by tall Ionic columns, and another in the southwest corner which is supported by six huge female statues, the famous Caryatids which have become the characteristic feature of the temple, as they stand and seem to casually support the weight of the portico roof on their heads.
15 minutesTemple of Athena Nike
It was a Doric peripheral structure with six columns on the short sides and twelve on the long sides. Inside the naos was the wooden cult statue (xoanon) of the goddess Athena. The eastern part of the temple consisted of three halls, each dedicated to the cult of Poseidon-Erechtheus, Hephaestus and Boutes. The marble pediments of the Gigantomachy, on display in the Acropolis Museum.
15 minutesIncluded
- Local taxes
- Private official tour guide for 4 hours
- Entrance tickets to Acropolis
- Entrance to Acropolis museum
- Entry/Admission - Acropolis
- Entry/Admission - Parthenon
- Entry/Admission - Acropolis Museum
- Entry/Admission - Monument Of Agrippa
- Entry/Admission - Erechtheion
- Entry/Admission - Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia
- Entry/Admission - Temple of Rome & Augustus
- Entry/Admission - Temple of Athena Nike
Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Transportation
Good to Know
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Most travelers can participate
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tickets & Cancellation
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.