Private Tour: Alternative Athens City Walk

Explore Athens’ history and hidden gems on a private 4-hour walking tour. Discover ancient ruins, royal palaces, bustling markets, and modern hotspots with expert commentary.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Plateia Syntagmatos - Parliament
  • Central Market - Varvakios
  • Monastiraki - Monastiraki square
  • Psirri - Psiri
What's Included
  • Private guide
  • City map
  • Hotel pickup (if hotel in historic city center, please contact us)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Discover the historical city of Athens by foot on this private 4-hour walking tour. Get up close to top landmarks, ancient ruins and royal palaces. Then, step off the well-trodden tourist path to explore bustling markets, modern city sights and other local hotspots. Feel as though you’re flipping through a real-life history book as you walk around…

Location
Athens
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Nancykj2022
May 25, 2025
View into the soul of contemporary Athens - Grateful to Elena for sharing her sunny personality and perspectives on contemporary Greek culture as we toured several neighborhoods we would not have discovered on our own on the 'Unexpected Athens Orienatation Tour.'
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Yahoo540
May 12, 2025
Authentic City tour - This tour is a must, visiting other parts of Athens besides the classics gives you an insight to the modern day history. Our guide Andreas was fantastic! Loved the binder of pictures, he had a visual guide.
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Yves
May 9, 2025
for beautiful discoveries of Athens - Nice meeting with a friendly and very cultured guide. A beautiful discovery of districts of Athens of their history, their architecture, their culture. Our guide has answered our many questions. We were alone abec him which facilitates exchanges. We definitely recommend to discover something other than the acropolis. Thank you again for sharing with our guide.
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Rosh54
Apr 22, 2025
Terrific walking tour - Simonas was a perfect guide with loads of insights into the history, architecture, politics and fun stories about the distinct neighborhoods we walked through. A great way to experience Athens (and a yummy recommendation for lunch).
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992moniquew
Mar 17, 2025
A beautiful way to explore the city - We had a fantastic private walking tour of the city with Nikos. We explored different neighbourhoods and our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. We had great chats about Greek life, history, culture and politics. Very impressed by the food market and the street art! Nikos gave us great recommendations of restaurants, wine bars and what to visit. it was just a beautiful way to explore the city.
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Maddyc153
Dec 21, 2024
Excellent experience - This tour was absolutely fantastic! An excellent way to see Athens, explore streets you otherwise wouldn't find, and learn about the history. Andrea was a fantastic guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. We had a great time, would definitely recommend!
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Valentas
Oct 16, 2024
Couple from Lithuania - Alternative Athens walk impressed. Cute Mary-Kate gives us wider understanding about historical and present Athens, it was worth participating.
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Kennethhu231wh
Sep 25, 2024
Excellent Athens Neighborhood Tour - Antigoni did a wonderful job taking us to Athens neighborhoods we would not have seen or known about and explaining them and their history. We highly recommend her and Alternative Athens to others
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Mandybl3601jo
Sep 3, 2024
An engaging tour to participate in once in Athens. - Andreas Mogridge was an amazing tour guide who provided us with a wealth of information of all the most important neighborhoods, culture, foods and history of Athens. Highly energetic tour guide with an engaging personality and very interesting tidbits. This is not your typical visit. A must to do once in Athens.
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Mandybl3601jo
Sep 3, 2024
Wonderful insight of Athens and more..,,., - Andreas Mogridge was one of the most amazing your guides that gave us a wealth of information about the neighborhoods, culture and history of Athens. This is not your typical walking tour. It is superior .
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From $47
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).