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 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
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
A Sounion guided tour is a trip from Athens to Cape Sounion, at the southern tip of Attica, where a guide leads the visit to the Temple of Poseidon and the remains of the ancient sanctuary, with the coast road of the Athens Riviera on the way. Tours across the rest of the country are … Read more
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
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
Ancient Agora tickets give entry to the Ancient Agora of Athens, the old marketplace and civic centre below the north-west slope of the Acropolis, where the Temple of Hephaestus and the rebuilt Stoa of Attalos with its museum stand inside one fenced site. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. … Read more
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
An Athens e-scooter tour is a guided ride on an electric scooter through the Acropolis area and the centre of Athens. Tours run on two-wheel e-scooters, on four-wheel electric scooters and on the four-wheeled EZRaider, by day and at night. Greece Tours lists the tours that start in the centre of the city. This page … Read more
Thessaloniki and Athens are the two great cities of the Greek mainland, and a traveller planning a trip often has to choose between them or split the days across both. Athens carries the weight of the classical world, its skyline crowned by the Acropolis and its museums holding the record of ancient Greece. Thessaloniki runs … Read more
On the lower bend of the Sacred Way at Delphi stands a small, bright building that catches almost every visitor’s eye: the Treasury of the Athenians. Compact yet perfectly proportioned, it was raised by the city of Athens to house the precious offerings its people dedicated to Apollo, and it survives today as the most … Read more
A Milos day trip from Athens is possible by flight or fast ferry, but tight, as travel eats most of the day. Plan transfers and tours through My Greece Tours. Reaching Milos in a day from Athens is a common question in the Milos travel guide. The sections below cover whether a day trip works, … Read more