This full day private tour covers the most significant Athens classical monuments and the historical place of Marathon, famous for the "Marathon Race" and for the "Marathon Battle" between the Greeks and the Persians.
Visit the Marathon Lake with its well known Marathon Dam
See the Marathon start point of the famous Marathon Race.
Visit the Marathon Tymvos (Tomb) and the archaeological museum
Visit the Sanctuary of Goddess Artemis in Brauron
Visit the unique Acropolis of Athens and admire the imposing Parthenon
Visit the magnificent Olympieio with the Zeus Temple and the Hadrian’s Arch
See the famous Panathenaic Stadium (also known as Kallimarmaron)
Visit the Ancient Agora and the famous Plaka
What is Included
Private activity (only your group will participate)
Hotel or Apartment pick up & drop off
Piraeus Port, Cruise terminal pick up & drop off
Athens Airport pick up & drop off
Luxury air-conditioned vehicle
English speaking driver/guide (Not allowed to enter inside the archaeological areas & museums)
Bottled water, wet & dry tissues
Free WiFi on board
All taxes, fuel surcharge, tolls’ cost, parking fees
Baby seat or child booster upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
Folding wheelchair upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
What is Not Included
Licensed tour guide for escorting you into the sights (on request with additional charge)
Food & drinks
Gratuities (optional)
Entrance Fees (Cost as bellow)
Marathon: Full 6 €, Reduced 3 €
Brauron: Full 6 €, Reduced 3 €
Acropolis: Full 20 €, Reduced 10 €
Olympieio: Full 8 €, Reduced 4 €
Ancient Agora: Full 10 €, Reduced 5 €
Entrance Fees Policy
Reduced Ticket: People over 65 years old from EU members states upon presentation of ID or Passport
Free: Children and young people up to the age of 25 years from EU members states and children and young people up the age of 18 years from Non EU countries, upon presentation of ID or Passport
Entrance Fees Important Note
Athens Sights: You may buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of each sight). But, it is highly recommended to buy them online and in advance from the official website https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Marathon & Brauron: You may buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of each sight)
Duration : 9 hours (approx)
Bring along
Your passport or ID and your booking confirmation
Comfortable shoes, sun hat
Your smile
Participants: 1 up 17 participants
Languages: English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Marathon: 08:30 – 15:00 (All year / closed on Tuesdays)
Brauron: 08:30 – 15:00 (All year / closed on Tuesdays)
Acropolis & rest Athens sights
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st): 08:00 – 16:30
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st): 08:00 – 18:00
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Please wait us for pick up at least 5 minutes before the scheduled tour start time.
Our driver will meet you at the hotel lobby or outside of the building of your apartment 5 minutes before the scheduled pick up time.
For Cruise travelers, our driver will wait you at the Exit Gate of Cruise Terminal holding a sign with your name.
In Athens Airport, our driver will wait you at the Exit Gate of the Arrivals Terminal holding a sign with your name.
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
Our private tour starts with driving towards the northern side of Attica prefecture to Marathon. First stop is at Lake of Marathon, a technical lake which was created from the construction of the homonymous dam. The Marathon lake, until late 60’s, was the main water supplier of Athens city. The Marathon Dam, which is a gravity dam, is an impressive and unique construction due to the reason that its external cladding was made with the famous white “Pentelikon marble” (the same marble was used for Acropolis of Athens).
Our next stop is at the plain of Marathon where the famous battle between Greeks and Persians took place in 490 B.C. You will see the start point of the famous Marathon Race (race in honored of the Greek messenger Pheidipides who ran the distance from Marathon to Athens without any stop in order to announce the victory to Athenians). You will visit the “Tymvos” (Tomb - a burial mound that houses the ashes of the 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon) and the Archaeological Museum.
Last stop of this first part of our tour is at theSanctuary of Goddness Artemis in Brauron. Amongst others you will see the Artemis Temple, the “Π” Shared Stoa, and the Stone Bridge. You will also visit the Archaeological Museum with findings from Goddess Artemis Sanctuary.
Time for the second part of the tour. We drive back to Athens and you will visit the naturally fortified hill of the Acropolis, the cornerstone of Athens existence. You will travel back in ancient times walking among the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the unique Parthenon & the Erechtheion. From the top, you will have a panoramic view of the ancient theater of Dionisos & of the Herodion (Odeion of Herodes Atticus).
Our private tour continues with the visits to Olympieio (with the Temple of Zeus and the Hadrian’s Arch) and to the famous Panathenaic Stadium (also known as Kallimarmaron) where the first modern Olympic Games were revived on 1896. Next stop is the Presidential Mansion (ex-Royal Palace) where you will monitor the traditional Change of the Guard.
Our car will then climb you to St. George Lycabetus Hill with the best panoramic view of Athens (ideal place for taking photos). While on route of our private tour, you will see important buildings & places such as the National Library, the Academy, the Univercity, the Old Greek Parliament & the Syntagma Square (Parliament building & Tomb of Unknown Soldier). Our next visits is to the Ancient Agora and to the famous Plaka. You will be lost in the narrow streets where the spirit of old Athens exists. Our private tour concludes with the return in our starting place.
This full day private tour covers the most significant Athens classical monuments and the historical place of Marathon, famous for the "Marathon Race" and for the "Marathon Battle" between the Greeks and the Persians.
What is Included
What is Not Included
Entrance Fees Policy
Reduced Ticket: People over 65 years old from EU members states upon presentation of ID or Passport
Free: Children and young people up to the age of 25 years from EU members states and children and young people up the age of 18 years from Non EU countries, upon presentation of ID or Passport
Entrance Fees Important Note
Athens Sights: You may buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of each sight). But, it is highly recommended to buy them online and in advance from the official website https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Marathon & Brauron: You may buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of each sight)
Duration : 9 hours (approx)
Bring along
Participants: 1 up 17 participants
Languages: English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
Our private tour starts with driving towards the northern side of Attica prefecture to Marathon. First stop is at Lake of Marathon, a technical lake which was created from the construction of the homonymous dam. The Marathon lake, until late 60’s, was the main water supplier of Athens city. The Marathon Dam, which is a gravity dam, is an impressive and unique construction due to the reason that its external cladding was made with the famous white “Pentelikon marble” (the same marble was used for Acropolis of Athens).
Our next stop is at the plain of Marathon where the famous battle between Greeks and Persians took place in 490 B.C. You will see the start point of the famous Marathon Race (race in honored of the Greek messenger Pheidipides who ran the distance from Marathon to Athens without any stop in order to announce the victory to Athenians). You will visit the “Tymvos” (Tomb - a burial mound that houses the ashes of the 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon) and the Archaeological Museum.
Last stop of this first part of our tour is at the Sanctuary of Goddness Artemis in Brauron. Amongst others you will see the Artemis Temple, the “Π” Shared Stoa, and the Stone Bridge. You will also visit the Archaeological Museum with findings from Goddess Artemis Sanctuary.
Time for the second part of the tour. We drive back to Athens and you will visit the naturally fortified hill of the Acropolis, the cornerstone of Athens existence. You will travel back in ancient times walking among the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the unique Parthenon & the Erechtheion. From the top, you will have a panoramic view of the ancient theater of Dionisos & of the Herodion (Odeion of Herodes Atticus).
Our private tour continues with the visits to Olympieio (with the Temple of Zeus and the Hadrian’s Arch) and to the famous Panathenaic Stadium (also known as Kallimarmaron) where the first modern Olympic Games were revived on 1896. Next stop is the Presidential Mansion (ex-Royal Palace) where you will monitor the traditional Change of the Guard.
Our car will then climb you to St. George Lycabetus Hill with the best panoramic view of Athens (ideal place for taking photos). While on route of our private tour, you will see important buildings & places such as the National Library, the Academy, the Univercity, the Old Greek Parliament & the Syntagma Square (Parliament building & Tomb of Unknown Soldier). Our next visits is to the Ancient Agora and to the famous Plaka. You will be lost in the narrow streets where the spirit of old Athens exists. Our private tour concludes with the return in our starting place.