Athens at a Glance - 5 days
Daily group tours
Accommodation in preferred Tourist,
Superior or Deluxe Hotels (3-4-5 star)
• Athens (4)
Category:
Daily group tours, Ideal for short stays
Day 1: Arrive Athens
Arrive at Athens airport and
transfer to your hotel.
Overnight:
Athens
Day 2: Half Day Athens
City Tour with Acropolis museum (B)
After breakfast transfer to terminal to join your
group. This tour gives you an opportunity to observe the
striking contrasts that make
Athens
such a fascinating city. Our expert guides will take you
to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic
Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).
Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex
Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful
uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian's
Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown
Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National
Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma). On the
Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the
Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the
Temple
of Athena Nike,
the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between
material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in
the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place
where at last the statues found their home and admire
the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis
museum (closed on Mondays). Afternoon at leisure.
Overnight: Athens
Day 3: Afternoon Tour to Cape
Sounion
- Athens
(B)
Morning at leisure. Afternoon drive
along the coastal road, passing the wonderful beaches of
Glyfada, Vouliagmeni & Varkiza to the most Southern
point of Attica, Cape Sounion, where the white marble
pillars of the Temple of Poseidon stand.
On the way, you have a
splendid view of the Saronic Gulf and the little islands
offshore.
After visiting the Temple of
Poseidon, you have time to walk at leisure on the rocky
promontory of Sounion. Return Athens appox at 6:30 pm.
Overnight: Athens
Day 4: Athens (B)
Day at leisure. Overnight:
Athens
Day 5: Athens Departure (B)
Morning transfer to Athens
Hellinikon International airport for departure. Thank
you for visiting Athens.
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