Full Day Athens City tour and Cape Sounio with Lunch
About This Tour
Discover the highlights of Athens on a full-day tour that combines the city’s most important ancient landmarks with a scenic coastal drive to Cape Sounion. Visi...
Duration: 11 Hours · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Athens, Sounion · Languages: English
Know before you go: Confirmation will be received at time of booking; Not wheelchair accessible; Most travelers can participate; You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.; Please note that pickup service is offered from specific locations in Athens city center.; Depending on each client's property location we offer the pickup as convenient as possible.
About Sounion
Sounion
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What's Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees Acropolis Site
- Entrance fees New Acropolis Museum
- Entrance fees Sounion
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Guide
Not Included
- On December 24 to 26, December 31 and January 01 to 02 an extra a la carte charge of 30 % will apply due to seasonal celebrations
- Gratuities
- Extra Consumption
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Panathenaic Stadium The Panathenaic Stadium is a classical cultural monument of Greece. Its history is directly connected to the Modern Olympic Games, from their revival in 1896 until the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. It is also the place from which the Olympic Flame is delivered to all the Olympic Games, Winter, Summer and Youth, as well as the Athens Authentic Marathon. Temple of Olympian Zeus The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, also known as the Olympieion, was built over several centuries starting in 174 BCE and only finally completed by Roman emperor Hadrian in 131 CE. Its unusually tall columns and ambitious layout made the temple one of the largest ever built in the ancient world. The Greek Parliament The Greek Parliament or Hellenic Parliament is the parliament of Greece, located in the center of Athens City. Moreover it is the Old Royal Palace, an austere Neoclassical building, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. In addition it is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament. Academy of Athens With its perfect proportions and harmonious lines, it is regarded by some experts as the most beautiful neoclassical building in the world. The Academy’s monumental sculptures and murals, which took a decade to complete, depict ancient Greek mythology, 19th century Hellenism, as well as visions of how the artists imagined the future. Acropolis of Athens The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. New Acropolis Museum The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. It opened to the public on 20 June 2009.[1] More than 4,250 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. Cape Sounion According to legend, Cape Sounion is the spot where Aegeus, king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff, thus giving his name to the Aegean Sea. Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788–1824). Temple of Poseidon The temple at Sounion, was a venue where mariners, and also entire cities or states, could propitiate Poseidon, by making animal sacrifice, or leaving gifts.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Athens, GR · Tour start: Athens, GR — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
