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5 Best Athens Tours

The best days ashore.

The 5 most popular athens tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.

5 Best Athens Tours

From Cruise Port: The Acropolis & Athens Highlights Tour - Entering the Acropolis from the South: Beating the Crowd Pattern
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From Cruise Port: The Acropolis & Athens Highlights Tour

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1.From Cruise Port: The Acropolis & Athens Highlights Tour

Acropolis highlights with a guide, south-slope entry to dodge crowds, plus Syntagma Metro Museum and Plaka free time from Piraeus.

Most Popular★ 4.6

“The guy was very informative and extremely understanding when the heat became a problem for me. The transportation was amazing! Because we were a little early we were even able to stop and see a local Greek Orthodox Church holding a session. The driver was even kind enough to come back and pick us up…”

105 reviews3.5 hoursFrom $104by ATHENS WALKING TOURS

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From Cruise Port: Athens City, Acropolis & Acropolis Museum - Syntagma metro stop: your quick warm-up before the monuments
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From Cruise Port: Athens City, Acropolis & Acropolis Museum

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2.From Cruise Port: Athens City, Acropolis & Acropolis Museum

Athens highlights plus skip-the-line Acropolis and Acropolis Museum, with Piraeus transfers and a guided city walk in about 5.5 hours.

★ 4.4

“Our tour guide was excellent! We had a wonderful time. The tour needed a lunch break… say half an hour. Would suggest half an hour less time in the Archeological Museum.”

27 reviews5.5 hoursFrom $128by ATHENS WALKING TOURS

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Athens Private Group Shore Excursion - Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s Arch: big scale, short stop
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Athens Private Group Shore Excursion

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3.Athens Private Group Shore Excursion

A private, air-conditioned Athens shore excursion with Acropolis, Zeus, Panathenaic Stadium, and neoclassical stops, plus skip-the-line.

★ 4.5

“Our guide and driver were very nice and knowledgeable. They easily accommodated starting a few hours later due to the acropolis selling out before we could buy tickets the day before. They provided cold water. It was a great experience overall.”

18 reviews4 hoursFrom $766by Greece Athens Tours

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Athens: Ancient Corinth and Canal Shore Excursion - Price and Timing: Does $82 Feel Like Value?
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Athens: Ancient Corinth and Canal Shore Excursion

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Piraeus Shore Excursion: Acropolis and Museum Classical Tour - First stops that set the stage: Hadrian, Dionysus, and the music of the ruins
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Piraeus Shore Excursion: Acropolis and Museum Classical Tour

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5.Piraeus Shore Excursion: Acropolis and Museum Classical Tour

Half-day shore tour from Piraeus: guided Acropolis highlights plus the optional Acropolis Museum, with easy transfers, audio devices, and great city views.

★ 4.7

“The tour guide Nico was great! The transport to and from the port was not as smooth. Driver was late picking up our group. Not communicated well at the end of the tour how we were to return to the ship. Nico sorted it all out and we returned in plenty of time to the…”

4 reviews5.5 hoursFrom $100by Key Tours

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