Historical Tours | Acropolis Museum Tour (AGT5)

See the famous marble sculptures and works housed at the extraordinary Acropolis Museum. Its seamless modern lines elegantly incorporate artifacts exclusively from the Acropolis, and excavations are also visible under glass floors and walkways.

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes    



 

MEETING POINT:

In front of the Acropolis Museum Building’s Entrance at 15, Dionysiou Areopagitou St.
which is located inside the Acropolis Museum’s premises before entering the Museum on the left-hand side, right next to the “Exit” door.

Your guide, holding the orange Athens Walking Tours sign, will come to meet you outside the Acropolis Museum, in front of the OWL statue,

See photo here

 

Please be at the meeting 15 minutes prior to tour departure time.

 

Kindly note that this tour is a continuation of the Acropolis tour which starts earlier, so our guide will be arriving with a group from the Acropolis, holding the orange Athens Walking Tours sign.


Inclusions:

  • Local licensed guide
  • Skip-the-line service

Exclusions:

  • Entrance fees
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food and beverages
  • Gratuities (gratuity rates in Greece are around 10% of service cost)


Top Museum of the World: Acropolis Museum

Designed by renowned Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi and notable Greek architect Michalis Photiadis, the Acropolis Museum captivates guests on approach. Its seamless modern lines elegantly incorporate artifacts exclusively from the Acropolis, and excavations are also visible under glass floors and walkways.  The marbled surviving treasures are impressively displayed with the use of natural light, situated on a modernist open layout. Panoramic views to top the experience.

 

The tour ends at the Acropolis Museum.

 

BLACK OUT DATES

·        January 1st - New Year's Day

·        March 25th - National Holiday

·        April 24th - Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday

·        May 1st - Labor Day

·        December 25th & 26th – Christmas

 

Note: On Greek Orthodox Good Friday, April 22nd, the tour will start one hour later (at 3:00 pm) due to the late opening of the Archaeological sites.