Full Day Cruise-Friendly Tour of Athens from Piraeus Port
Athens, Greece
- 6 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience Athens in one day with this hassle-free shore excursion that includes pickup and drop-off from the cruise terminal. Marvel at the ancient ruins of the Acropolis, Parthenon, and Panathenaic Stadium, time your visit to Syntagma Square to watch the Changing of the Guard, and enjoy free time for lunch and shopping in the atmospheric Plaka neighborhood.
- Enjoy the best of both worlds: a guided tour and free time to explore
- Choose a morning departure to match your cruise ship's arrival time
- Worry-free: guaranteed on-time return at Piraeus Cruise Port
- Join a guided group tour or upgrade for a personalized private tour
What's Included
- Cruise port pick up and drop off
- Guaranteed return to the ship on time
- Certifies English speaking guide
- Safe professional driver
- Acropolis Museum admission fee
- Free time for shopping and dinning
- 24-hour risk-free cancellation
- Food and beverages
- admission to the Acropolis
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Itinerary
1
Port of Piraeus
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Panathenaic Stadium
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Change of Guards (Pass By)
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Pass By)
3
Acropolis
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Acropolis Museum
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
5
Plaka
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
6
Piraeus
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Please note that the sequence of the tour itinerary and the time spent at each location might be adjusted in response to variables like traffic conditions, crowd sizes, and unforeseen events. However, we will our best to cover all the destinations mentioned in the itinerary.
- Please note that the start time displayed on our website is a general estimate for the activity's commencement and may not correspond to your specific pick-up time. We recommend checking your email at least 12 hours before your scheduled activity to receive comprehensive pick-up information, which will include the exact location, identifying signage, and the precise pick-up time. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email, WhatsApp, or phone.
- Please be advised that this tour is not wheelchair or scooter accessible and may not be suitable for individuals with limited mobility.
- If you choose the tour option that includes the Parthenon, please note that your free time in Plaka will be shortened. Please be aware that you need to be in reasonable physical condition to climb the moderately challenging route.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 888 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
3.9
based on 14 reviews
We had an amazing time on the Athens tour! Our guide, Anna Maria, was very knowledgeable, engaging, and super friendly. She had that lovely Greek charisma! We visited a marble stadium (the name is too hard to pronounce or remember), took amazing pictures of the Acropolis with stunning views of Athens from a hill, and loved the Acropolis Museum. We also enjoyed a nice lunch during our free time, just a few minutes' walk from the Acropolis. The tour was well-organized and well -paced , really brought Athens' charm to life. Highly recommend!
The tour is not worth the cost. You will get the same tour taking a taxi to the acropolis museum and touring on your own. This doesn't include the admission or guide to the acropolis. You can do that completely on your own. The main tour picture of the stadium of Dionysus is not part of the tour at all. We didn't stop at the Olympic Stadium or anywhere else. We just drove by that and the presidential palace. Then we were given about 2 hours to shop in the Plaka, which is an area right next to the acropolis museum. All this could have been done for 1/10 what we paid. The tour guide was pleasant, but for what we paid, our expectations were significantly higher.
Response from Host, Nov 2024
We regret to hear about your disappointment and would like to address your concerns:
1. Private vs Shared Tours: Your disappointment may stem from your expectation of a private tour, according to your comments on meeting our guide in the cruise terminal. We highly recommend reviewing the tour description. As well private tours are usually labeled with "PRIVATE" in the title and are generally priced significantly higher than €150.
2. Tour Cost: Tastes differ, and some may prefer taxis. However, taking a taxi for the same tour route with all stops and the same duration would likely cost the same or more.
3. Guided tour vs. Taxi: Taxi services do not provide the wealth of information offered by our guides. Your guide Anna Maria, is not only fully licensed with 17 years of experience but also ranked among the top 10 guides in Athens.
4. Acropolis Museum: Cab drivers do not provide skip-the-line admission to the Acropolis Museum or Parthenon. On busy days with multiple cruise ships, you could spend couple hours in line.
5. Stadiums : The modern Olympic stadium has never been part of our tour itinerary, it’s Panathenaic Stadium that was visited en route to the city center from the cruise port where we picked up air visitors and your guide assisted with coins for restroom visits, sorry restrooms in Europe have admission fees, unlike in the US. As for Dionysos Stadium, it is not included in our tour itinerary, please pay some more attention to this tour itinerary
6. Acropolis Options: This tour offers two distinct options: one includes the Acropolis Museum with views of the Parthenon from Pnyx Hill, while the other includes both the Acropolis Parthenon and Museum. You selected the first, more economical option, which covers only the museum.
7. Tour Experience: Compared to others on ship shore excursions, you saw at least twice more of Athens. Our tour is designed based on 24 years of experience and feedback from thousands of guests. For future travels, rather than relying on pictures and your imagination, we highly recommend reviewing the tour itinerary and description to set accurate expectations .Safe travels!
After seeing how big Athens is, we were certainly glad we had booked a tour. We started out at the 1896 Olympic Stadium. Our guide pointed out many other sights. We loved the Acropolis museum. (Note, this tour does not include a trip to the top of the Acropolis. We were perfectly fine with that because it was so hot.) the Changing of the Guard was unlike anything we have ever seen and enjoyed. The time in Plaka allowed us to have a wonderful lunch and pick up some souvenirs
So disappointed! You save to go to your once in a lifetime trip and get a terrible tour. From the beginning, the tour guide said we were late and had to rush. We missed seeing several of the sights because she said we didn’t have time. She was knowledgeable but often talked about unimportant info. We spent a small amount of time in the Museum because she didn’t enter in the correct place and we waited in line outside (no skip the line) and then she argued with the employees of the museum. We were a small group of 18 but slowly people began to leave to do their own sightseeing. Very disappointed and surprised Viator has her as a guide.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
We regret to hear about your disappointment, but let me address all the concerns raised:
1. The tour could have easily left without you since your couple was 17 minutes late, but because you asked us to wait and the other tour participants agreed, we postponed the departure.
2. This caused some rush, as during high season when Athens gets about 15 million guests, we have to follow a strict time frame for entering the Acropolis Museum.
3. If by "unimportant info" you mean the information about daily life in Athens shared by your knowledgeable guide, please be aware that on major shared tours, guides have to cover all categories of guests—those who find historical information boring and those who consider all other information unimportant.
4. According to the museum records, your small group spent 67 minutes inside, which is 7 minutes longer than mentioned in the tour description.
5. We apologize for the incident entering the museum. Your guide attempted to save time and effort by using the special entrance but failed since we arrived later than the appointed time due to the mentioned delay.
6. Your group spent only 13 minutes in the main line because our other group let yours join them in entering. By Athens standards, you can consider this a "skip-the-line" admission.
7. When you see locals arguing, do not think they are going to fight. It's a different culture—not only in Greece but all over the Mediterranean. People are very passionate, speak loudly, and use a lot of gestures.
8. We recommend you pay more attention to the tour description, which states that 2 hours of free time in Plaka is given after the guided part of the tour. When you saw people leaving, they were leaving for their leisure time, and that’s why all 18 of you were collected and brought back to the port.
9. Lastly, all the sights mentioned in the tour description were covered. Those missed on the way to the center due to the delay were explored on the way back, and your tour time was extended by one hour.
Honestly, given all the efforts our staff invested, we expected more than 2 stars for your experience. Next time, we will think twice before waiting for late tour attendants.
Safe travels!
Your started more than an hour earlier than advertised. The app and website said 9:30 but the tour took off early without us. Unprofessional.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
We regret to inform you that your party was the only one missing from the 172 cruise passengers collected from NCL Epic yesterday. Let me briefly address the concerns raised:
1. Our last minibus left the terminal at 9:24 AM. You could have successfully joined it if you had paid attention to the pickup instructions provided to your email and phone 48 hours before the tour start time.
2. You could have taken some amazing pictures of the capital and heart of Greece if you had paid attention to the tour description's Additional Info section, which states: “The time listed on this website or your ticket reflects the activity's approximate start time, not your specific pick-up time.”
3. You could have shared this bestselling tour with your fellow cruisers if you had paid attention to the tour description's Meeting and Pickup section, which clearly states in capital letters: :” THE PICKUP TIME STATED IN YOUR BOOKING CONFIRMATION IS APPROXIMATE AND MAY BE ADJUSTED. The precise meeting time will be communicated to you via a subsequent email and message. We recommend checking your email at least 12 hours before your scheduled activity to receive comprehensive pickup information, which will include the exact location and the precise pick-up time”
4. You could have had more pleasant memories of your visit to the one of the top 10 world travel destinations if you had simply kept your phone in service to successfully receive one of our numerous attempts to contact you yesterday morning.
5. We kindly disagree with your rating of us as an unprofessional company. If we were unprofessional, we would hardly have spent 24 years in this industry, serving 20-25K cruise passengers per year.
Finally, let us offer you one piece of advice: if you make a mistake, do not try to blame others for your own fault. It is better to learn from your mistakes. This will help improve your travels and life in general.
Safe travels!
Excellent!
Friendly and helpful staff right from the booking stage, ready to answer any questions.
We spent a wonderful day with Paris, who in 6 hours managed to get us into the heart of the city through visits to the main attractions and lots of historical and cultural information that made the visit even more interesting and convinced me to return to Athens to stay for several days and explore it calmly.
Thank you for your welcome!❤️
We enjoyed the Changing of the Guard, but it was a little too much climbing for me.
The museum was interesting, but somewhat boring too.
This tour is wonderful. We had an hour in the Museum which was a nice amount of time. Our guide Helen was excellent. Her knowledge of what we were seeing is outstanding. I highly recommend this tour!
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