In approximately 6 hours you will see the highlights of Athens and taste Greek delicacies. Start off with walking up to the Parthenon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, which is placed at the top of the holy rock of the Acropolis with its Propylea, Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike, Dionysus Theatre, Herodes Atticos Odeon and Aeropagus.

 

Continue with a variety of sights like the first academy and university in Athens, the Temple of Zeus, and the famous Panathinaikon Stadium where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.

 

Our next stop will be the President's palace where you will see the changing of the characteristic guards of the presidential garrison. The guards are walking from the President's palace to Syntagma square where the Monument of the Unknown Soldier is placed. This is a monument that honors all the soldiers that died during the wars that Greece participated in.

 

Visit to St. George Lycabettus, the highest point in Athens. See all of the city and surrounding areas with its fantastic view. It is a great opportunity to take your pictures there and have your memories captured with the whole city in the background. On this hill you will find the small whitewashed chapel of St. George, erected in the 19th century, which was the site of the Byzantine church of Prophet Elijah.

 

Enjoy your lunch to a traditional Greek restaurant and taste our country’s popular dishes and delicacies.

 

Last, visit the New Acropolis Museum with its great findings of the ancient Greek civilization.

The Cape Sounion tour is a half - day trip that is considered the most enjoyable and attractive trip inside the Attica region. It’s a 65-kilometer curvy, coastal drive to the Temple of Poseidon, the God of the sea. We drive along Saronic Gulf, the Athenian Riviera.

 

Our first stop on the way to Cape Sounion is the lake of Vouliagmeni with it’s healing waters. Surrounding the lake are numerous caves and underwater corridors that nobody has managed to fully explore. A few who tried to find out where the caves lead where lost inside them. Don't try it....

 

Continuing our coastal drive we will stop to a very nice traditional Greek restaurant on the sea. Enjoy lunch or dinner (if you choose to take this trip in the afternoon) of fresh grilled fish or have a traditional Greek meal.

 

At the end we will reach the magnificent ancient temple dedicated to the God of the Sea, Poseidon, at Cape Sounion with a marvelous view of Saronic Gulf, before we return to Athens. This tour can also be done in the afternoon allowing yourself to witness an absolutely breathtaking sunset from the Temple.

We start traveling along the Saronic Gulf’s coastal road to the Corinth Canal. The Canal is a structure of great importance, as before it was built, ships sailing between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas had to circumnavigate the Peloponnese, adding about 185 nautical miles to their journey. The original idea for making the canal was conceived by Periander the tyrant of Corinth back in 602 B.C. and the one that finally started the project in 1830 was Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece. This was after the liberation from the Ottoman Turks, and finished in 1893 after several stops and restarts. If you want and dare, you can try bungee jumping off this historical canal wall.

 

Next, visit the ruins of the city of ancient Corinth and the Bema where St. Paul spoke to the Corinthians. A historical place for both the Byzantines and the ancient Greeks. Also we visit the Ancient Corinth Museum before we take our way back to Athens.

Immerse yourself in the myths and monuments of classical Greece with our full-day tours and excursions.

 

Explore all the UNESCO-listed archeological sites in Greece, as well as other important monuments and sites that formed the Greek culture for centuries and helped to spread the Greek civilization throughout the globe!