The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Acropolis Hill
Athens
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Acropolis of Athens
Classical sanctuary and citadel above Athens, centred on the Parthenon and other fifth-century BCE monuments. The rocky hill was fortified in prehistoric times, but its best-known monuments were created in the fifth century BCE under Pericles after the Persian destruction of 480 BCE. Later centuries brought Christian, Frankish and Ottoman uses before modern conservation. The visit is strongest when you focus on parthenon, erechtheion and caryatids and propylaea and panoramic city views.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
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Acropolis Museum
Modern museum displaying sculpture and finds from the Acropolis in a building aligned with the ancient hill. The museum opened in 2009 to bring together surviving finds from the Acropolis and its slopes. Its galleries present material from the Archaic and Classical periods through Late Antiquity, with the Parthenon Gallery arranged around the temple's sculptural programme. The visit is strongest when you focus on parthenon gallery, archaic gallery and glass-floor views over excavations.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Agora and Stadium
Athens
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Ancient Agora of Athens
The civic and commercial heart of ancient Athens, with temples, public buildings and the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos. The Agora developed from the sixth century BCE as the centre of Athenian civic life. Assemblies, courts, markets and religious processions met here, and philosophers including Socrates moved through the public spaces; Roman and later phases reshaped parts of the site. The visit is strongest when you focus on temple of hephaestus, stoa of attalos and panathenaic way.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
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Panathenaic Stadium
Marble stadium on the site of an ancient racecourse, closely associated with the revival of the modern Olympic Games. An ancient stadium was developed here in the fourth century BCE and rebuilt in marble under Herodes Atticus in the second century CE. Restored in the nineteenth century, it hosted ceremonies and events during the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The visit is strongest when you focus on marble horseshoe seating, track and finish line and olympic display areas.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Cape Sounion
Athens
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Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion
Fifth-century BCE seaside sanctuary dramatically positioned on the cliffs of Cape Sounion. The surviving marble temple was built around the mid-fifth century BCE on a strategic cape guarding sea approaches to Attica and the nearby Lavrion mining district. The sanctuary remained a landmark for sailors and later travellers approaching the Aegean coast. The visit is strongest when you focus on doric temple columns, aegean cliff views and fortification remains.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Temple of Aphaia
Aegina
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Temple of Aphaia
Well-preserved Archaic and early Classical temple set on a pine-covered hill on Aegina. The sanctuary has older roots, while the surviving Doric temple was built around 500 BCE and dedicated to the local goddess Aphaia. Its pedimental sculptures mark an important transition in Greek sculpture and are now divided between museum collections. The visit is strongest when you focus on doric colonnade, hilltop saronic views and sanctuary remains.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Admission is normally charged for the principal visitor area; check the current official rate.
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.