Athens Donkey Sanctuary

A child in a woolly hat brushing a dark brown donkey at the Athens donkey sanctuary.

The Athens donkey sanctuary is a rescue centre for donkeys in the countryside east of Athens, where visitors brush, pet and walk with the animals. Visits teach how donkeys shaped Greek farm and island life. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the visits, the place, … Read more

National Archaeological Museum Tickets

The neoclassical colonnade and red facade of the National Archaeological Museum on Patission Street in Athens, the entrance for visitors holding National Archaeological Museum tickets.

National Archaeological Museum tickets give entry to the largest archaeological museum in Greece, on Patission Street in central Athens, sold as standard entry, as entry with an audio guide, or as part of a guided small-group or private tour of the galleries. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The … Read more

Athens Theater Show

The audience filling the marble tiers of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus for an evening performance below the Acropolis, the venue of the summer Athens theater show season.

An Athens theater show is a live stage performance in the Greek capital that visitors can book, from staged ancient Greek drama and The Odyssey retold on stage to murder mystery evenings, dinner shows and summer festival nights at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus below the Acropolis. Tours across the rest of the country are … Read more

Athens Philosophy Tour

The marble statue of Socrates seated in thought outside the Academy of Athens, the symbol of an Athens philosophy tour.

An Athens philosophy tour is a guided walk through the places where Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics taught, from the Ancient Agora to Plato’s Academy, with the ideas explained at each stop. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tour formats, the sites on … Read more

Acropolis Museum Guided Tour

The Caryatids of the Erechtheion standing in their gallery in the Acropolis Museum, the centrepiece of an Acropolis Museum guided tour.

An Acropolis Museum guided tour is a visit to the museum below the Acropolis of Athens led by a licensed guide, who explains the finds from the sacred rock gallery by gallery. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tour formats, the galleries floor by … Read more

Piraeus Port Transfers

Piraeus port transfers meet ferry passengers at the quays of Piraeus

Piraeus port transfers are private car, minivan and taxi rides that meet ferry and cruise passengers at the port of Piraeus and drive them to Athens Airport, a hotel in Athens or another port or town, or bring travellers to their ship. Bookable routes run between the port, the airport and central Athens hotels, and … Read more

Apostle Paul Tour

Apostle Paul tour stop at the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth

An Apostle Paul tour follows the places in Greece where Paul preached, from the Areopagus in Athens and the Bema of Ancient Corinth to Philippi, Kavala, Thessaloniki and Veria. Day tours leave Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, and private tours visit Philippi from Kavala. Greece Tours lists the tours that start in Greece. This page covers … Read more

Athens Audio Tour

Athens audio tour view of the Parthenon on the Acropolis

An Athens audio tour is a self-guided commentary that plays on a phone while you walk through the ancient sites and museums of Athens. Ticketed versions bundle the entry ticket for the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora, the Temple of Olympian Zeus or the National Archaeological Museum with the recording. Greece Tours lists the tours that … Read more