Acropolis Tour: Skip-the-Line Guided History Experience

Embark on a 4-hour guided tour of the Parthenon and Acropolis Museum in Athens. Skip the line and delve into history, mythology, and storytelling with an expert guide.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Acropolis - Arrive at our office at Mitseon 2, Athens, 11742, at least 15 minutes before the tour begins to meet your guide. The tour starts with a visit to the Acropolis hill. As you ascend, explore the Dionysus Theater, the birthplace of renowned ancient dramas and tragedies. Stroll around the magnificent Odeon of Herodes Atticus and the…
What's Included
  • Tickets to Acropolis & Acropolis Museum (optional)
  • Skip-the-line access to Acropolis & Museum (optional)
  • Exclusive entrance to Acropolis Museum
  • Expert English-speaking guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Skip-the-line separate entrance to the Acropolis. No one can skip the lines to Acropolis.
  • Use of the elevator at the Acropolis Hill
Additional Information

Embark on a 4-hour queue-jumping, engaging and informative tour of Athens’ most notable monument. This expedition is led by an English-speaking domain specialist and certified tour guide. Explore the UNESCO World Heritage-recognized Acropolis of Athens through a voyage into its history, mythology and narratives. The tour subsequently includes a stop at…

Location
Mitseon 2
Mitseon
Meet your guide at Athenian Tours' tour office at Mitsaion 2, 11742
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Vicky_n
Aug 24, 2025
Amazing experience - the... - Amazing experience - the sights were incredible and our guide Alexia was wonderful - knowledgeable and so spectacular
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Roger_l
Aug 24, 2025
Amazing Place to Visit - The size, scope and location of this site truly is amazing, the ruins are a little hard to navigate due to the terrain and authenticity of the site. The museum is huge and does a great job of unpacking the story. Our tour guide Lydia (wrong spelling) was knowledgeable and very nice, I highly recommend this tour.
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Elaine
Aug 23, 2025
Well worth it! Especially the 16:00 tour (less hot, sunset views, short queues), unless you want more free time. - For an August tour, the 16:00 one is a fab choice. We took it with the included tickets for less hassle, and it truly was a hassle-free professional experience that filled 3.5h with all the best things to see and learn about packed in but at a great pace (not too fast, not too slow). At 16:00, the lines are short (even the skip-the-line queue, which reprtedly does get long), and the heat drops off. You also get to see the Parthenon at sunset, which is lovely! Only drawback is the site closes at 19:45, so less free time to wander if you want to (with your Acropolis ticket, you can stay as long as you wish after the tour, until the site closes). We had Angela as our guide, and she was perfect at her job! Just the right amout of humour and great energy, took the tour at a perfect pace, gave us fabulous insight and showed more fantastic knowledge when asked questions - we learnt everything we wanted to in a 1/4 of the time it'd take us to figure it all out for ourselves! The information she provided was clear, concise, without unneeded repetition, entertaining, and well-tailored to her audience. She's clearly very experienced but doesn't come across as bored at all! She even understood American tourists well enough that when she asked where we were all from and the Americans answered with random state names no one else recognises, she managed to translate that into 'USA' for the rest of us. Much appreciated, Angela!
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Jessica_l
Aug 22, 2025
Fantastic guide! - Excellent guide - Angel was a gym. She was funny, highly intelligent and knowledgeable. She gave plenty of breaks and time for us to take pictures. Really great guide. However we did the 8 am guide and I really think that is a must - due to the cruise ships it gets sooooo busy at 10 am. If you can do the earliest I would highly recommend it! And I loved getting to go to the museum too!
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Farley_r
Aug 21, 2025
Acropolis Tour - The tour operator was well organized and excellent communications. The tour guide Alexis was great. He was friendly and provided wonderful historical information about the Acropolis and Parthenon.
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A
Aug 19, 2025
Brilliant tour not to be missed - Just a brilliant tour and guide. I think her name was Maria and she was really exceptional. So knowledgeable, attentive, and really brought the history of everything to life for us. We certainly would not have learnt as much as what we did without her. When you get to the top of the acropolis it just takes your breath away - truly amazing! Climb is not for the faint hearted and hot so advise you get an early morning booking and take a bottle of water and use the toilets before you climb as there is nothing until you get to the museum. Lots to see when you are going up to the acropolis and at the top - booking the museum is a must as this really brings to life everything you have seen at the top plus lots more. Shame the tour guides microphone broke near the end but we still heard her and made no difference to the quality of the tour which was exceptional.
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Johntc11lb
Aug 19, 2025
An immersive experience into the history of Athens - Our guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable and shared a great deal of history with us. He was friendly and generous with his time. The tour was done in a comfortable way with plenty of time for pictures and group interaction.
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Diego_l
Aug 19, 2025
Unforgettable - The guide was amazing and the place has no comments. The viator is differentiated, I recommend it to all travelers.
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Lori_m
Aug 23, 2025
The guide was very... - The guide was very knowledgeable and friendly, but his English was very accented and he was hard to understand. Also the whisper boxes were tinny sounding and I couldn’t leave the earpiece in for very long.
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Issac_w
Aug 22, 2025
The Acropolis is a wonder of the world!! Our Tour guide was not good! - First let me start off by saying I always write good reviews because I choose what interests me. And although I was very excited to see the Acropolis our tour guide wasn’t very helpful. It was hard to hear him on the earpiece because his speech is so unclear. Other guest asked us if it was only them who found it hard to follow. It was our whole group. We had multiple people who just went off on their own because although the guide was knowledgeable when you could make out what he was saying, it was difficult most of the time. I read most of the signs myself to gather information about the site. Oh well better luck next time.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).